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Beware The Scam!

July 3rd, 2005 by Yzabel

While browsing news from the past week, I found an article written by Cari Haus on WebProNews.com, titled “The Biggest SEO Scam of All”. Intrigued, I decided to read, and here’s what I found:

Read the rest of the article here, and in her own words, “beware of any SEO firm that:

  • employs a boiler room full of telemarketers
  • automates most or all of their services
  • insists on gaining and retaining control of the url to be promoted
  • focuses on lengthy and obscure search strings
  • touts sites that are garnering a mere 100 hits per day as examples of their success.”

Everyone who wishes to employ the services of a SEO firm can indeed benefit from this advice, as it can be easy to fall for such ploys.

Moreover, I especially agree with Cari Haus on the 100 hits bit. I can do that myself without even having worked extensively on promoting my website and not being a specialist at SEO tactics. This is indeed a ridiculous promise!

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