Whether you’re an SEO company, a search marketing consultant, or a company who has hired either of the two, you’ve likely come across at least one colossal blunder made by a self-proclaimed search engine optimization expert or online marketing company. I see this all the time, but wanted to get a gauge on what others have experienced. I’m hoping to get some good ones, so I’m going to put up a new iPod Touch (8 GB) as a prize for the winner.
Comments to this post won’t be treated as entries. Please, post your SEO company stupidity story using my Contact form. It doesn’t have to be a SEO blunder “proper” (it could be regarding PPC or a viral video the SEO company employed, for example). Don’t be shy about writing… A one or two sentence post likely isn’t going to impress! A paragraph or two is probably about right. To protect all claimed perpetrators company names will be edited out of any stories submitted.
Deadline? If I’ve got more than 50 repsonses by September 15th, I’ll stop considering entries at midnight. If not, I’ll determine a period of time to extend the entry period. The final deadline for entries is September 22nd at midnight. The winner will be announced on the 23rd! Looking forward to reading your entry!
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Story submitted, thanks for the opportunity! This was a brilliant idea, I can’t wait to see the other stories (and who wins)!
Great contest! I think a Stupid SEO Story will be more helpful than a success one! I’m waiting for see all storys,so that i dont make the mistake once again.
I do have a story on my blog where my main competitor disallowed all spiders from their site for 2 weeks which was really fun for me since it only took me 30 seconds to find their mistake.
But I have a feeling you will get lots of robots stories and it would not win.
But I will be sure to come back to see who wins.
Dave
Good idea. I hope that you post all entries. Or at least the most stupid ones. Then I’ll make a post about it on my own blog, linking to here.
From Online Loser’s blog: Bux.to Pay To Click.
I stopped accepting entries at midnight last night.
I’ll pick the winner, announce their name and ship their iPod touch before midnight tonight!
Arrgghh… looks like I missed the cut off. I found this site from seodiva and had a ton of stories to share. Anonymously
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That’s a really interesting contest, too bad I missed it. I know few of them that would make you laugh. Hm, someone should make a blog about them
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wow! bummer i missed out on this! i have some really good stories!