Once again, SEO is in the news. Once again, the media (along with an elected official or two — shocker!) clearly doesn’t understand how the industry works. While it seems New York’s elected (and appointed) officials could give a rodent’s posterior about protecting the interests of anyone except Big Corporate, “so called SEO companies” are the new babies being sent out with the bath water.
Enter, Operation Cleaner Turf; a yogurt shop sting with a sensational press release sub-headline on the official website of the office of New York’s attorney general:
“Undercover Investigation of ‘Search Engine Optimization’ Companies”
Read the article here.