Technology/SEO snake-oil, (sdf.org), 03/12/2019
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I know I've written about these guys before. It's an SEO 
company that a client of mine insists upon using. They've 
been at it for a year, with nothing but pain and 
destruction.

Nevermind the fact that my client has been selling online 
very successfully for more than 10 years, and didn't need 
this SEO company's nonsense one bit. Their organic coverage 
*before this SEO company came in and screwed it* was through 
the roof. They were competing with companies 10x their size, 
soundly.

I hate dealing with this SEO company, and today I realized 
why: they're bullies. They've bullied my client around, and 
they attempt to bully me as well, which fails gloriously. I 
hate bullies. I may have put up with them as a kid, but 
these days I'm inclined to tear them to shreds.

Today they threatened to shut off my client's Google Ads if 
we didn't re-enable an abusive script that they forced us 
into (which was side-loading javascript to modify my 
client's site without permission.) That blew up in their 
face.

I wish my client would let them go, but they seem inclined 
to return to their abusive friends for one more black eye. I 
don't understand it. I need to go and study the psychology 
of the abused, I think.

My hope is that they'll dump these clowns in the next month. 
They've had a year to prove themselves, and they failed... 
it's time to let them go, and attempt to pick up the pieces.