{"id":3043,"date":"2014-06-25T08:56:55","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T13:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lillicotch.com\/Blog\/?p=3043"},"modified":"2016-05-17T07:23:41","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T12:23:41","slug":"seo-and-seo-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lillicotch.com\/Blog\/seo-and-seo-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"SEO and SEO Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My customer forwarded me this today. He was worried that his website was missing out on tons of traffic. I get millions of this crap, so it&#8217;s probably easier for me to spot as spam (I added the stop sign)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3053\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lillicotch.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/stopsign-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"stopsign\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lillicotch.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/stopsign-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lillicotch.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/stopsign-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lillicotch.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/stopsign.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 80%; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 312px;\">\n<p>From: Cool sounding (English) na&#109;&#x65;&#x40;&#x67;&#x6d;ai&#108;&#46;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x6d;<\/p>\n<p>Subject: Can I give some honest feedback on your website?<\/p>\n<p>Hi,<br \/>\nWanted to touch base: We\u2019ve spoken a while back about your website. I happen to be on it again and wanted to point out a few areas of concern (SEO, Visibility, etc). For what it\u2019s worth, I see a few specific things impacting your site&#8217;s profitability that can be improved with a slightly refreshed strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Just to remind: I work with several consultants who I have personally hand-picked: Each of them are more than glad to share CASE STUDIES of their work with you.Would you be open for a brief discussion? At the very least, you\u2019ll gain new insights through an extensive Web Needs Analysis (Doesn\u2019t cost a thing).<\/p>\n<p>All I would need to know is whether you would be open to speaking briefly with my consultants to get started.(P.S.: If you\u2019re no longer interested in getting periodic updates, let me know and I promise I won\u2019t follow up again. Thanks for your time.)<\/p>\n<p>Regards,<br \/>\nCool sounding (English) name<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Well, where do I start?<br \/>\nThings to be suspicious of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s a Gmail account, could be anyone.<br \/>\nawww, he&#8217;s being honest&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>We\u2019ve spoken?<br \/>\nDoesn&#8217;t know your name.<\/li>\n<li>Know anything about your site?<\/li>\n<li>He has no website?<\/li>\n<li>Only email contact address<br \/>\nCould be anywhere in the world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My advice, even if it was a *real* email<br \/>\nAsk them exactly they are going to do for you.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There is no secret sauce, if they won&#8217;t tell you, run away<\/li>\n<li>If they claim great links from quality sites, that means they&#8217;re spamming the blogs.<br \/>\nQuality sites are generally not giving links to someone they don&#8217;t even know.<\/li>\n<li>Social Media<br \/>\nJust a buzzword. Same thing, what work are they going to do?<br \/>\nAre you willing to let them be the face of your business?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is just a start. Any more ideas?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My customer forwarded me this today. He was worried that his website was missing out on tons of traffic. I get millions of this crap, so it&#8217;s probably easier for me to spot as spam (I added the stop sign) From: Cool sounding (English) &#x6e;&#x61;&#x6d;&#101;&#64;gma&#x69;&#x6c;&#x2e;&#x63;&#111;m Subject: Can I give some honest feedback on your website? 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