Comments on: Using Clients To Rank For SEO

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Fri, 07 May 2010 09:15:09 +0000

[...] Link networks, link buying, sponsoring website themes (for wordpress etc) and utilising your own clients to rank for SEO all still [...]

By: tahire

tahire — Mon, 03 May 2010 17:49:39 +0000

As long as the client agrees I don’t see a problem. That said I know I lot of small, local clients that come to me with these kinds of complaints.

In the long run and for the benefit of the industry as a whole I tink it’s best stoppped.

By: PPC Tracking

PPC Tracking — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:17:46 +0000

I absolutely agree that it is not ethical. However with the growth of the internet it’s almost impossible to stop these people from getting ahead of the game. But yes i agree it should be stopped!

Cheers!

By: Diane Corriette

Diane Corriette — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:08:18 +0000

As long as the client knows it is there and knows the implication of it being there it shouldn’t be considered “dark” – its when they don’t ask for tell but just include it that I would say it is a little out of order!

Diane

By: Blizzard Digital

Blizzard Digital — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:32:06 +0000

As an agency we often provide 2-3 links to our web design or hosting clients if they allow a footer link to us. While we don’t offer this to our SEO clients I think it would be reasonable and not grey/black hat as long as the client knows what they are getting in return and agree to it.

By: ContentisKing

ContentisKing — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:04:39 +0000

That is a very naive comment… sometimes if you want to rank highly for certain keywords (look at the broadband industry) you need to try pretty much anything within the Google guidelines. Links from clients is not unethical in Google’s eyes.

I work for an agency that offer to put links on the client site in return for an additional ongoing service. Fair and square, both parties agree, everyone is a winner!

Until Google makes it a black hat technique, i see no reason why this opportunity should be missed??

Good blog BTW, nice to see someone writing about the industry with a twist…

By: T-fam

T-fam — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:36:19 +0000

Hiya! I just came across this and I found it quite interesting! I really don’t see the big deal in it, IF the clients are aware of what is happening. I would call it a Link Building strategy. It only becomes dodgy when the client is not aware of it.
However I dont approve of links that just say “SEO”, because really that doesnt tell anybody anything! If it reads something like “SEO by CompanyName” with a link then thats fine.
I guess for me the most important thing is just making the client aware.

By: Sorcerer

Sorcerer — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:59:05 +0000

Hi
you pointed out a major fact..I think its unethical. Its taking advantage in a way.

By: Danial Farooque

Danial Farooque — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:33:31 +0000

Really like it !

By: SEO Wanna Be

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