| Should SEO Agencies be deindexed? | 1918 (deprecated) | 5/26/12 8:05 PM | I'm sure you saw this article ( http://llsocial.com/2012/05/search-secrets-prominent-seo-company-covertly-purchasing-backlinks-for-fortune-1000/ ) that alleged that a well known SEO agency was buying links for their clients. Google deindexed them the |
| Re: Should SEO Agencies be deindexed? | Lysis | 5/26/12 9:06 PM | OUCH...yep..http://iacquire.com totally gone. |
| Re: Should SEO Agencies be deindexed? | StevieD_Web | 5/26/12 9:23 PM | somebody needs to pay for the crimes. If this wasn't a SEO firm, but instead was an accounting firm and they doctored the annual audit.... what would happen to them? Or if this was a NYT reporter and he fudged a few stories.... OR maybe the CEO of a |
| Re: Should SEO Agencies be deindexed? | webado | 5/26/12 9:58 PM | Wow, neato :) |
| Re: Should SEO Agencies be deindexed? | fathom | 5/26/12 10:46 PM | On Saturday, May 26, 2012 11:05:00 PM UTC-4, 1918 wrote:Fair or heavy handed? Well let's see... organic results is absolutely free. This is a no brainer. |
| Re: Should SEO Agencies be deindexed? | ѕquibble | 5/27/12 10:02 AM | I would wait until Google confirmed this. |
| Re: Should SEO Agencies be deindexed? | webado | 5/27/12 11:59 AM | https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aiacquire.com&rlz=1I7DACA_en-GB&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&qscrl=1 Gone. Zip. Poof. |
| Re: Should SEO Agencies be deindexed? | ѕquibble | 5/27/12 12:58 PM | Yes, the site is not indexed. As for the reasons why, myself - I would wait for clarifying information from a google source least 2+2 is equaling 5 in this instance. |
| Re: Should SEO Agencies be deindexed? | StevieD_Web | 5/28/12 12:10 PM | http://searchengineland.com/iacquire-banned-from-google-after-link-buying-allegations-122414 It ain't the Big G, but Barry is pretty reliable |
| Re: Should SEO Agencies be deindexed? | Lysis | 5/28/12 12:20 PM | Is this a good thread to say "welcome back" to 1918? :D |
| Re: Should SEO Agencies be deindexed? | Shannon... | 5/28/12 4:30 PM | Just googled saw this: http://www.change.org/petitions/google-re-index-http-www-iacquire-com |
| Re: Should SEO Agencies be deindexed? | Lysis | 5/28/12 5:32 PM | lol 9 signatures out of 100,000. Most people were probably like "lol wut is iacquire?" |
| Re: Should SEO Agencies be deindexed? | Go-Tell-The-Spartans | 5/29/12 6:38 AM | No Sympathy, Google is a business and they give listing away for free in the organics, the advertisers subsidise this. If a company wants to pay for links, then they should do so via adwords like everyone else has to. |