I was reading through some general SEO materials before a presentation and I got a bit sidetracked into reading about historical SEO and the changes that have taken place over the years. In the last 6 years that SEO has really become something of a pop phenom, it has changed greatly.

But, some things have not changed…I still get emails from email addresses like “bobjsalquitz@seo-blast-top-ranking.ru” all the time asking if I am missing the boat because my business is not on “the tops of the search engines. guaranteed number 1 ranking. beat Google with secrets of code…”

And the crazy part is that this has been going on for at least 5 years. Look at this article from 2004: Internet Advancement told to refund clients
That illustrates a fine on a firm out of Seattle that was making false promises about “Top Search Engine Positions”. And yet, I still get emails from clients, friends and associates asking me about emails from random people promising the world, or at least top rankings in the world, for $39/year. I guess some things never change.

Tags: Giving SEO a Bad Name, SEO's

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