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Such a help line, if actually known to regularly be helpful changing the ranking position of websites in search results, would be constantly spammed by "SEO Exp
by zbentley 9y ago
Such a help line, if actually known to regularly be helpful changing the ranking position of websites in search results, would be constantly spammed by "SEO Experts" looking to get result-bumps for their sites. This has three possible outcomes, none of them good:
- The spam-support-call volume is too high and the hotline becomes so clogged that users with legitimate complaints don't even bother. As in, a ratio of 1000 SEO assholes to 1 user, 10 hour hold times, etc.
- The hotline is so thoroughly staffed that this becomes the "new SEO" technique (think: robocalls to improve rankings, or contracting firms of humans in $cheap_location to make calls on the SEO person's behalf). Even if legitimate complaints are addressed in the process, the rest of the search results become even more spammy.
- The hotline operators develop an intensely high suspicion threshold for any requests to change a site's appearance in rankings. It becomes known by users with legitimate complaints as a near-impossible uphill battle to get their position back, and is not used by many.