Comments on: SEO Company Promoting Search Engine Marketing Services to Me?

By: Delwin

Delwin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:15:32 +0000

I forgot to mention that the contact form submissions they send do not list a company name. I only found out who they were after I replied to one of their SPAM form submissions. Someone from National Positions emailed the response to me, and that person did not have a GMAIL address.

By: Delwin

Delwin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:10:29 +0000

NetSuccessUSA now calls itself “National Positions”. They’ve been spamming my contact forms and those of my web design clients for about three months. I get about three to four a week now.

I actually replied to one of their inquiries via their GMAIL account and got a response today from another non-GMAIL account. They are using various GMAIL accounts to carry out their form spam campaign. The GMAIL accounts are typically different each time I get spammed but it’s always an identical message.

I reported the last email address to Google and everyone else receiving their form spam should do the same.

By: Mike Wood

Mike Wood — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:15:43 +0000

Black hat SEO’s are constantly struggling to keep up with new technology. Things like keyword stuffing and link spamming aren’t effective anymore. As search engine’s advance, black hat techniques will always become obsolete. They will always be around and find new techniques but us white hat marketers will always be ahead of the curve.

By: Travis Gutierrez - Search Engine Optimization Services Specialist

Travis Gutierrez - Search Engine Optimization Services Specialist — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:55:32 +0000

E-mail spammers and (my least favorite) black-hat SEO cheaters not only make it difficult for search engines to find and rank the content of the useful information on the internet, but they give online marketing a name. I will admit, being a long time Internet Marketing and Search Engine Optimization Services Specialist for over 5 years….I’m a strong believer that spammers and seo black-hat cheaters will always be around…..but come on “NetSuccessUSA” that just WREAKS of a scamming, spamming, fast/quick fix failure. I am glad that there are many serious Internet Advertising/Marketing businesses and freelancers out there that help bring a quality name to the industry.

- Travis Gutierrez – SEO Services Specialist
Phoenix Small Business Solutions

By: Brian Ratzker

Brian Ratzker — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:01:15 +0000

Unfortunately, that is what happens when you outsource to foreigners. They email spam all over the place and don’t care who they are sending emails to. Google and Matt Cutts get these emails all the time too.

By: Rick N.

Rick N. — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:29:50 +0000

I just received an email through my contact me page on my website also. Seems that Neal has offices in New York also. It doesn’t really bother me to get a solicitation like that through my contact page if it’s something I might be interested in and it’s from a person. The problem for me is that after searching the name, you get the feeling they aren’t legit because of the different company names, CEO names, company locations, etc. Feels like more of a scam from a bot than legit business to me.

First Name: Neal
Last Name: Stone
Email Address: @@@@@@@@@###@gmail.com
Address: 224 Lawrence Road
City: New York
State: NY
Zip Code: 11111
Comments: Internet Marketing Services

By: Scott Van Achte

Scott Van Achte — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:30:47 +0000

I receive SPAM from SEO companies quite often and find it equally amusing. I had one such email from “Neal Stone” today, this time their company name appears to be “Profitable Internet Marketing” with different contact info than above. Same name, Same email, different company info. I find it interesting that after a year they are still using the same sales pitch.

Any reputable SEO should have something positive about them in the Top 10. (Found this post by Googling “Neal Stone”.) Its great that “Neal Stone” has a bunch of articles and posts about his spamming habits (If this is even his real name, which I doubt).

By: Dear Neal Stone, SEO Spammer « John Herren’s Blog

Dear Neal Stone, SEO Spammer « John Herren’s Blog — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:43:39 +0000

[...] Now, this might come across as a bit cruel, but I think what I have to say is for the best to the Web community in general, and I hope you are able to take my words as constructive criticism and change your evil ways. It seems you may have been at the SEO game for a while now, but the search engines which you know intimately, only seem to highlight reports of your spamming, Neal Stone (a spammer). [...]

By: Chuck Nusbaum

Chuck Nusbaum — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:14:45 +0000

The president of a club I belong to, whose site we host and I act as webmaster for(www.FlaglerGunClub.com) also received an email from Mr. Stone. It seems that Mr. Stone is also president of “National Positions” as well as “NetSucessUSA”.

As to what to do about them? Well they are in California, so maybe pray that one of the fault lines goes through their building and is active soon. Tar and feathers is also a good solution. Maybe figure out how Adam and Jamey of Mythbusters could do an episode on “I can make your site # one on all the search engines”, which seems to be the myth Mr. Stone and company are promulgating. They do like to blow things up on that show.

By: David Gibson

David Gibson — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:39:24 +0000

I received the same message via my online contact form. It was signed Mine was signed Ron Carter, Exec VP. Maybe they have a ‘bot that can automatically fill in inquiry forms?

By way of reply I sent a link to your blog.