Back in 1999, the Internet was fairly new, and Internet marketing was even newer. Back then, being a newbie wasn't all that bad; almost everyone was a newbie, so it really wasn't as much of a liability as it is these days. The learning curve was easier to swallow.
Back then, the
online advertising methods that most newbie entrepreneurs utilized were: FFA pages, safe lists, start page exchanges, and they seemed to work. But they don't work anymore. The Internet is no longer new, and today's newbies need direction, not deception.