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Comment on Web Head Marketing Fail by David

David — Sat, 22 May 2010 16:29:28 +0000

I also noticed that the testimonials have no attributions. They just say “Isaac I. (December 2009)” and “Norman M. Attorney-at-law (February 2010).” How can I trust such testimonials? They could just be made up!

Comment on Web Head Marketing Fail by Mike

Mike — Fri, 21 May 2010 20:01:26 +0000

True. Google local listings are very beneficial for local businesses that cannot target broad terms due to a lack of relevancy. However, the point of this post was to reveal the illegitimacy of your company, as it came across to my friend in the random spam email he received stating your expertise in Google local listings. Upon further inspection of your site he discovered no physical address, and no information about anyone in your company. He came to the conclusion that paying $398.00 to be “optimized” in Google local would be a complete waste of money. I suggest you establish a little more credibility by being more transparent. To me, this seems like a trap to take money from people don’t know any better, to take money from people that don’t know how simple it is to get listed in Google local. I would not pay for this service. I can sum up Google local optimization with these few points:

- Submit to Google Local.
- Make sure your company is mentioned on local sites.
- Make sure your company information is consistent on any site it appears.
- Ask your customers to review and rate your company in that listing.

If you offered this services as part of an entire SEO package, it would be beneficial. However, anytime I get a spam email from a company stating they can help me make a ton of money, I always ask myself, if this company can really make me money, why then did this company have to resort to sending out thousands of spammy emails every day to make money themselves?

Comment on Web Head Marketing Fail by Witty, but not very intelligent

Witty, but not very intelligent — Fri, 21 May 2010 17:38:14 +0000

Google maps work for local businesses who serve local clients. And typically they work best for businesses that have people who actually search for their services. I don’t know many people who would search on Google for “google maps service [city name]“, do you?

As such, there wouldn’t be much point in our site showing up on the Google maps service. Is this where I put “Common Sense Fail!”?

Comment on About by Jake

Jake — Wed, 19 May 2010 22:37:13 +0000

Woaw… I am in the middle of optimizing my site… just found your blog… Haven’t been laughing like that in ages! You are great and very very helpful. Gonna have my own seo blog… and will invite people to your blog…
+1

Comment on Why Can’t I Own A Canadian Fail by ososri

ososri — Tue, 18 May 2010 16:43:08 +0000

uai gad uai … i want a cannadian for cristmas )

Comment on Google Related Searches Fail by Nina

Nina — Sat, 15 May 2010 10:20:39 +0000

That’s indeed a really strange fail, the related searches are sometimes a little surprising but I hven’t seen a total failure like this one before…nice find

Comment on Footer Links Fail by Saurav

Saurav — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:59:16 +0000

Damn this is terrible. I know internal linking needs to be powerful but this is just crazy lol. We don’t even need a footer links nowadays to be honest. Powerful content is the way forward

Comment on Sick of SEO Fail by fetetet

fetetet — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 05:24:02 +0000

really?! ö

Comment on Free Linking Fail by Mark Aaron Murnahan

Mark Aaron Murnahan — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:08:20 +0000

Hey, wait a minute though … I think they have a pretty swell idea there. In fact, I may try this, but I will offer a “Free All You Can Link Buffet”. I already offer a free RSS feed, and letting people in on some free linking to me seems kind of fitting. LOL

Comment on Julie Joyce Link Fish Media Trojan Fail by Jane Copland

Jane Copland — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:29:33 +0000

Julie can certainly stand up for herself, no doubt.

I am just really tired of people using other people’s problems as tools via which to gain attention. If we all just got on with our jobs, we’d be better Internet marketers. If a client calls me with a criticism, I need to heed their advice and opinions. Random bloggers moaning about someone’s site being unavailable or hacked? Not in the same league. It makes our industry look pathetic.