Beware SEO Snake Oil
Ian Lurie Jan 26 2007
Matt Cutts has a great post about someone he caught using unethical but ‘undetectable’ search engine optimization techniques.
The short version: If your search marketing firm/consultant mentions using ‘doorway pages’ or something like that to help you move up in the rankings, run. If they won’t tell you what they’re doing, run faster.
Ian Lurie
CEO
Ian Lurie is CEO and founder of Portent Inc. He's recorded training for Lynda.com, writes regularly for the Portent Blog and has been published on AllThingsD, Forbes.com and TechCrunch. Ian speaks at conferences around the world, including SearchLove, MozCon, SIC and ad:Tech. Follow him on Twitter at portentint. He also just published a book about strategy for services businesses: One Trick Ponies Get Shot, available on Kindle. Read More
