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Note: I contacted Manon (whose last name shall be withheld) for comments but, ironically for someone so eager, she has not replied.

< rant alert! >
Like many of us who own somewhat traffic-friendly websites, my inbox has filled regularly with unsolicited SEO-related emails.
Of course, these offers are worthless. They will only get you links in traffic farms, which Google has learnt long ago to carefully avoid.
Due to this game of cat-and-mouse between these SEO companies and Google, they have been desperate to find new venues as well as new customers and that’s how I end up receiving the weirdest solicitations.

The latest funny comes from Manon, who works for strategiesreferencement.com, a french SEO outfit.
She sent me an email offering improved ranking for boyunderwear.clicdev.com. If you visit that website, you will see that it’s one of the tends of thousands of sites hosted by ClicDev (which I own) and that said site was suspended long ago for being a spam site, of all things.

I really wonder what, of the multitude of sites hosted by ClicDev, prompted such enthusiasm for one that sounds like it would host “tasteful pictures of young boys.”

Please note: not all SEO companies are run like clown cars. If you go with the right guys, you sites will likely enjoy a nice ranking bump.

Who are the right companies, then? I would say:

  • the ones that come recommended by existing customers
  • and who never sent you unsolicited emails
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