I recently hired someone to do some SEO for me. As soon as his social bookmarks where visible on google I noticed my traffic was dropping, dropping fast. Could this be coincidence or due to bad SEO? The traffic started dropping about 2 days after he started the social bookmarking. All the titles/descriptions are the same, told him to make it unique but he says it doesn't make a difference. What do you guys think? Coincidence or bad SEO?
Hopefully this was a practice website of yours, and nothing of value to you.
This was not bad SEO. This was absolutely
HORRID SE[de]O!
He Search Engine De-Optimized your website.
After he told you what he said about it not making any difference, you should have requested a refund, on the spot.
The good news is that it's not the end of your website. Get rid of those links, though. You can keep one of them if you really want to, but the rest of them, get rid of them.
Once that's done, build quality links!
If you don't know how, at the moment, there are plenty of qualified people here, on BHW, that can do that for you!
Make sure you go through their threads and look beyond the fancy pictures. Actually take some time and READ THE REVIEWS. Read carefully, what each service offers, so that you'll begin to understand what SHOULD be happening, after handing someone your money. Then again, I'll say, READ THE REVIEWS.
Good luck with your website, and remember, it's not the end.
You may also want to open up a "Shitlist" thread about this seller, so that you can save other people from becoming one of his victims, in the future.
