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It's called "negative seo" and it does appear to be an effective way to blast people out of Google's top results. Here's a comment I found from someone else who
by Rudism 14y ago
It's called "negative seo" and it does appear to be an effective way to blast people out of Google's top results. Here's a comment I found from someone else who's experienced this: http://www.seobook.com/negative-seo-outing#45906 http://www.seobook.com/negative-seo-outing#45906
- nhebb 14y agoFor more on the subject, SEOmoz did a Whiteboard Friday on negative SEO a few weeks ago: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/negative-seo-myths-realities-and-precautions-whiteboard-friday http://www.seomoz.org/blog/negative-seo-myths-realities-and-...
- joshcrews 14y agoI'm reading the transcript of the video and he talks about a form of attack where fake emails are sent from spoofy addresses demanding positive review takedowns and making legal threats. I wonder if that's a possible explanation of the life shield email he got. In the seomoz article find "It's even more terrifying, but they sent fake emails" to get to the relevant part.