Should I be concerned?

IamBob

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One of my clients recently got this e-mail

Hello,

You have been using an SEO company from India to promote your site on
the internet.

They joined a forum in Massachusetts, added the web link to your site in
their profile, made a post with a link to your site, and left it at
that, assuming Google bots would find the link and assist in your SEO
ranking as a result.

The user has been removed from that forum by me, and their information
(username, IP address, email address) has been added to the
stopforumspam.com database.

You might want to consider whether you are getting real value for money
from these dodgy SEO ranking companies in India ? it?s easy to generate
traffic to a website with a bunch of links all over the internet in
forums and blog comments etc, but how much of that traffic is actually
relevant to your business?

Regards.

The contractor in India has done 160 hours of Link building work for the last month. This is the only complaint we have gotten. They have ensured me that the techniques they use are only White Hat, but doesn't Google consider any technique that modifies search results that isn't organic to be "Black Hat?"
 
Don't worry about it. One submission to the spam database is not going to hurt your website. If that was the case, everyone will be sabotaging the competition.

It just sounds like the forum manager is really uptight..and possibly holding a grudge against Indian SEO companies or Indians in general....
 
Don't worry about it. One submission to the spam database is not going to hurt your website. If that was the case, everyone will be sabotaging the competition.

It just sounds like the forum manager is really uptight..and possibly holding a grudge against Indian SEO companies or Indians in general....

Thank you. I'll use a Link Checker to make sure the links they are giving me are still up. I'm very happy with results as we are ranked #8 and #11 after 1 month for what i consider a moderately competitive keyword. Told the client to expect #20 to #30 so he's happy.
 
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