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Online Store to Sue Blogger Over Google Ranking?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the all-this-effort-could-have-gone-to-fixing-his-site dept.

An anonymous reader writes "An online business owner is threatening to sue blog owner Dean Hunt (DeanHunt.com) because he is upset that the blog owner is doing better than his business in the Google search rankings. After an initial threat, Dean received a follow-up threatening to take legal action against him. So far Dean has elected not to name and shame this business owner."

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  1. SEO slashvertisement - viral campaign by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yes great. He posts a truly funny e-mail exchange on his site. And now he even gets slashdot exposure.

    He even wrote: I will make a viral campaign!
    http://deanhunt.com/category/seo/

    This is it and you have fallen for it. Stupidos.

  2. Mod Parent Up by Nasarius · · Score: 5, Informative

    This seems *very* suspicious. Parent quotes from this post.

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  3. SEO Viral Campaign by Zegnar · · Score: 5, Informative

    Is this not in fact the Viral Campaign he talks about starting on his blog? Seems to be working, since he's on Slashdot already, plus all the links go to his site and none to the other (ostensibly undisclosed) address.

  4. He is in the SEO biz, and this is a viral campaign by Infonaut · · Score: 5, Informative

    This man owns a search optimization business

    Nice catch, Sir Homer.

    Here's where he tells us he's going to mount a viral campaign.

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  5. fake news, viral marketing by ukyoCE · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just to reiterate what someone else tracked down in hopes of getting this (wholly ambiguous and suspect to begin with) story checked out:

    http://deanhunt.com/category/seo/

    Basically this guy has a side job of helping companies up their pageranks, and made all this up as an "experiment in viral marketing". Nothing to see here...and sure explains why he's keeping the company name and search terms secret.

  6. Re:Tuttle Award nominee by LWATCDR · · Score: 5, Informative

    Nope his is still city manger of Tuttle last time I checked.
    Tuttleing:
    When a person or group make an ass of themselves on the Internet by threatening legal action without just cause.
    Usually involving some abuse of power or position all they while displaying a large degree of arrogance and stupidity.

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