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HomeAdvisor Penalized By FTC For Alleged False Claims About Leads

16May

By Roger MonttiNo Comments

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HomeAdvisor Penalized By FTC For Alleged False Claims About Leads

HomeAdvisor reached a settlement with the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over allegedly deceptive tactics used by HomeAdvisor to sell leads by using unsubstantiated claims about the quality of the leads it sold to home improvement professionals. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is a federal agency charged with protecting and educating consumers as well as promoting competition. It protects consumers from unfair business practices, including in this case home services providers who were alleged to be misled by HomeAdvisor. HomeAdvisor False and Misleading Claims The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached a settlement with HomeAdvisor, a company affiliated with Angi (formerly Angie’s List), in which the company was accused of making false claims about the leads it was selling...

21 Local SEO Moves & Situations I Have Never Seen a Business Penalized for

30Jun

By PhilNo Comments

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21 Local SEO Moves & Situations I Have Never Seen a Business Penalized for

Like my post? Please share! All kinds of actions and events can set you back in the Google Maps 3-pack, the organic results, or both: Google Business Profile pages that get removed, having a location in the same building or complex as a bunch of your competitors, hosting or other errors that prevent Google from accessing your site, getting your title tags wiped out, being at the business end of an algorithm update, or buying thousands of shaky links. It’s important that you can ID the landmines. It’s equally important to know what is not a landmine. Over the past 86 “Internet years,” I’ve had many a conversation with business owners (and often other SEOs) to the effect of, “Do you think ______ caused my rankings to dive?” More often than not I say “No, here’s what I think happened,” an...