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Avatar Went Hot: April 15, 2008 - 5:03 am
Posted By: DavidWallace 100 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seroundtable.com)
Category: SEM Industry
An "SEO agency" called Internet Advancement has been sued by Washington State and required to pay over $100,000 in fees for scamming its clients. Among the restitution includes penalties against offering services to new members and requiring refunds to be handed to scammed clients.
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from g1smd 100 days ago #
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I mentioned this when it was in the early stages, some 5 months ago: Internet Advancement sued by State of Washington.  
Nice to see a result at last.

from ViperChill 100 days ago #
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The title may make SEO people a little worried, but read the article. It's actually good that they are being sued :)

from iBrian 99 days ago # - show/hide this comment
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Desphunn - duplicate:
http://sphinn.com/story/40003

from BrickMarketing 99 days ago #
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Good!  Glad to see this.  Maybe this will set an example for the other scammy "SEO Agencies" that promise the same BS over and over again.

from semanjoe 99 days ago #
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I posted about their aggresive cold calls at the beginning of last year. I can't believe they carried on trading as Internet Advancement with all the bad press being written about them. They were real slime balls - let's hope that is the end of them!

from LucidClicks 99 days ago #
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As a startup SEO firm, I enjoy reading things like this - futhering my stance on what my firm will -NOT- be doing. Is it so hard to just offer quality service and not make false promises?

from shoppingcart 99 days ago #
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i think I have had several clients use them.   they change some meta tags, if that.  what a joke.

from kevinheisler 99 days ago #
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@ibrian - thx for noticing the dupe but np David's sphinn going hot
glad Barry spread the word @ SER - good for the industry when scammers busted


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