I would like to present to you the blackest of black-hat SEOs. So black, in fact, that Matt Cutts hasn't even addressed their methods; after all, he doesn't want his local newsagents blown up.
ComplaintRemover.com was
made fun of by Gawker's Consumerist today. On the face of it, they look like your run-of-the-mill black-hat SEO; dodgy links in the footers, ugly site, poor explanation of methods... Their purpose, granted, differs from your average SEO in that they claim that they will remove complaints about you from the search engines.
If you search for them, though, you'll find out two things, one amusing, the other disturbing. The amusing one is that they are clearly unable to remove complaints about themselves. The disturbing one is that they were
found to be defamatory extortionist death-threat makers by an Arizona court. Read the article. Scary as hell.
Honestly, if you want this sort of dirty work done, you'd be better with the Mafia. They apparently get results and have some style; they can probably at least spell 'their'.
This letter is being sent to you in the name of more than 500 businesses. No matter where you go, we will cause you a problem. Your life is in danger until you comply with our demands. This is your last warning.
Your neighbors already know about your criminal dealings and how you are making many people loose (sic) their business. You will soon be beaten to a pulp and pounced into the ground six feet under with a baseball bat and sleg (sic) hammer. You will soon be sorry not just from what I am capable of doing to you, but what other members will do as soon as they know exactly where you are. Its (sic) just a matter of time until I get to you.
Here is what you can do to save your life. But you must act imidiatly (sic). Make what ever deal it takes, you must comply.
In my opinion, William Stanley, the guy who runs the site, deserves to go to jail for a long time. There should be zero tolerance for this sort of insanity.
I shall watch this case with great interest.
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