Dear Jim Guthrie,
Thank you for your contact form spam but, honestly, are you some kind of complete idiot?
This is a blog about search engine marketing and mostly SEO. So, if I really wanted it to rank I would have look no further than myself for help with the website.
It is time to reconsider you client acquisition strategy when you are trying to persuade other SEOs to give you work. This must be the most idiotic email I have ever received. See below:
Also, way to send me a personalized message really proving that you are a hard working SEO when I can find your exact same massage as comment spam on other websites.
You are exactly the type of “SEO professional” that gives our industry a tarnished reputation. Do everyone a favor and just stop! Don’t just stop the emails, stop attempting to be something you are clearly not.
That is all.
Matthew Diehl
P.S. Get a fucking clue.
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Well said, Matt. The really bad part is when your clients forward you these emails asking if we should “give this a try”. Okay, that’s only happened once — but it was from a client who had been sitting on my SEO recommendations for 6 plus months… Oh brother.
Aaron – should have told them to go for because I doubt they would have done it anyways!
Scumbags are hiding around every corner trying there best to take advantage of anyone they can, really is a shame it is all over in our industry.
Thank you for posting this information. We’ll be adding it to our expanding coverage of NationalPositions.com and their network of SEO Affiliates. http://www.SEOConsultants.com/National-Positions/
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I get these so often it’s unreal. We actually educate clients about these types of emails when we start contracts with them as 9/10 the client will only ask further down the line.
We’re going to get heavily involved with this one. The scale of the National Positions (NationalPositions.com) form spam is off the charts. We’ve got Sting operations going as I type this, you’re welcome to join us!
http://www.seoconsultants.com/national-positions/email-sting
You can find National Positions on Twitter @Natl_Positions and @ppcguru < Send them both a Tweet and let them know how you feel about their aggressive SEO form spamming techniques.
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@pageoneresults – brilliant! I will see what I can come up with. Will keep you posted on how far I got with them and all docs/info.
National Positions is STILL at it! The same canned form submissions are coming in to all our sites on a regular basis. They have begun to keep track of those of us who are “baiting” them with this sting operation, so it is becoming more difficult to trick them into identifying themselves.
We too are taking this on as a large consumer protection project and will work hard to acquire proof of their crimes.
Our ultimate goal is to convince Go Daddy (their web services provider) to terminate them according to their published terms of service. It would be great to actually get the US government to charge them under the law, but that seems almost too good to hope for.
Don’t think for a minute that these evil people have backed off. They don’t care what we think or about their public reputation, and will fight to the last man. Lets give them a fight that will leave a lasting mark on their bottom line! Good luck!
@Erickson Yeah, I tried to bait them in the sting operation but no dice. Hopefully someone has some luck and we can come up with some additional ammunition that can be taken to GoDaddy or whomever to get them to stop the bullshit and shut them down.
I learned that the Indian ISP where most of the initial contacts originate (Airtelbroadband), is now on IronPort’s blacklist, and the common body strings are being blocked by Go Daddy’s in-house filters. So, the IPs, domains and now the very content of these messages is getting hammered at every turn, which hurts National Positions properly, but also our sting ops. Since Gmail is so quick to exterminate any referenced acct, speed is of the essence. The sooner we set the hook, the better chance it will work. On the other side of it, if we can’t contact them, the suckers they prey on can’t either.
The good news is that I have Go Daddy finally listening (no really), so we may yet get some relief (not holding my breath). Blogs like this may help. I have 2 baits already in the bag, so if anyone wants to add theirs, message me via my site.
For those still following the righteous path, don’t be tempted by the dark side! Goodness is good, full stop. All White-Hats go to cyber-heaven.
Someday, I hope to meet a National Positions officer face to face… some day…
I’m just a tiny business but got this jim guthrie email offer today. I tried to find HIM on the internet but his ranking doesn’t seem to exist. All I found was your blog. I appreciate you taking the time to expose what appears to me to be a “higher” form of spam. I use a Mac and get hardly any spam. Now I know to watch out for this type of solicitation.
Debby – It really is a shame that these emails continue to go out. Please do not hold it against the SEO community as a whole, there are far more good eggs than bad.
If you would like more information about the company behind the emails, please visit http://www.seoconsultants.com/national-positions/. It is an expose on the company and more information for you so you can avoid the company as a whole.
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