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FSogol

(45,456 posts) Sat Dec 29, 2012, 04:15 PM Dec 2012

Anyone ever worked as an SEO reviewer?

Is it worth it?

I saw it in this article, but as a skeptic, I have my doubts:

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/how-to-tech/5-ways-to-make-money-on-internet.htm#page=8

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Anyone ever worked as an SEO reviewer? (Original Post) FSogol Dec 2012 OP

SEO is a scam. PSPS Dec 2012 #1

Buy - How To Fight Google and Win. Anything else is a waste of time and your money. L0oniX Dec 2012 #2

PSPS

(13,580 posts)

1. SEO is a scam.

Reply to FSogol (Original post)

Sat Dec 29, 2012, 05:09 PM

Dec 2012

A properly-designed web site needs no "SEO." These ads you see for SEO-related work are nothing more than fronts for outfits that approach naive business owners with wild promises that are impossible to provide or maintain. It's just a Google-gaming scheme that your "work" as an "SEO agent" contributes to. The end result is that the ultimate client (the naive business owner) pays for a service that eventually ends up penalizing their website's ranking due to "too much SEO activity."

L0oniX

(31,493 posts)

2. Buy - How To Fight Google and Win. Anything else is a waste of time and your money.