Comments on: An SEO Quiz, Shady Optimization Companies & Ask.com Maps http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/09/an-seo-quiz-shady-optimization-companies-ask-com-maps/ SEO and Marketing Blog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:53:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Alan Bleiweiss http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/09/an-seo-quiz-shady-optimization-companies-ask-com-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-16780 Alan Bleiweiss Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:59:10 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2007/09/an-seo-quiz-shady-optimization-companies-ask-com-maps/#comment-16780 <p>Here's a very good reason to leave a suspect company - a former client of ours had switched to another web company about two years ago. Last November they came back to the fold and I took over their SEO work. Why did they come back? For a while they did GREAT in rankings. Then, oddly enough, they disappeared from Yahoo altogether and became buried at Google. </p> <p>Turns out the site used some nasty black hat methods. </p> <p>It has taken me so much work and effort over a all this time to finally get their entire site back into the Yahoo index - heck - it took four months just to get Yahoo to even reinclude the home page! </p> <p>So I'd say the potential for being banned should be reason enough. </p> Here’s a very good reason to leave a suspect company – a former client of ours had switched to another web company about two years ago. Last November they came back to the fold and I took over their SEO work. Why did they come back? For a while they did GREAT in rankings. Then, oddly enough, they disappeared from Yahoo altogether and became buried at Google.

Turns out the site used some nasty black hat methods.

It has taken me so much work and effort over a all this time to finally get their entire site back into the Yahoo index – heck – it took four months just to get Yahoo to even reinclude the home page!

So I’d say the potential for being banned should be reason enough.

]]> By: Billy http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/09/an-seo-quiz-shady-optimization-companies-ask-com-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-16779 Billy Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:52:44 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2007/09/an-seo-quiz-shady-optimization-companies-ask-com-maps/#comment-16779 I don't understand how an "SEO newbie" can constantly rank on the first page of search engines for extremely competitive terms. At least according to the SEOMoz quiz. I don’t understand how an “SEO newbie” can constantly rank on the first page of search engines for extremely competitive terms. At least according to the SEOMoz quiz.

]]> By: iamlost http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/09/an-seo-quiz-shady-optimization-companies-ask-com-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-16778 iamlost Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:20:35 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2007/09/an-seo-quiz-shady-optimization-companies-ask-com-maps/#comment-16778 <p><blockquote>I'm kind of sad because it seems while we were up in Yosemite for our annual company retreat, the SEO industry went right along head without us. Didn't they realize I wasn't going to be around to blog? Like, seriously.</blockquote> I missed hearing about Susan.<br /> I [heart] Susan :)<br /> She is so cute. ;)<br /> Hi, Susan. Sigh. </p>
I’m kind of sad because it seems while we were up in Yosemite for our annual company retreat, the SEO industry went right along head without us. Didn’t they realize I wasn’t going to be around to blog? Like, seriously.

I missed hearing about Susan.
I [heart] Susan :)
She is so cute. ;)
Hi, Susan. Sigh.

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