AdSense Fail: SEO Malpractice and Guaranteed SEO
Hey SEO’s, what’s wrong with this Google AdSense advertisement? Don’t you love the way that two businesses have to co-exist on the same Google AdSense ad? One way to avoid SEO malpractice is to restrain yourself from the practice of guaranteed SEO:
No one can guarantee a #1 ranking on Google.
Beware of SEOs that claim to guarantee rankings, allege a “special relationship” with Google, or advertise a “priority submit” to Google.
Perhaps the above quote from the Google Search Engine Optimization Guidelines should read No one can guarantee a #1 ranking on Google except a Google advertiser.
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Blog post January 24th, 2011 by emory @ clickfire in Google 7 Comments »
January 24th, 2011 at 11:27 am
If you give them lots of money, then I guess you are guaranteed. lol
January 25th, 2011 at 9:45 am
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January 26th, 2011 at 12:13 am
Amazingly, “Guaranteed” SEO is showing up on the first page of Google organic search results for “SEO,” positions 9 and 10 for a query done today.
January 28th, 2011 at 4:25 am
If you give them lots of money, then I guess you are guaranteed. lol
Thank you for post..
January 31st, 2011 at 8:44 pm
Unless they can manipulate the system forever, there is no such thing as a guaranteed top rank in SEO.
February 5th, 2011 at 4:03 pm
Love the contradiction between those two ads.. I hate sites that make ridiculous claims like “Guaranteed #1 spot in Google next week” without even knowing what keywords you are optimizing for! If these SEO companies would calm down and make reasonable claims about their services, they would probably get more customers (or at least more customers who won’t complain later and demand refunds!).
March 1st, 2011 at 10:21 am
I still think there is a big difference between the two. There is no guaranteed #1 on google it’s forever changing whoever has the most money wins to keep up in placement.