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Summary: Beware Search Engine Optimization Junk Email (SPAM)

Have you gotten emails that solicit you for Search Engine Optimization? Things like:

Dear _______

I visited your website and noticed that you are not listed in most of the major search engines and directories..."

I just received the most outrageous SEO spam email. This company claims that for a minimum of $89.95 per month, they will GUARANTEE me a top 20 listing for 50 key phrases. I was so astonished that they would make such a claim for such an outrageous price, I almost wrote to them. Then I remembered my own advice to NEVER respond to spammers and instead reported the spam to their Internet Service Provider.

However, the experience made me realize that there are people who might believe claims like that and might even pay that kind of money believing they were getting a valuable service.

Here is a link to a page at Google that gives you some guidelines about Search Engine Optimization companies and what to be aware of.

http://www.google.com/webmasters/seo.html

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