She Paid $1750 for What?
By Matt McGee on Jul 28, 2008 in SEO
Simon Heseltine starts off the week with the story of a friend of his who recently paid $1,750 for “SEO services” that included:
- search engine submissions
- lame directory submissions
- creation of a new web site she doesn’t even own
- content scraping
You might guess this happened in the real estate industry. And you’d be right. Here’s the full story:
SEO Scams & Snake Oil Salesmen
I’m not sure we need more evidence that Real Estate SEO is a Joke, but if only one real estate agent or other small business owner reads this and learns to avoid the same thing in the future, it’s worth a 5-minute blog post like this one.
You Might Also Like These Posts:
- Real Estate Marketing 2.0
It's easy to associate all real estate agents with that tired and useless spam-filled joke that we often think of...
3 Comment(s)
By Jaan Kanellis on Jul 28, 2008 | Reply
This is a sad, but the truth is their are snake oil salesman in every line of business
By Michael on Jul 31, 2008 | Reply
What’s even worse are the new boiler room SEO outfits that charge you 80 bucks a month, 200 for the first month. They don’t even modify title tags. They just put some links on a couple of link farms (which they revoke if the customer ever stops paying that monthly crack fee), and do a few local business listings. SEO is definitely a shady business right now.
By W.D. on Sep 2, 2008 | Reply
And how much time do the customers keep paying for such services?! Are there any tips to consider while dealing with a SEO company not to be deceived as this woman?