big fish sSPAM

[french dread]

received the spam below... :-(
this company is dishonest, make people think thay can guarantee to be ranked on "online shop"....

and when I rank #1 they say that i am nor ranked between top10 and top20.... :-/

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To the owner of Earth Culture Roots. Rasta online shop and cultural website.,

Hi! Just had a look at your site - I like it!

I hope it's going well for you. Most importantly, are you getting as many new customers from the site as you could be?

I ask because my job is to find sites and get them more traffic. The company I work for (BigFishSubmit) specialises in
driving targeted new business to shopping sites like yours. As you probably already know, the best single source of
traffic is search engines (you get the most customers for least amount spent).

Hope you don't mind but I have run a free ranking report on "Earth Culture Roots. Rasta online shop and cultural
website." (http://www.earthcultureroots.com) to give you an idea of how easily customers can find your site at the
moment.


Matches on AOL

Search
Rank
Page
Earth Culture Roots Rasta online shop
1. Earth Culture Roots. Rasta online shop and cultural website.
[View Results]
shop online
1 - 10. No listings! You're missing traffic!
[View Results]
earth culture roots. rasta online shop
11 - 20. No listings! You're missing traffic!
[View Results]
shop online
11 - 20. No listings! You're missing traffic!
[View Results]


Matches on Google

Search
Rank
Page
Earth Culture Roots Rasta online shop
1. Earth Culture Roots. Rasta online shop and cultural
website.
[View Results]
Earth Culture Roots Rasta online shop
2. Earth Culture Roots. rasta online shop. Books, clothing,
art ...
[View Results]
shop online
1 - 10. No listings! You're missing traffic!
[View Results]
earth culture roots. rasta online shop
11 - 20. No listings! You're missing traffic!
[View Results]
shop online
11 - 20. No listings! You're missing traffic!
[View Results]


Matches on MSN

Search
Rank
Page
Earth Culture Roots Rasta online shop
1. Earth Culture Roots. Rasta online shop and cultural website.
[View Results]
shop online
1 - 10. No listings! You're missing traffic!
[View Results]
earth culture roots. rasta online shop
11 - 20. No listings! You're missing traffic!
[View Results]
shop online
11 - 20. No listings! You're missing traffic!
[View Results]



As you can see, unless people know your brand already, you might not be getting all the traffic you could be.

If you think other keyword phrases are better or have another site, you can request it from us free of charge.

Why do we use search engines to generate leads?
* Over 80% of web surfers use search engines to find new sites (source: Forrester, Jun 2000).
* 55% of all ecommerce purchases are by users who originally arrived from search engines (source: NDP Group,
January 2001).
* When consumers are looking for a product to buy online, 42% use a search engine (source: Jupiter Media Metrix, July
2001).
* The first 10 results for any search enjoy click-thru rates of 65% (source: Berrier & Associates, 2000).
* Search engine traffic is the best kind of traffic as it comprises of people actively looking for a solution.

At BigFishSubmit, we get into search engines GUARANTEED, so you can concentrate on fulfilling new business. We've
just cut our prices on all products by 33% to 50%, so you can get going for as little as $29.50. I think you'll find our
products easy to use and understand and very worthwhile for the money!

For more information about who we are and what we do, please check out our web site at
http://www.bigfishsubmit.com.




Kind regards,
Cathy Wilson
Traffic Consultant
BigFishSubmit - The Leaders in Online Leads.
http://www.bigfishsubmit.com

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[Alan Perkins]

Hello, French Dread

This company has a couple of threads in this forum, here:

http://www.ihelpyouservices.com/forums/t1015/s.html

and here:

http://www.ihelpyouservices.com/forums/t924/s.html

So, you are not alone in your opinions. :)

[french dread]

Oh ok thanks :)
I have written them a kind word givin thanks cause they made me laugh as a pro SEO :D
and yes it is a robot grabbin the email they even cc the email to a mailing list subsription bot!

[Alan Perkins]

"and yes it is a robot grabbin the email they even cc the email to a mailing list subsription bot!" - LOL!

[french dread]

beware with bots talkin to bots, humans will be soon out of business :D

[Rockintom]

Hello, all.

I just stumbled across this forum. Some of my clients have also received the same email from this "competitor". I took a look at the BigFish site, and I do believe the fish has gone bad. If you read the text of the site you will no doubt realize that the author is illiterate. I don't know about you, but I don't think that would instill confidence in a prospective client.

Just a minor speedbump on the road of life. I don't think we have anything to worry about here.

[Kal]

Welcome RockinTom! :hi:

[MsSearch]

welcome to the forums RockinTom :hi:

There are bigger fish to fry...(than BigFishSubmit) :p

[Blue]

Welcome to the forums, Rockintom! :hi:

[Advisor]

French Dread, it might be a good idea to edit that URL of bigfish so that they don't get any link pop. or traffic from these forums!

Jill

[french dread]

u right, I tried but it is no possible anymore exept for the administrators of the forum

[Alan Perkins]

Done

[Rockintom]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! :hi:

[kneelsit]

:) :cheers: welcome rockintom and thanks for letting us know
about that character.

I agree with comments about illiteracy, however, where you receive a "genuine" email which has awkward or clumsy
phrasing it could be worth taking a closer look..Some years ago I received an email from a Japanese gentleman. I wrote back and we established a good relationship -he translated my site for me into Japanese and I cleaned up tyhe English phrasing and working on his English site.

[kneelsit]

Obviously I did not preview my reply to this . sorry

:hit: to self

[ihelpyou]

Hey Rockintom, I did not see you sneak in here. :) Welcome to the forums! :hi:

[Rockintom]

Thanks, guys. I snuck in the back door.;)