If you’re tempted to buying follows, views and likes on social networks, you should think very carefully.

You wouldn’t dream of going to a dodgy looking tattoo parlour or a seedy looking hotel because you wouldn’t want to put yourself at risk.  The same goes for online services.

Whilst suddenly gaining a torrent of ‘likes’ overnight looks great from the outside looking in,  you must remember you are purchasing  ‘fake’ likes and these will not contribute in any way to your business.

I’m not saying all paid like services are bad but please consider the following very carefully if you plan on purchasing these sort of packages:

Keep a careful eye on spam posts that may suddenly start to appear which often contain links to viruses, malmare and ad sites. Delete these immediately. Facebook, Twitter etc don’t like this kind of thing for 3 main reasons:

1. They already have their own advertising system to score ‘likes’ and ‘followers’ so it interferes with their revenue

2. It opens the gateway for spammers that post their unwanted nonesense (at best) on your page

3. It makes a mockery of the ‘like’ ‘follow’ popularity system making it a waste of time. Similar to Googles search engine ranking, social networking sites will heavily penalise anyone trying to circumvent their system – all social networking sites are following suit.

You can never be too cautious with regards to companies offering ‘black-hat’ services.  Just remember, the fall out lies with you, not them.