Do you think there could be any truth in this? From a blog post I just read: Today, I was surprised to see an email drop into my inbox from a Google employee. I won’t reveal his name, but I checked him out and he does work for Google. I also checked out the header of the email and verified that it came from Google. Part of the email was a disclaimer warning me not to republish any of the email’s contents. I’m probably jeopardizing my blog now, but what the heck, you’re only young once, right? The email was an invitation to the Google Elite Sector. I’d never heard of this group before, but according to the email, the Google Elite Sector is a collective of individual webmaster who have access to increased Page Rank, better SERPs and easier indexing in Google. Basically, you get your blog or website streamlined. When you join the Google Elite Sector, you get an automatic Page Rank of at least 5, instant indexing of all your pages, a top-10 position for any 10 search phrases and a top-30 position for another 20 phrases. You have your website or blog turned into what Google calls an Elite Google Product. It sounds like a great offer. According to the email, only 500 invitations are sent out to webmasters and bloggers every year. Each invitation is selected by a team of 10 Google employees based on five factors: * Quality content * Style of writing * Topic of the website or blog * Language of the website or blog * The marital status of the webmaster or blogger The more I read about the Google Elite Sector the more excited I became – until I got to the catch. To join Google Elite Sector, you need to pay a one-time fee of $10,000. I was shocked to see how much it cost to join this group. Would you pay $10,000 to get in Google’s good books? Read the full article here
One of the reasons Google became widely accepted over other search engines is its not taking any side in determining the serps. I highly think its a spam, since it involves money. Keep us updated what happens...
It's absolutely true. We also get a Google branded laptop and a free vacation in Seattle every year where some of us meet up. I'll try and post some photos of the meetups.
I've written to Joe, that email was 'For your eyes only!' . Mate, you gonna go into the Google Badbooks Sector now ... usually reserved for webmasters of sites that have: * Excessive duplicate content * Google in domain name * Use YPN when not banned by Adsense. and/or * Webmaster over the age of 16, is not married or has no girlfriend AND whose site has an Alexa ranking of over 500K
This is either a scam or a practical joke. Google isn't going to risk their reputation for a measly $5 Million (500 X $10,000).
I joined to get 5% of Google merchandise but the best thing is you get free access to Google's index of world wide web pages.
"I also read on an underground webmaster forum that both John Chow and John Cow refused entry into the Google Elite Sector, which is why they have lower Page Ranks than they should. "( on the blog referred to )