Cheap SEO is Cheap SEO
By Matt McGee on Nov 13, 2009 | comments (10)
Dear small business owners,
Please promise me that if you ever get this same email that I got, you’ll have a hearty laugh and then hit the DELETE button:
Hi:
Affordable SEO services starting.50 Social Bookmarking Your sites are bookmarked on 50 different sets(PR 4+).
Completion Time: ~3 Days $5.00100 High PR Directory Submission(PR 4+); We will
submit your site to 100 PR4+ directories that have good approval rates.
Completion Time: ~3 Days $5.00100 Article Submission We will submit your article to 100 Article Marketing Websties and been one of the collections.
Completion Time: ~7 Days $9.00
I’ve seen offers for cheap SEO before, but this one takes the cake. $19? You might almost be of the mind to say, Why not do it? You’re only losing $19, right?
Sure, that’s the initial out-of-pocket cost, but submitting your site to 50 social bookmarking sites, 100 directories, and 100 article submission sites is pretty much the very definition of submission spam, and who knows what the long-term costs could be. Might be a lot more than $19.
(A much better investment that only costs $6 more: my How to SEO Your Site e-book.)
On Nov 13, 2009, Garth O'Brien said:
For a second I was concerned about your Tweet; SEO for $19. My initial thought was that I am way over charging for my services.
On Nov 13, 2009, Bryan Phelps said:
I have the How to SEO Your Site e-book and can attest that if you follow the instructions, it will have a much bigger impact than the $19 “SEO” package.
On Nov 14, 2009, Todd Mintz said:
Just think…you could have purchased SEO services with the pocket cash you couldn’t put into the slot machine at the Vegas airport :.)
On Nov 16, 2009, Sue said:
I think it is sad that people actually believe this can be beneficial – SEO or should I say ‘good SEO’ is worth every penny if you want it done properly.
On Nov 16, 2009, Craig said:
AMEN!!!! This reminds me of the “article marketers” who claim: “Professional writers generally charge anywhere from $4 to $8 for an article depending on the word count and research involved.”
As a professional writer since the Reagan administration, I take profound offense to these bozos. (Full rant here: http://www.lohad.com/?p=2016)
STANDARDS! STANDARDS!!!
On Nov 16, 2009, Sean Callahan said:
That’s hillarious. I get those all the time. The best ones are when spammers give you the ol’:
“I can help you market your website through seo…” and they send it straight to an SEO’s website contact form. I laugh everytime.
On Nov 16, 2009, Matt said:
Cheap is just that…cheap! Still, there is a sucker born every minute who will try something like this. They then hire us to come in and fix it.
On Nov 20, 2009, jimmy said:
lol, great post. I must get emails like this each and every day. I say, swot up and learn yourself!
On Nov 29, 2009, David said:
Recently I came across a client’s website that appeared to have lost much of his rankings. After some investigation I realised that he had a large portfolio of spammy inbound links. When I asked if he knew where all those nasty links came from, he told me that for about 4 months he was signing up for all these cheap $69 dollars for 500links deals…. the question is now, how much does it cost to go one by one examining the most noxious inbound he has and attempt to remove them?
On Nov 29, 2009, Matt McGee said:
That’s a tough situation, David. It’ll probably cost a lot of time at minimum. And you may not be successful in getting rid of all of them. If you think your client is being penalized, remember to submit a Google reinclusion request if you manage to clean this up. Good luck.