SEO firm busted and told to pay penalty for false promises

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by waziuz, Dec 9, 2008.

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    I just found this article about an SEO firm which was busted and directed to pay penalty for giving false promises about placing top in SERP pages. Most of you might have read this article as it is a very old article yet I just thought it was funny and so posted it. The SEO firm was ordered to pay around $50000 ..LOL.

    Just check this for the whole news.

    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002002970_nwbizbriefs12.html
     
    waziuz, Dec 9, 2008 IP
  2. Trapped

    Trapped Well-Known Member

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    This article 4+ years old...

     
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    xtreme fever Active Member

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    wow, msn has movies now
     
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  4. waziuz

    waziuz Active Member

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    Perhaps you did not read my post correctly. Hope you read it better. It was new for me and thought it might be for many more people too.
     
    waziuz, Dec 9, 2008 IP
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    sweetfunny Banned

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    If you want to read about a more recent action 14 Nov 08, Visible.net is being sued by Washington State.
     
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    WebmasterWanabe Peon

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    Yes I fell for something like this and they did get me to the top of the search engines for some crazy key word PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOKONIOSIS
     
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    Great news for all those seo firm which makes false promises :)
     
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    what's wrong with that keyword? i bet millions of people search for that everyday.
     
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    I've lived in Redmond since 2003 and this is all new to me.

    @sweetfunny that article is so old...it's from last month!
     
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    best thing is to go for No Win No fee SEO companies who gives a certificate on brand Protection :)
     
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    waziuz Active Member

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    Its good to hear that fake SEO companies who guarantee any top SERP ranking for almost every keyword faces such penalties.. this would prevent fake SEO companies from fooling webmasters with all kinds of false promies.

    I also found that there are 69400 results for PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOKONIOSIS.. swear I never heard this word previously

    I am not pointing fingers on them but what is the guarantee that they would return the money later on if they do not cope up to expecations.. secondly even if they rank high for the keyword with a lot of quck backlinks what guarantee is there that the backlinks are permenant backlinks... maybe after you rank high once with that keyword and pay the fees they would stop those temporary backlinks and your site would again lose its SERP... I am not pointing fingers at professional SEOs but if you think properly what is the benefit of this guarantee too
     
    waziuz, Dec 10, 2008 IP