Telemarketers calling pretending that they are a "google partner" when they are not part of google, and not affiliated with google in any way.
All these guys do is sell you "SEO Optimization" - pretty much they will take your money and do absolutely nothing for you.
Spiel? Simple - pay them $199 for the first 5 days, $199 for the second 5 days, then ~only~ $199 per month thereafter.
What do you get for this? Well they say that they will make your website show up on the first page of google.com. Funny thing that they forgot to mention - only google can make you show up on page one - unless you pay google for a paid ad to show up on the "featured" section of google.
So what does this mean to the rest of us?
Simple. This is a scam for those that don't know or care to know anything about how websites and search engines work. And these guys took five tries before they admitted that they really weren't partnered with google - and that they were selling services that could be done for free if you just bothered to read a little.
All I could tell the guy was - hey, why are you calling me anyhow? I'm on the Do Not Call List?
Acted like I had spoken to him in Chinese - sputtered like an outboard engine with water in the gas and then just hung up on me.
Thanks for calling you stupid baboon in a cubicle - next time, move your operation a little closer to MY state and I'll give you the pleasure of a personal visit.
Telemarketers calling pretending that they are a "google partner" when they are not part of google, and not affiliated with google in any way.
All these guys do is sell you "SEO Optimization" - pretty much they will take your money and do absolutely nothing for you.
Spiel? Simple - pay them $199 for the first 5 days, $199 for the second 5 days, then ~only~ $199 per month thereafter.
What do you get for this? Well they say that they will make your website show up on the first page of google.com. Funny thing that they forgot to mention - only google can make you show up on page one - unless you pay google for a paid ad to show up on the "featured" section of google.
So what does this mean to the rest of us?
Simple. This is a scam for those that don't know or care to know anything about how websites and search engines work. And these guys took five tries before they admitted that they really weren't partnered with google - and that they were selling services that could be done for free if you just bothered to read a little.
All I could tell the guy was - hey, why are you calling me anyhow? I'm on the Do Not Call List?
Acted like I had spoken to him in Chinese - sputtered like an outboard engine with water in the gas and then just hung up on me.
Thanks for calling you stupid baboon in a cubicle - next time, move your operation a little closer to MY state and I'll give you the pleasure of a personal visit.
Yeah - I got this one too. First there was a very convincing recording saying that it was Google, then it put me on hold until a "representatiive" told me about this amazing Google deal. Then after I looked up the number and here was this information! Too bad it wasn't real, I was really into it!
You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. That is NOT how google works. Nor does that company claim to be Google. And BTW... YES people can get page one results, very easily. If you knew how Google's algorithms worked, and how sites are ranked, you would obviously understand that.
Telemarketers calling pretending that they are a "google partner" when they are not part of google, and not affiliated with google in any way.
All these guys do is sell you "SEO Optimization" - pretty much they will take your money and do absolutely nothing for you.
Spiel? Simple - pay them $199 for the first 5 days, $199 for the second 5 days, then ~only~ $199 per month thereafter.
What do you get for this? Well they say that they will make your website show up on the first page of google.com. Funny thing that they forgot to mention - only google can make you show up on page one - unless you pay google for a paid ad to show up on the "featured" section of google.
So what does this mean to the rest of us?
Simple. This is a scam for those that don't know or care to know anything about how websites and search engines work. And these guys took five tries before they admitted that they really weren't partnered with google - and that they were selling services that could be done for free if you just bothered to read a little.
All I could tell the guy was - hey, why are you calling me anyhow? I'm on the Do Not Call List?
Acted like I had spoken to him in Chinese - sputtered like an outboard engine with water in the gas and then just hung up on me.
Thanks for calling you stupid baboon in a cubicle - next time, move your operation a little closer to MY state and I'll give you the pleasure of a personal visit.
Well, I see you haven't done your research. First, there are google partners. Look it up. Programs like "adwords certified" "google engage for seo companies"... WHY would Google have these programs if SEO did absolutely nothing? Doesn't quite make sense does it? Google actually can provide front page listing, as well can SEO companies.. Google isn't the only one one that can do it... or should I say if you want to spend thousands they are the only ones.. And that's for PPC. See, the way it works is when a consumer makes a search for a business in a local area Google actually crawls the web for a website that it thinks is most relevant. SO, what companies like this do is make you a pre built site made to be keyword rich so that Google will see it as most relevant, therefore ranking it on the front page. SO, for your information sir, you're wrong. There are plenty of companies out that that do good work like this. Maybe instead of writing blasphemous blogs like this, you should actually do a little research on what SEO is, and Google Maps Optimization.. It's a proven process that is a competition.
And also, it sounds like you were mature on the phone call with the rep. The people that work there, are probably just doing their job and trying to feed their family... And look what you go and do.. Take up their time when you have no idea what you are even talking about. Good luck in life sir/mam.