MakeLemonade
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- Mar 30, 2009
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With both my current company and the company I worked for before, I could easily steal clients or go into the same business. Not cool, but if pushed I'd do it. You don't know what happened.
Client asked me to go after competitor
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saladfingers
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- Aug 9, 2011
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PM me the URL I'll see if it's vulnerable to defacing
Malofie
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- Apr 16, 2010
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If I taught someone everything I know, it doesn't mean I own that person, like he/she is indebted to me for life. Obviously they're eventually going to branch out on their own.
It's your clients fault for teaching him EVERYTHING. Possibly, the ex-employee didn't go about it the right way, didn't tell your client that's what he wanted to do. But from the sounds of your client, it wouldn't have mattered.
I reckon your client has a narcissistic personality disorder.
It's your clients fault for teaching him EVERYTHING. Possibly, the ex-employee didn't go about it the right way, didn't tell your client that's what he wanted to do. But from the sounds of your client, it wouldn't have mattered.
I reckon your client has a narcissistic personality disorder.
extremephp
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Tell your client this : Your competitor somehow came to know about our talks, and he just phoned me up to tell this "If you mess up our website, it is not to so hard for us to return the favor"
Let your client decide whats next..!
Let your client decide whats next..!
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SeattleBites
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Whatever happened to friendly competition? So, his employee is doing great.. So do greater, practice better ideas. Think further outside the box. Ruining people's meaning of income is such badf freaking karma.
extremephp
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Seems bullshit for me. Taking the pay and not doing the work is unethical.
renegaderats
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- Feb 7, 2011
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Tell him you have something you can try, and it'll cost about $3,000 to get everything set up, and there's only a 50/50 chance it will work.
If he says don't worry about, say 'okay'.
If he says do it, take the money and tell him it didn't work.
Thats the best idea I've seen on this thread, thats effing awesome lol
redrubies
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I don't see what the competitor did wrong. It's no different from getting a job in a restaurant, working there for some time and learning the ropes, and then opening up one's own restaurant. That is what people do when they have a dream of owning their own business. They work in the field and learn. It's not a bad thing, nor is it wrong or unethical. Your client is being a big baby.
phas3d
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- Jul 17, 2010
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A simple analysis of the new guy's site, social networks and online activity could offer more than enough possibilities.
For instance, a competitor to one client I had, used to have a different domain that they did a redirect to their new site with and then abandoned the old domain. Big mistake.
Another competitor had absolutely no social presence online so I told the client he could register the competitor's Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Quora etc accounts and stymy any social media the competitor could do.
Yet another would divulge important prospective client information and broadcast it on Twitter. My client was able to use that information against the competitor.
In all honesty, a lot of businesses employee tactics and teams to take advantage of shortcomings and mistakes of competitors. This is nothing new and definitely not exclusive to the SEO field.
For instance, a competitor to one client I had, used to have a different domain that they did a redirect to their new site with and then abandoned the old domain. Big mistake.
Another competitor had absolutely no social presence online so I told the client he could register the competitor's Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Quora etc accounts and stymy any social media the competitor could do.
Yet another would divulge important prospective client information and broadcast it on Twitter. My client was able to use that information against the competitor.
In all honesty, a lot of businesses employee tactics and teams to take advantage of shortcomings and mistakes of competitors. This is nothing new and definitely not exclusive to the SEO field.
zombie affiliate
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- May 18, 2011
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Tell your client this : Your competitor somehow came to know about our talks, and he just phoned me up to tell this "If you mess up our website, it is not to so hard for us to return the favor"
Let your client decide whats next..!
Anything that you do to the competing business they can do to your clients, or even worse. I have a problem with a competitor that I used to work for, and they're writing bad reviews and then finding them useful. It's a huge pain in the ass. This F**k can't figure out local optimization, and it eats him alive that we outrank him. We're even in different industries. I keep a close eye on my clients competition, and one question I always ask is, "who are your competing enemies?"
Your client needs to concentrate on his own efforts and maybe branding his own company. I've seen rip-off reports help scam companies rank higher.
I havent touched his site, I've wanted to, he's an asshole. But I haven't done anything to get back for the bad reviews. It just makes me come up with better ways to get reviews from actual customers, and ways to get better reviews.
Jealousy is a female trait.
desception
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- Nov 4, 2011
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I dont believe in hurting the competitors, that's just wrong to me. If you have a problem with someone, out-do them! Show them up, dont try to put them down. It only makes you look worse.
One course of action you can provide your client that isn't unethical or illegal would be to create a new website targeting the competitor.
Lets say the name of the company is Big Boys TV and they have the domain bigboystv.com
Naturally they will want to be ranked #1 for big boys tv and bigboystv etc...
Simply setup a website where people can comment on their experiences at the place. You could do bigboystvsucks.com or something similar, you can do multiple sites for different keyword targeting if you wish. Your customer can post their experiences dealing with this person (however it is important that they do not make up false accusations and that everything that is written by your customer directly is "their opinion" maybe check with a lawyer as well). Once you have a nice sized article on that site thats been approved by customers lawyer you can start doing SEO for that site. You can easily ruin their reputation if someone who is looking for that biz sees their www and wwwsucks on the same page. Make sure you have a disclaimer on the bottom and that it has the blessing from your attorney. Anyone who provides more "reviews" is just icing on the cake.
Lets say the name of the company is Big Boys TV and they have the domain bigboystv.com
Naturally they will want to be ranked #1 for big boys tv and bigboystv etc...
Simply setup a website where people can comment on their experiences at the place. You could do bigboystvsucks.com or something similar, you can do multiple sites for different keyword targeting if you wish. Your customer can post their experiences dealing with this person (however it is important that they do not make up false accusations and that everything that is written by your customer directly is "their opinion" maybe check with a lawyer as well). Once you have a nice sized article on that site thats been approved by customers lawyer you can start doing SEO for that site. You can easily ruin their reputation if someone who is looking for that biz sees their www and wwwsucks on the same page. Make sure you have a disclaimer on the bottom and that it has the blessing from your attorney. Anyone who provides more "reviews" is just icing on the cake.
This guy was an employee not a prisoner serving life. He's allowed to resign, to take what he learned and make a living out of it. If your client was dumb enough to teach him everything without protecting himself from this happening then he's just got to eat it up. He's just mad as hell as this guy took what he learned from him and BETTERED it.
Tell him to dry his tears, blow his nose and move on. NEVER do someone else's dirty work - tell him he can buy your services not your principles.
Tell him to dry his tears, blow his nose and move on. NEVER do someone else's dirty work - tell him he can buy your services not your principles.
Simple solution.
The best way to 'get back at' this guy is to crush his rankings. Make a list of all major keywords. Then quote him a package of 10 landing pages. Charge him to rank each and every one for each keywords.
YES it will be expensive. (you will make $$$)
YES it will hurt the other guy
Yes it will be fully ethical
YES it will bring him more business
You own all landing page domains as per your contract. If he drops your service, you sell them for 1/2 price to the 'other guy'
Everybody wins.
The best way to 'get back at' this guy is to crush his rankings. Make a list of all major keywords. Then quote him a package of 10 landing pages. Charge him to rank each and every one for each keywords.
YES it will be expensive. (you will make $$$)
YES it will hurt the other guy
Yes it will be fully ethical
YES it will bring him more business
You own all landing page domains as per your contract. If he drops your service, you sell them for 1/2 price to the 'other guy'
Everybody wins.
rytpillager
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just wondering does the business have anything to do with automobiles or auto parts?