{"id":104997,"date":"2021-03-24T07:00:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T14:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/?p=104997"},"modified":"2021-03-24T07:49:42","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T14:49:42","slug":"20210324-01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20210324-01\/?p=104997","title":{"rendered":"SEO spammers don’t really understand who they spammed"},"content":{"rendered":"

It doesn’t happen any more, but back in the day, a piece of SEO spam would occasionally sneak through the corporate mail filters. Here’s an excerpt from one. (Long version<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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We had gone through your website: www.microsoft.com<\/span><\/u><\/b> Would you be interested<\/span> in a possible Website Designing and Search Engine – SEO of the site or additional features that might benefit the overall usability and user experience which usually leads to better sales. Google\u2019s research data shows over 85% of people search for your products\/services through search engines and buy as well. These statistics also influence other channels and buying medium as well.<\/p>\n

your [sic] website is not on first page on Google for most of the relevant and user oriented keywords pertaining to your domain so I was wondering if you would be interested in getting Search engine optimization done for your website.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Yes, those styles are taken from the original, which may give you some sort of idea what results to expect. (Maybe they honed their skills on GeoCities.)<\/p>\n

It’s funny that they send their pitch to large multinational corporations, as if those corporations don’t have an entire department devoted to maintaining and optimizing the corporate Web site. Maybe I should ask for a quote?<\/p>\n

Funnier would be is if they had sent the same spam to Google. (Anybody from Google want to confirm? Were you tempted to write back?)<\/p>\n

Here’s another.<\/p>\n

While studying your website I couldn\u2019t help noticing it lacked any significant ranking in Google.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I think that already hurts their position. Apparently, they are not very good at studying Web sites, if they came to the conclusion that microsoft.com has no significant ranking in Google.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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