Comments on: Google Adwords Rip-Off

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Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:03:30 +0000

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By: Mark - SEO Sheffield

Mark - SEO Sheffield — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:47:04 +0000

Hi Michael, great article. I’ve tracked it on my blog so my readers can take note – valuable read.

http://blog.thedesignloft.co.uk

By: Roger Over

Roger Over — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:21:39 +0000

I had a sales pitch vie telephone out of Span from a guy called Reggie from StormMedia.eu They tried to say they were an Authorised Google Reseller. I asked them to prove it and they backed away very quickly saying that anyone with a Google account could claim to be a Google reseller. I then read their terms and conditions. Google is not mentioned anywhere. I then ran their terms and conditions through copyscape. Very interesting results If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

By: Matthew Rochford

Matthew Rochford — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:15:00 +0000

We have used Storm Media – they ripped us off for £364 and only got us 5000 IMPRESSIONS (in one month), I couldn’t believe how bad they were and how stupid I was!

By: Johan white

Johan white — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:10:46 +0000

I have worked for this kind of companies and just wanted to add a new one on the market: storm media in spain. be aware….

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:51:24 +0000

Yes I’ve read a few forum posts about the company that you mention.
All sounds good to those that don’t know any better, but dig deeper and it’s not quite the offer that is promised.

By: Jordan McClements

Jordan McClements — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:46:23 +0000

Michael, I have heard from at least 2 other people who have been taken on by a very similar scam. In this case it was ‘Lavora Search Marketing’.
(And they were surprised when it generated no new business for them in the first month!)

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:04:22 +0000

Hi David,

With a bit of training website owners could certainly get more value for their money than the poor service that many of these companies are providing.

How hard could it be to set up and run a 5 keyword phrase campaign, fire everything at the homepage and do no or very little conversion testing, monitoring, reporting and so.

They can get away with it as sounds like a great deal ‘Page 1 of Google….in minutes’ and the client is non the wiser.

By: David Hopkins

David Hopkins — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:15:42 +0000

Very interesting. I have heard a lot about these AdWords resellers in the forums. Thought they would probably be bad news. It is easy enough for people to manage their own Adwords account with a bit of training.

By: Herman

Herman — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:47:03 +0000

Interesting post, keep the good stuff coming, good content appreciated!