This is URGENT! I need to know ASAP

ecntrc · 04-06-2006

ok so take a look at this

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...C/recu0061.jpg

my client recieved this via email. To me it looks like a scam, when I submitted her sites to yahoo and google and a couple other search engine, it didnt ask for any money or anything. has anyone got this before? I dont know whether I should believe this or not...? please help..
I emailed her host for the tarachanel.com, i tried contacting yahoo to ask if this is real. I went onto that site thats on the paper

www.internetoptimizationbureau.com

seems like you pay money for SEO but thats it? but Ive never went through them before.. what do you guys think?

*MoodsR4Cattle* · 04-06-2006

If neither of you ever heard of the place, then It's just a clever solicitation.
"Don't miss out on improving search engine results ... "
Pretty much says it all.

In the little box at the top it also says, "... this offer is something something ... ", so yeah, it's just a spam.

GoldNetX · 04-06-2006

I'm not 100% sure, but I believe I have recieved either that same letter or one very similar. It looks very spammish and I would not worry about it.

**Bub** · 04-06-2006

Well, even if it isn't a scam, I wouldn't do it. Out of curiousity, I typed the web address at the bottom of the document into google.... Nothing. They're page isn't listed by Google so I wouldn't trust that they can make yours anymore "Google-friendly."

On a side note, I have a friend that runs an internet business. He paid $500+ for this kind of service and says he has yet to see an increase in traffic to the site. He says it's not worth it. Your choice though.

**Man1c M0g** · 04-06-2006

*LOL* This is most definately a scam! Proper search engine optimization is a most painful process involving changes to your pages and navigation structure to make it more appealing to web crawlers. Simply paying a company to submit your links will not help. Chances are that all they will do is simply do a deep index of your pages and then submit them all to google - something the bot usually gets around to by itself eventually. Oh, and if their webpage is *NOT* in google, its a good indication that they are banned for abuse - Google are very strict on such things!

**Bub** · 04-06-2006

Looked into it a little further, and the domain was created 3/22/06. (16 days ago). That may explain Google not spidering them yet.

ecntrc · 04-07-2006

Thanks guys. I told her not to worry because I thought it was a scam.. thanks so much.. i appreciate it..

Troskan · 05-04-2006

Good luck with that, i need to post, then i read this.