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Postlinks.com, Textlinks.com & Megalinkstore.com Fail (SCAM)

Mike — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:56:57 +0000

If you’re considering to use either postlinks.com, textlinks.com, or megalinkstore.com, all owned by John Sprock, you better think twice. While these websites are well designed and do have a good network in place for posting your links, none of them offer truly permanent links.

When I contacted the owner of these sites (John Sprock), I asked him if any of his sites provide permanent links, this was his reply, “Yes, the links at www.MegaLinkStore.com and www.TextLinks.com are permanent. The links on the www.MegaLinkStore.com will fall off as forum posts get deleted over time whereas the links at www.TextLinks.com will fall off (due to publishers leaving the network)… No links on the Internet are truly permanent. They will all fall off eventually. It may take a month or a few years.”

When I asked him why they say those links are permanent if the can be removed in as little as one month, he told me that I should just use Linkvana instead, implying that if I didn’t like his system I should just go somewhere else. He also went and took down the links I had posted in my “free trial account”, as well as disabling my account. All I did was ask why they say the links are permanent when they clearly are not.

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Link Trade Fail

Mike — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:14:30 +0000

Wouldn’t it be sweet to get your site listed with the other 5,000+ sites listed on this spammy link trade page?! Why do people think that links from pages like this help?

Website: http://babytoysgifts.com/superlinks/browse.php?id=14

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SEO Company Website Fail

Mike — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:59:49 +0000

Everything about this site just says FAIL! I especially love the “searchengineinternetmarketingwebsiteoptimizationpagerankingwebpositioning” title at the top…

Website: www.mywebreporter.com

SEO FAIL!

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Forgot To Change Template Info Fail

Mike — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:20:54 +0000

Notice the second listing in this SERP (astyhotel.com):

Oops! At least they ranked for “tier 1 keywords”!

Besides, “AstyHotel” just doesn’t sound good…

SEO FAIL!

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“Also Look At” Footer Links Fail

Mike — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:22:25 +0000

Website: www.home-pestcontrol.com

Take a look at all of these links at the bottom of the home page. Where does every single one of them point to? Back to the home page!

SEO FAIL!

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Literal Link Farm Fail

Mike — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 05:10:02 +0000

This site is the literal link farm because it’s about an actual farm . When you visit the site, scroll down to the bottom of the page and you will see what I mean by link farm.

Website: http://brookhayesfarm.co.uk/fyrah/zudonn.php?sh=754638

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SEO Fail Blog 302 Redirect Fail

Mike — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:42:46 +0000

Well, this is the firt time the SEO Fail Blog will have to fail itself. Apparently the non-www version of our site is redirecting to the www version, but it’s a 302 redirect! For those who don’t know, a 302 redirect is a temporary redirect that will not pass link juice to the url it redirects to. A 301 redirect is a permanent redirect that does pass the link juice.

Lesson learned: Always check your redirects. Just because it is redirecting somewhere, it doesn’t mean it is a 301. Here is a tool you can use to check your redirects: http://www.seoconsultants.com/tools/headers

SEO FAIL!

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Web Head Marketing Fail

Mike — Fri, 21 May 2010 15:27:47 +0000

Never hire an internet marketing company that doesn’t do for themselves what they promise they’ll do for you. You know their claims of success are false when they aren’t using those same strategies for their own company. My friend received a random (spam) email from these guys telling him how the Google local listings are the “best” way to get traffic in the search engines. While Google Local is a great way to capture local business, it shouldn’t be your primary means of search marketing.

Upon inspection of their site, my friend was not able to find any detailed information about this company. No physical address, no page revealing the company’s principals, nothing. You would think that a site so structured around Google local optimization would know enough about it to put their own physical address on their site. Never trust a company with your money that won’t tell you who their principals, where they are located, or don’t do for themselves what they “can do for you”.

Website: www.webheadmarketing.net

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Jim Matheson Website Campaign Fail

Mike — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:53:11 +0000

Notice anything strange about JimMatheson.com? Nothing serious, it’s just supporting his Democratic primary opponent, Claudia Wright. Lesson learned: Make sure you own your own name domain if you plan on being a politician.

Website: www.jimmatheson.com

Supporting Article: http://www.ksl.com/?sid=10820223&nid=148

SEO FAIL!

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Julie Joyce Link Fish Media Trojan Fail

Mike — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:59:03 +0000

I was reading a great post today by Julie Joyce on SearchEngineLand.com. From her profile I discovered the link development firm she owns, Link Fish Media. As I went to visit the site, my trusty Kaspersky brought me this message:

Julie, I hope this is a mistake, or that your site was just hacked. If not…..???

I would post the url to her site but I don’t want to infect anyone. If you’re really curious you can get it from the image above.

SEO FAIL!

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