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February 01, 2007
Idiot Spam of the Day
Now we all know about SEO services, correct? The fact that there are companies out there who will offer to improve your websites position on the search engines and thus get you lots more traffic?
Heck, I do work for some of them. However, there are some companies who have a little less nous than others, as in this spam email I got today from:
Patricia Zhang
Paddington
Tel: 0845 0537325
Website For This
Promotion: www.searchedmedia.com
How, exactly, does one become a UK government approved supplier of interactive websites? Further:
Hello, my name
is Patricia. Apologies for contacting you unannounced but I
have just visited your website at timworstall.typepad.com and have provided you with a
complimentary service related to this website (see
below).
Now, as I say, I know what the services on offer are but wouldn't you be a little wary of a company offering you services when they cannot even do the most basic research? What customers? What profits? This is a blog for God's sake!
Can we mark down Searchmedia.com as perhaps not the finest of the SEO companies?
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Tim - If I were you I might be tempted to remove the link to their website from your post, as otherwise they are gaining something from their evil spamming endeavours.
Posted by: Dave | Feb 1, 2007 12:23:38 PM
I got that one, too, accompanied by a woeful underestimate of the number of sites that link to me. (I was under the impression that you do make at least some effort to take revenue from your blog, though, Tim, to be fair to them...)
Posted by: James Hamilton | Feb 2, 2007 11:05:20 AM
Just got the same email Tim... You would think that trying to win another SEO's business might be a bit pointless. What idiots!!!
Posted by: Chris Angus | Mar 6, 2007 4:28:24 PM
Just returned the compliment - they have ONE site linking back to theirs. Doesn't exactly inspire confidence!!
Posted by: Gayle | Mar 14, 2007 12:16:22 PM
They also lack a description tag on their site and have zero PageRank.
Don't take out your reference to them, without it I would not have been able to suss them out so quickly. Plus you are gaining some useful traffic from your ranking for their name.
Giving warnings of scams - you're providing a public service, keep up the good work.
Posted by: Ad | Mar 21, 2007 5:37:54 PM
