Beware of Black Hat SEO & Scammers

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How many of you receive emails from SEO companies claiming that they can get your company first page results? No company can guarantee top placement. You need to worry about companies that promise top positions in Google’s organic or free natural listings.  In fact,  Google warns that you should be wary of companies that will guarantee the top position in their paid listings.

Black hat SEO is a set of unethical methods to increase traffic. Black hat SEO marketers are determined to achieve results as fast as possible no matter what your cost. They focus on generating the most amount of money as possible from you before the search engines ban your web site. When search engines detect a black hat technique, the site will often be removed from the search engine’s index. If you are considering SEO, stay away from black hat techniques and companies that practice this technique.

Below are black hat strategies to avoid:

• Cloaking is a technique of showing different content than what a user sees to a search engine.  The purpose is to receive more favorable search hits.
• Hidden link -links on a page that are invisible to a user and visible to a search engine
• Useless commenting on blogs, just to include a URL
• Link farm – a spam technique which search marketers set up dozens or hundreds of sites that can be crawled by search engines, just so they can put in thousands of links to sites that they want to boost in search rankings.

Below are examples of companies to avoid.

If you’re interested in showing up as a first page result for more search terms on Google and Yahoo, reply back with all addresses you’re looking to promote and the best number to contact you with details.

Sincerely,

Mark Townsend
Marketing Director
Top Spot Listing Inc.

If they are so good at marketing why do they have to spam.

We can put your site at the top of search engine listings. If this is something you might be interested in, send me a reply with the web addresses you want to promote and the best way to contact you with some options.

Sincerely,

Tracey Phillips
Clearpathtraffic.com

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Here is an example of email that we received without any contact details besides a physical address. (No company name, contact name, etc)

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Kevin has 20 years of experience in sales, marketing, technology, video production, product marketing, and project management. Kevin is a Marketing Director with RP Design Web Services. Kevin received an MBA from Southern Connecticut State University and graduated with a 3.92 GPA. As stated by one of his Management Professors Dr. Robert Page at Southern Connecticut State University that Kevin was the best student that the professor ever taught. He is also a graduate of Arizona State University, W. P. Carey School of Business with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing. W. P. Carey School of Business #23 Best Undergraduate Business Programs, ranked top 30 nationwide since 1995. It is one of the top business schools in the country. The marketing undergraduate major ranks 11th. Academic rigor: The W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University is a highly ranked business school, with a rigorous academic curriculum. This means that ASU graduates have a strong foundation in business knowledge and skills. Arizona State University is a top 1% of the world's most prestigious universities- Times Higher Education, 2018. ASU has ranked #1 in the United States for innovation ahead of #2 Stanford and # 3 MIT - U.S. News & World Report, 2016,2017, and 2018. Kevin just recently attended Tony Robbins’ Unleash The Power Within, a 3 ½ day live seminar. Kevin is a former member of Toastmasters International where he achieved the designation of Competent Toastmaster Award and Competent Leadership Award. Excellent public speaker and presenter (Toastmaster Award). Presented at the Javits Center “How the Web impacts the Construction Industry” Presented at the Baltimore Convention Center “How the Web impacts the Construction Industry” Kevin has strong experience in search engine optimization, local SEO, reputation management, video production, and web-based marketing solutions. Kevin also has experience working at a Fortune 500 company Graybar. Businesses depend on Kevin to make sure they have a constant flow of new prospects. Kevin improves business communications between customers, employees, and the world.

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