SEO Scams and Fraud

There have been a few posts recently about all the fly-by-night SEO scammers that are giving the entire industry a bad name.  Here is an example of one on DigitalPoint forums and I have seen this style of SEO scam run dozens of time over the past few weeks.

Here is their sales pitch:

Keyword Optimization Service – Customer Satisfication guarantee

Search Engine Placement Introduction:

web-designlk.com is an Natural Search Engine Optimization Unit, that builds professional search engine marketing strategies for long-term keyword placement on major search engines. Our search engine marketing strategies offer your company a logical solution for exposure to the Internet public through intense research and development to assure any company success within search engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN.

Why Web-designlk SEO Experts?

Web-designlk Srilanka We’re specialized in Search Engine Optimization and Search Engine Marketing . We have the Proven Experience and Expertise in Optimizing Website that Succeed by Bringing in Best Enquiries, Which Generate Sales and are an Asset to Your Business.Customer Satisfication is Our Main Goal, Our Professional Keyword Optimization Package features a unique two step process to optimizing your website for a higher ranking in regular search results.

1st Step –
1, Keyword Research / Competetor Keyword Reserach Analyzing
2, Optimize Your Webpage [onpage – Opt] Contents .

2nd Step-

1, off-page search engine optimization Link Building
2, 3rd Party Personal Campaign Launching & Start Submissions + Opt.

Why Keyword Placement is Important?

  • Boost Your Search Engine Traffic & Maximum ROI
  • Drive Real Traffic Your Website
  • Increase Your Business Conversation
  • Multiple First Page Listings
  • Dominate Your Competetor Keywords
  • Long Term Search Engine Popularity

Actually does not sound too bad, and certainly at the top end of the spectrum for Indian based SEO scammers.  But as pointed out in the thread, once you look a little deeper into what they have achieved in the past for clients the smoke-mirrors and BS start to unfold.

Working from your keywords in your screenshot I will call you out on your service:

Url: http://www.vengadeshwaraa.com
Domain Age:11 Months
Current PR: 03.
Project: 5 Keyword opt in Top Ten.
See Screenshot

For number 2 keyword there is 2 competition in quotes, for number 3 keyword there is zero competition in quotes and for the third keyword there is 1 competition in quotes.

Charging a customer to rank for keywords with almost no competition is very shady and then posting those results as proof of your SEO skills is quite deceiving.

Good catch IC_IC, this is one of the most popular scams out there and most webmasters (especially the beginners) don’t catch it.

The response given when confronted with this obvious fraud is priceless:

“we are just working with client requirements only, if client needs only this keywords , we will particular keywords. we dont care about traffic..”

and that pretty much sums up the state of SEO fraud.

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