SEO Myth # 12,435
How many times have you seen the following statement: “We submit your web site to over 20,000 search engines and directories”? This is usually followed by “for the low low price of $19.95″.  
If you happen to see this pitch on a so called SEO company’s web site, it’s time to hit [...]

We all wish there was a way to stop spammers, just when I think that our servers have done a great job of catching those pesky viagra messages before they clutter my outlook inbox, the spammers evolve and beat the system.  I don’t think there will ever be a way to stop spammers, but I [...]

I was speaking with a prospect this afternoon, everything was going along just fine, I was asking questions, he was answering, we were have a grand ole time. UNTIL…. He asked me if I know how to send out 10 million emails monthly soliciting business to an un-targeted email list. Wow. He went on to [...]

One of my biggest pet peeves (yes, there are many…) are broadcast faxers.  Broadcast faxes are stupid.  Plain and simple.  I get solicited for health care (which I don’t think my employees would appreciate if I started picking health care plans based on un-solicited faxes), accounting services, toner ink refills (even though they are WASTING [...]

I got a phone call from one of our vendors today, a vendor that we do quite a bit of business with in the domain name registration game… They called to thank me for being such a valuable client to them and to introduce me to their internet marketing products.  I of course informed her [...]

Got a phone call tonight from 806-576-0589 and heard an amateur recording about my Google listing. This company represented itself as ‘Google’ and asked me to hit 1 to verify my Google local business listing.  I of course did a bit of homework as I was on the phone and stumbled upon this brilliant tidbit [...]

I hate spammers as much as the next guy: BUT, from time to time, I must say, I admire their ingenuity. Obviously, spammers need to evolve in order to get their garbage through rapidly changing spam filters, sometimes on a daily basis.  They try mispellings, they try crazy and zany characters, they try everything to [...]

Got this garbage email today and thought I would share: Note the bold portion below ……
Hi,
I came across your website and was wondering if you would consider a link exchange with me. In return for just one link from you I am willing to place a link to your site on [...]

Nothing pleases the ‘evil’ side of me more than fielding a sales call from a ’search engine marketing firm’ calling a search engine marketing firm to solicit business.  The other day, we got such a call. Normally I don’t take cold sales calls, but whenever I see a search engine marketing company calling our office [...]

Was talking to one of my long time customers the other day, checking in and see how he was doing. He was sharing with me how many so called search engine optimization companies solicit him on a daily basis trying to pitch him the dream of online internet success. He loves to ‘play’ [...]