Category Archives: SEO
Asbestos, Payday Loans, and Russian Girls–When Will Google Fix The Spam Problem?
I’m working on an asbestos lawsuit involving Union Carbide Corporation. I thought I’d do a Google search for “Union Carbide asbestos” and the following result turned up at the top of page 3: Apparently, Google thinks someone out there might need a payday loan so they can buy bakelite asbestos from Russian girls giving hand [...]
Is Google ignoring lawyers who buy links because they spend so much on pay-per-click advertising?
Google is notorious in some circles for kicking sites out of the index or penalizing their rank for buying links. For those who don’t know, the number one factor influencing where you end up in a Google search for “widget” is how many people link to your website. Their algorithm assumes that your site gets [...]
Would your social media expert survive a Daubert challenge?
There’s been a lot of discussion lately about the qualifications of self-proclaimed social media experts who market to lawyers. People like Brian Tannebaum and myself are convinced that many (if not most) of these self-proclaimed experts are snake oil salesmen (or as I more colorfully put it, “bullshit peddlers”) hoping to take advantage of lawyers. [...]
No, I’m not interested in your shitbag SEO company
You know why I’m not interested, and why I know you’re a shitbag? Because you’re filling out forms on my websites trolling for my business. Real SEO companies don’t do that. Real SEO companies don’t follow a Glengarry Glen Ross cold calling routine. Clients come to them. Similarly, real SEO companies don’t have email addresses [...]
Who the hell are these guys hiring for SEO?
Seriously, I want to hire them:
