Brilliant New York Merchant Endorsed Bad Reviews On Google Maps To Achieve Ramkings

Google has since fixed the problem, but you have to admit the guy was brilliant. Bad reviews are easier to get than good ones, so he made sure his customers hated him...threats and all.

Read the New York Times Article here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/business/28borker.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all

 

That is one crazy story. WOW.

 

and big "how dumb are you" to the Times for giving his site a backlink.

 

Backlinks are backlinks That was a pretty good idea

 

This is where the big money is to be made. If you can figure out how to rank high on Google Maps & Places you can make some serious money right now, especially since the recent Google serp change

 

G has slapped him now. It's not really a backlinking method for the faint hearted

 

Here's an update from Search Engine land About this..with tips: http://view.exacttarget.com/?j=fe69...87213&jb=ffcf14&ju=fe30167073630c7d771773&r=0

 

Belated thanks for posting this. Repped you. I wasn't logged in when you posted.

By far the best article I've read all year. Awesome. Better than any Pulitzer Prize winning stuff. Totally made my day.