Sphinn Home » SEO
I've had an epiphany: Most people want to hire really crappy SEO 'professionals'.

It's the only possible reason for some of the asinine hiring decisions made by otherwise intelligent people. So, in the tradition of bloggers giving audiences what they want, here's my ten steps to hire an SEO firm that will bury you in the rankings and cost you money...
18 Comments     

Comments

from g1smd 41 days ago #
Votes: 0 | Vote:
+ -

So much of that is true, it's scary  --  and yet those folks always have customers clamouring for more...

from richpageramblings 41 days ago #
Votes: 0 | Vote:
+ -

Nice! Love it.

from DarkMatter 41 days ago #
Votes: 0 | Vote:
+ -

I can definitely get you #1 rankings for "hassenplarfer"....just saying...

from scottclark 41 days ago #
Votes: 1 | Vote:
+ -

so, you can help us?

Rolando Peterson, Hassenplarfer, LLC.

from wrttnwrd 41 days ago #
Votes: 0 | Vote:
+ -

Scott, you're in luck! In spite of steep competition I can get you a top ranking for not only 'hassenplarfer' but also 'Hassenplarfer' and 'hassenplarfers'.

All you have to do is add a small snippet of code to your home page that adds you to our exclusive link building network, available to only 1000 people a month!

It's THE SECRET GOOGLE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW!

Please send payment of $99.95 to my Cayman Islands account...

from scottclark 41 days ago #
Votes: 0 | Vote:
+ -

Woo hoo!!!!!

...um, we only budgeted $40 though.  Hope that'll work.

kthanksbye

from wrttnwrd 41 days ago #
Votes: 0 | Vote:
+ -

Scott,

Then you qualify for our once-in-a-lifetime special: $39.95 a month for 10 years. This gets you into our 'outer pyramid' network of 10,000 people.

Please e-mail me your credit card info and I'll get started.

Ian

from wrttnwrd 41 days ago #
Votes: 0 | Vote:
+ -

Oh, I'm sorry, you lost your shot at #1 for Hassenplarfer: http://tinyurl.com/5jemmw

from DarkMatter 41 days ago #
Votes: 0 | Vote:
+ -

oh man this term is getting too competitive....I'd have to submit the URL to Google 3 or 4 times to get high rankings in this niche.

from wrttnwrd 40 days ago #
Votes: 0 | Vote:
+ -

Yes, but in the mean time we can submit you to 5000 other search engines for just $9.95.

from tykeblog 40 days ago #
Votes: 0 | Vote:
+ -

Yeah, i'm crisp , buying puyerly on stock divergence looking at my fanny whilst being aware of  mack in the background. I'm sure there's buyers in the market and HALELOOYAAA! for the highest bidder.

'Cavet em Emptor'


If you can force something up, then you should go ahead. :)

from yojpotter2 40 days ago # - show/hide this comment
Votes: -1 | Vote:
+ -

So true and funny! Thanks for posting it here! Great find!

from nsmseo 40 days ago # - show/hide this comment
Votes: -1 | Vote:
+ -

Ian you sound like a guy that I would jump at a chance to do business with, is it possible for you to  do local organic listings for my site -- the term im after is :

"Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu mortages"

Its big business here in Māori  :)

from g1smd 40 days ago # - show/hide this comment
Votes: -1 | Vote:
+ -

Eeeeeep. 


Thud!

from nsmseo 40 days ago # - show/hide this comment
Votes: -1 | Vote:
+ -

Heheh @ g1smd (Ian) what is wrong in chasing that keyword?

I would also be interested in any long-tail searches for this ;)

Wonder where it'll showin google in a few days time. I'm telling you, there is a genuine potential in opening an seo office in Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu

from seobro 40 days ago #
Votes: 0 | Vote:
+ -

One guy hired a content creator for 50 cents an hour and got thousands of web pages with horrible English. It sounded like Borat on steroids.

from hugoguzman 40 days ago #
Votes: 0 | Vote:
+ -

You forgot No. 11.

Hire a firm that spams the crap out of your email inbox with messages about how they can help drive search engine traffic to your site.

from Halfdeck 40 days ago #
Votes: 0 | Vote:
+ -

"If someone tells you they'll charge $5,000, gasp and hang up the phone."

Lol, nice one. I'll sphinn this just for that line.


Log in to comment or register here.
Search Marketing Expo

Save the date for:
SMX China (Nanjing) - Sept. 23-24
SMX Stockholm - Sept. 23-24: See who's speaking or register now.
SMX East (New York City) - Oct. 6-8: See the agenda or register today and save!
SMX London - Nov. 4-5: Pre-agenda rate now available. Click here.