Comments on: Is Google Calling? Or is Someone Else!

By: Chris London

Chris London — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:15:54 +0000

Classic! Our clients get these spam emails and letters all the time. Some have even been getting cold calls from companies even introducing themselves as Google with a similar sales pitch to what you described. I, in fact, got one of these cold calls for a site I own and know first hand that it has hundreds of first page ranked terms. When I asked the person to clarify that they were in fact working for Google he initially said “yes” and then followed up with a statement like “we’re a Google Certified Partner” but then wouldn’t give me the name of the company again. Too many scammers. It’s surprising how many clients actually fall for this and get really worked up.

By: Rank Watch

Rank Watch — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 11:51:26 +0000

The line where you used : ” pointed out to the client that not only was the email a form letter, it failed”, is the highlight of the discussion. It shows the difference between SEO-friendly person and the opposite one. SEO-ignorant person will certainly look for the Google page rank only and not adhere about the keyword search specification. You said right, that Google is not a sales force and does not handle your optimization, they can only offer you the PPC campaigns and Adwords-campaign.

By: Bangkok Website Design

Bangkok Website Design — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 08:37:52 +0000

We also get tons of these blanket emails, which I find quite amusing most of the time (other than for the hassles of double-checking to see if it is indeed spam).

Our own site ranks reasonably well for all our most important keywords so I know these emails are garbage, they’ve done no checking, it’s just a ‘scare’ email.

I normally check out their sites and then tell them where they are going wrong with regards to their own website SEO which is pretty abysmal normally.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 08:30:53 +0000

You made basically every point that needed to be made. If a company is only gaining a toehold using the name of another reputable company, you can best believe their services are not worthy. The scary part is just how many companies use this sales tactic of a way in the door, the funny part is, how did they even find the companies page to email them if their rank was so poor?