This article is from Bill Hartzer . He said everything I was going to say. Thank you Bill! Great article, visit his site for other good articles. I officially officially declare that all search engine submission services are now scams. If you receive an email from anyone claiming to offer search engine submission services or a similar submission service–it is spam and also a scam. In a recent Google Webmaster Forum thread, a Google representative officially stated: these services are not needed and can even be counter-productive Yes, search engine submission is officially dead–and officially a scam. Take a look at the UCE (Unsolicited Commercial Email–spam) email that I received just recently, it looked like this: The email is offering “search engine submission services” and the service, which costs a hefty $75.00 per year provides “submission and search engine ranking for domain owners”. The offer goes on to say: Failure to complete your search engine registration by Nov 10, 2012 may result in the cancellation of this order (making it difficult for your customers to locate you using search engines on the web). Sure, they want you to reply and pay for their “service” by a certain date. But it is absolutely a […]
Fake Email, Scam Email, Is it real?
Fake email, scam email. Every day most of us probably get some. I am just going to start a list with samples of fake or scam emails in this article, and keep updating it as they come in. I have many email addresses, so I tend to get almost every scam or fake email going around at some point. I have seen everything, so when I get one I have not seen before, I want to warn people. I get so many bad, fake, scam emails, that I usually just delete them. Then I meet people who fall for them and it breaks my heart. Many people are too ashamed to tell anyone. They feel like fools. The best prevention is education and warning others. Share your knowledge if you know older people who still believe these emails are real or are not sure. Talk about this with your friends and relatives. It infuriates me how many people feel scared by these fake emails. One trick that is common and some people I know fell for it, is getting an email saying your domain name is due and to pay them $70. to renew! Those are fake emails!! Then the […]