I came accross this buzz about getting Google Adwords for free. Is it a scam or is it genuine?

Yes it is legit

By Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY
LOS ANGELES â€” Jerry Alonzy figured he'd be working into his 70s at least.
As an independent handyman at the mercy of weather patterns near Hartford, Conn., he'd always made a decent income that rarely grew.
Then he found Google (GOOG), and his life changed. Alonzy, 57, now makes $120,000 a year from the ads Google places on his Natural Handyman website, and he couldn't be more thrilled.
"I put in two, maybe three hours a day on the site, and the checks pour in," he says. "What's not to like?"
In return for placing its ads on websites and blogs, Google pays Web publishers every time one of its ads are clicked. Those clicks help keep Alonzy and his wife living comfortably and talking about moving to Hawaii. "All I need is a laptop and a high-speed Internet connection, and I can live anywhere."
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The Internet may be a young person's medium, but the retired and those nearing retirement such as Alonzy have found that they can work the Web just as well. Sometimes, such "Gray Googlers" can live a richer, more financially rewarding life than when they were supposedly working.
"Google isn't just for kids anymore," says Google executive Kim Scott, who runs the company's AdSense program, the ad platform that provides the income for Web publishers such as Alonzy and others.
Take Jerrold Foutz. The former Boeing engineer, 75, started a website a few years ago devoted to one of his passions â€” switching mode power supplies, which help drive, for instance, the inside of video cameras.
He put Google ads on his smpstech.com site four years ago. After just one month, the first Google check was for $800. The second check totaled $2,000.
"I thought, 'Wow,' " he said. "This was the most amazing thing that ever happened to me. Something I thought would make $50 a year now equals my Boeing retirement check."
That comes out to around $25,000 yearly.
Foutz's experience is not an anomaly.
After Hope Pryor's four kids left home, she grew intrigued with the Internet and learned how to design a Web page. She didn't want it to focus on just her, so she posted some of her favorite recipes on the site.
Now, her Cooks Recipes site is bringing in nearly $90,000 yearly, mostly from Google ads. The holidays are the biggest-producing months of the year.
"Last December alone, I netted $30,000 from Google," she says. "There's not too many people I know who can walk into a car dealership and buy two vehicles at one time. I did just that recently."
While the upside of working with AdSense sounds exhilarating, it's not that way for everybody.
Scott says she posted an unsold novel on Google and earns about $5 a month from the AdSense ads on the site. Al Needham, 74, who runs a site about the care of bees (bees-online.com) from his home near Boston, reaps about $250 a month.
"Forget about getting rich overnight," says Alonzy. "It takes time to learn."

As you may have realized, traditional marketing has changed rapidly. Don't take my word for it, Try this:

Type: BMW on Google Local, Yahoo Local
You will see a store listings, choose one of the Store Listing, you see a business page, with 4 ads on the page and links to other dealers.

Type BMW on www.thelocalindex.com

You will see BMWâ€™s, click one, and click go to store. You will see their Whole Inventory Online.
Yes we are in beta, meaning we are currently adding Google Maps for directions to each store, Coupons for discounts to customers, a URL to direct customers to your store (exampleâ€ www.thelocalindex.com/ Your Store Name) and alot more including Youtube videos, Slide: Slideshows, the ability to share on Myspace, Facebook, Flikr.
A Contact Importer to import current customers to your new store, with announcements to keep them updated on your business. Local Business events, networking events and a whole lot more.

The Local Index, is the best resource for local businesses because we promote top local businesses via Radio, Television and Printed Media.

The Goal of this site is to reintroduce the concept of local businesses to consumers as the hip, hot new thing. Instead of Pizza Hut, Walmart, Circuit City and Etc.

Business Samples:
Auto
http://www.thelocalindex.com/store/?ID=1...

Clothing
http://www.thelocalindex.com/store/?ID=8
Food & Dining
http://www.thelocalindex.com/store/?ID=9

Spa
http://www.thelocalindex.com/store/?ID=5

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Source(s):
Business Samples:
Auto
http://www.thelocalindex.com/store/?ID=1...

Clothing
http://www.thelocalindex.com/store/?ID=8
Food & Dining
http://www.thelocalindex.com/store/?ID=9

Spa
http://www.thelocalindex.com/store/?ID=5

I don't know whether you will call it a scam or not but what it does is telling you where you can get adwords free credit bonus when you buy something or sign up with some paid programs.

It's somewhere inbetween the two. It's a system for offsetting your costs by renting out ad banner space on your web-site. In as much as it's a valid system, it's not a scam. in as much as it is NOT a way of getting ads for free, it is.

EDIT - coolguy - that's not an article, it's a salespage.

Vish,

No, it's not a scam.

I've bought it.

It's not really worth buying - basically, the entire book just tells you how to "sell" advertisements on your website.

That way, you break even with Google.

There - I saved you $65! haha

I hope this helps...

-Andy

I don't think it's a scam. In fact Google seems to have endorsed it as what I read in an article by Roger Preston at this site
http://businessinfo.happyhost.org

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