Top 10 Rankings: Not if Shakespeare Has Anything to Say About It
Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to get some casual reading done — well, casual for me. (Meaning I wasn’t reading Shakespeare, Milton or Chaucer — all fun, but not ‘casual.’ [Though, I do need to go through the Canterbury Tales again…]) I checked out some other SEO companies online.
Wow.
That’s really all I should have to say about that. “Top 10 rankings guaranteed in 5 weeks or your money returned.” “We’ll get you to the first page in Google in a month, without question.” “You’ll rank so high the Almighty will want to read you from Google.”
Sweet Methuselah’s beard, promises like these are signs of a company that you should avoid at all costs. Honestly, anyone who is promising you a top 10 ranking in any sort of timeframe, or even at all, is a shady character.
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a 1,342 times, SEO is about techniques and best practices, but there are no guarantees. Come on crappy companies, stop making ridiculous promises like this!
Tags: bad seo companies, no promise with seo, top 10 rankings
April 21st, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Good stuff. Companies that make these promises are typically the ones that have the least amount of SEO knowledge. You are putting your website and business in serious danger by using one of these services because you could end up getting punished by Google.
April 22nd, 2008 at 10:20 am
yeah, these are the worst kind of snake oil salesmen that people should avoid. i always recommend that everyone (not just the seos) read up on the industry. not for technical knowledge, but just so that you can know what is reasonable and what is ridiculous to promise!