Comments on: How to spot a snake skin SEO seller

By: Karsten

Karsten — Mon, 24 May 2010 09:54:16 +0000

nice tips but to be honest – people should use more good judgement (as in any business) – if someone promises you a Top 10 position in google for 100 bucks and you pay him that amount then you deserve to get ripped off…

By: Mel Nelson

Mel Nelson — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:47:10 +0000

Wow Tim that is a great start on a compendium of Snake Oil SEO sellers, but I think you may have forgotten the one that goes

” We use secret methods that no one else knows about so…

By: TIm

TIm — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:38:16 +0000

I agree, directories still provide some good link juice, however I would only opt to use relevant directories. It is time consuming and boring, just like most of SEO, however business owners are already working 70 weeks, where do they find time to fit SEO in?

By: TIm

TIm — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:27:17 +0000

Tim you missed one,

Ignore all emails that begin with the line “Greetings of the day!” , Man I get 5 or 6 of these spam mails a day.

By: Matt Saunders

Matt Saunders — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:06:36 +0000

I would be very suprised to see any SEO campaign that doesn’t involved some sort of directory submission. It builds a nice foundation of links, and the reason people are hired to do it is because it’s so bloody boring and time consuming!

By: Martin Johnstone

Martin Johnstone — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:47:04 +0000

They have teams of click monkeys that spend all day clicking on your Adwrords ads to improve the “quality score”.

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By: Tim Nash

Tim Nash — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:44:24 +0000

Sad but true, we tend to just recommend one of the SEO companies we know and who use our services and suggest they start again, but you can’t win always that said if they are approaching you at least they have noticed their is a problem which puts them above the majority of people!

By: Barry Welford

Barry Welford — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:36:29 +0000

The saddest thing is when a company approaches you having worked with an SEO consultant who has used all this snake oil on their website. They’re not getting the results that were promised so they hope someone can make it work.

Often it may cost more to reverse some of the damage than they paid so telling them that is a message they instantly reject. It is sometimes wise to walk away since it is very difficult to turn this into a win/win situation.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:03:27 +0000

Haha – great list! May favorite was “They don’t rank for their name – moving on”