Comments on: Charles Preston’s Verified SEO = Verifiable Failure

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VERIFIED SEO and Charles Preston- An Open Challenge | SEO Bullshit — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:42:02 +0000

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By: Alysson

Alysson — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:28:25 +0000

Thanks, Rishil. And my unintentional, yet egregious error in judgement omitting your SEO Bullshit post has since been resolved. :)

By: rishil

rishil — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:11:17 +0000

lol ally, good coverage, but wheres mah link? :P

By: Alysson

Alysson — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:55:09 +0000

Thanks, Josh. Glad you enjoyed it. :) .-= Alysson´s last blog ..Local Search and Behavioral Targeting =-.

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:26:51 +0000

Pretty much sums up the entire day in a well written post!

By: Alysson

Alysson — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:26:16 +0000

Hey, Arnie. That’s a good point. It would have been a brilliant idea to actually introduce yourself to the industry before becoming a self-appointed authority that evaluates the work of other SEOs.

Once everyone began to realize these “industry veterans” were just one guy, Charles Preston, and that this isn’t the first time he tried such a stunt, the floodgates opened and he was swept up in a tidal wave of “HOW DARE YOU” indignance. Good times, eh? :)
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By: Alan Bleiweiss

Alan Bleiweiss — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:18:57 +0000

That’s just it Arnie. Those “industry veterans” don’t exist. They’re all Charles Preston. One guy. With a long history of douchebaggery online. So he couldn’t name them. Unless he has Multiple Personality Disorder. And thus he’d have multiple names. Which he could have posted.

But we’ll leave his psychological wellness to experts in another industry, and stick to Search Marketing topics. :-)

By: Arnie Kuenn

Arnie Kuenn — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:12:54 +0000

One must wonder if this ever would have happened if VerifiedSEO peeps would have just put their names and faces on the site to begin with. Lack of transparency created the problem. A lesson for everyone.

By: Alysson

Alysson — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:06:28 +0000

Yep, you’re absolutely right, Alan. Either he’s not even familiar enough with Google’s guidelines to know that or he is aware of those guidelines and was purposely setting up SEOs without the experience to recognize that potential to have their sites penalized by Google – thus eliminating his competition in the SERPs in an incredibly underhanded and unethical way.

Either way, to not have foreseen this backlash speaks volumes. Making it a point to highlight his role in creating the guaranteed ranking business model on his own site, as if that’s a good thing for the industry, pretty much sums up how far away his finger is from the pulse of reputable SEO.
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