However, the white elephant in the room is the group of con men who put up SEO placards, print SEO business cards, pretend to be an SEO practitioner, and take money from unsuspecting clients, who like children playing house pretend to be what they...
DecorMyEyes.com did enjoy the coveted top organic position on Google for many terms, allowing Borker to repeatedly swindle and con consumers who believed the listing was a reflection of site quality and trust.
CON: Reporting Segmented by Day CON: No API Access = Slow Campaign Production The teams at Google and YouTube have been beefing up the set of tools for content creators and advertisers lately. In April, YouTube announced AdWords for Video was...
Point is, we don’t have to give these people any undue credibility by repeating their moniker of choice, when the truth is that they are con men, plain and simple. You’ve convinced me the man is a complete con artist, which was your point, I think.
Whether you're considering hiring an SEO, or have already hired one, here are the top five giveaways that can help you identify SEO con artists and some tips on how to protect yourself. Much like the bait and switch, an SEO con artist may also opt...
David Whitaker used his Rhode Island electronics equipment company, MixITforME.com, to scam customers and a credit card processing company out of up to $20 million in 2005. After accepting millions of dollars in orders for iPods and failing to...
Yet, in a final flourish, you proceed to distance yourself from that claim by invoking the idea that there is a general perception out there that "SEO is a con," rather than one specifically held by you.
Incredibly, Sanchez reveals in How Copyright Industries Con Congress that some unsubstantiated figures used by SOPA supporters and lobbyists to hammer home the need for anti-piracy legislation date back as far as 1986.
The fake mortgage programs that brought Google under recent scrutiny don't seem to be run by Google-exclusive con artists. Mortgage scams that claim to provide assistance from the U.S.government have also been located in Microsoft adCenter.
Sadly, Art Clokey didn’t see Gumby Comic’s Mel Smith debut POKEY #1 at Comic-Con International a delighted crowd. The logo is in honor of what would have been Clokey's 90th birthday today. Whatever your generation, you may remember Gumby; Clokey...
This is probably the biggest con of using sitelinks – it’s quite difficult to tell if they’re actually converting. In September, I shared 11 great points about Google AdWords Sitelinks. As with all PPC features, there are a few cons to go along...
Best known as a con, the three-card monte was used extensively as a way to cheat people out of their cash by using sleight of hand and hired "shills" that pretended to be players in order to build the confidence of the mark.
Would you try, in any way, to con them or trick them? For the past several weeks, just about everyone that I know has written a column about Google's Panda update. Yes, it was/is a big deal. Yes, some sites that shouldn't have been affected are...
Widely considered to be the father of the graphic novel, the annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards -- better known as the Eisners -- are celebrated in his namesake every year at Comi-Con. Will Eisner was a highly praised graphic artist and comic...
The entire issue may be more about the freedom of the individual to download what he wants - pro or con any issue so long as it is not breaking existing laws. Apple CEO Steve Jobs is at the center of an online controversy again.
The Daily Con Job: Rogue Spiders in the Wild by Ralph "Fantomaster" Tegtmeier Here are the top columns for the week of Sept.to 10, as reported by the Search Engine Watch team of experts. Top Stories Google Instant - 10 Things Marketing Teams Need...
Unless your website has been hiding under some virtual rock for an extended period of time, chances are you've got your work spelled out for you analyzing your daily traffic stats. Especially when you're concerned with SEO: you want to know when...
Scammers taking advantage of the latest breaking news and major worldwide events to distribute malware and con potential victims is a growing trend, according to online security experts. Security may not be top of mind for sports fans this coming...
And the people conducting these searches aren't looking for a new breed of con man. First of all, a shout out to Joanna Hogan (surfwrite), who asked for my thoughts on the post by Derek Powazek entitled, entitled, "Spammers, Evildoers, and...
Paul also had some of the best and funniest con call commentary on his blog, so we'll share a few blog bytes with our readers (and the few remaining GOOG bears out there). Google frustrated Wall St.bears, earnings whisperers, and the world's most...
