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The amount of misinformation floating around the web as it relates to search engine optimization is staggering. It seems that 9 out of every 10 posts I read contains blatantly wrong advice. I am begininning to think that some very sneaky SEO pro’s are spreading incorrect info on purpose.
Here is a thread I came across today over at DevShed Forums - the poster is asking the following question:
Hi all,
I’m based in Australia, and looking around for a VPS host. It’s down to 2 options, local or US hosting. I’m told that if my host is in Australia, that will help my Australian search ranking, but that if my host is in the US, it will help my US ranking. Is this really true? Why would it be so? Is it some kind of algorithm that assumes added relevance if the host is local?
Some of the responses (as quoted below) were quite interesting and only added to the confusion.
“yes it is true, but it is not necessary that you need to host in particular country.”
“Server location affects the ranking in Search Engine Result Pages (SERP) but not always”
“It depends on what and where you are targeting rather than the server location”
“this is one of the factor among 1000 which affect your ranking”
“Constant work on the website will improve the website ranking on Google dot com too”
It seems like the object of the above replies was to keep the original poster as confused as possible!!
I receive quite a few inquiries asking if I can match or beat some very low (and I mean looooowwww) prices of some overseas folks that offer SEO (and I use the term loosely here) services. I often explain that most of these companies are just making free directory submissions or spamming blog comments and nobody can do quality SEO for those prices, even in India.
I recently came across a post on DigitalPoint forums that really gets this point across - the thread is titled: Why peopel donut trust indian submisin services ? if the title does not give you enough info then you can check-it-out yourself here.
Crusing through DigtalPoint forums I found another SEO fraudster coning folks with an old style scam with a fresh new twist. the guaranteed results or your money back swindle.
In this version (as seen below) you pay in increments as this hard-working SEO moves your rankings up the ladder at Google.com - the only problem is that there is next to no competition for the keywords so my dead grandmother could guarantee these steady climb of these keywords.
In order to prove our worth and establish some credibility, we have created a performance-based payment schedule:
- $99 down payment
- $100 due once your site reaches Google top 20
- Remaining $100 due once your site reaches Google top 10
When called out by IC_IC, in this post:
With all due respect the phrase you are trying to rank for below has a competition of 5 in quotes.
Move In Free Realty: “move in free Houston”
as a matter of fact so does this one:
O.C. PC Guy: “tech consulting Orange County”
You could probably take number one spot in either of those with a handful of links.
Do you have any better examples?
He gets quite angry and has a reply similar to the last scammer (could they be studying the same ebook; how to scam using SEO)?
“Analyze the competition of my clients’ keywords all you want - they chose the keywords that they wanted to rank in the top ten…not me. Bottom line: our company delivered a Google top 10 ranking as promised. ”
The absolute best part of this guy is the URL he runs his SEO from, drum-roll please…..www.centralvalleygiftcards.com!
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