Domain Submission Service Sucks!
Today in the mail, we got what looks kind of like a bill from Domain Submission Service. It has one of our business domain names, a reference number and a notice date. There is a description of services, an amount, what the subscription includes, payment information, etc. Granted, it does say that it is not a bill, and only a solicitation.
How many corporate accounts payable people receive one of these “solicitations” and go ahead and pay them? Our smaller clients have even called to make sure this is not something they have to pay.
Good reasons to not fall for this scam:
1. Domain name submission with 8 key words/phrases to 75 MAJOR search engines, links lists and Directories.
Okay, seriously, since when are there 75 major search engines? and why would you need someone to submit your domain to them? Just submit to google , have good content and the rest will find you.
2. There is no phone number for this company. Anywhere! Unless you whois the domain, then you come up with:
Registrar: DOTSTER
Domain Name: DOMAINSUBMISSIONSERVICE.COM
Created on: 14-SEP-08
Expires on: 15-SEP-09
Last Updated on: 21-OCT-08
Registrant:
John Teratias
67 Morton Way
Winnipeg, MB R3A037
CA
Administrative Contact:
Teratias, John Qjlojm@privacypost.com
67 Morton Way
Winnipeg, MB R3A037
CA
204-694-5287
And then you wonder, what is this privacypost.com email address? So you go to privacy post.com and find out that it is a service so you can “protect your identity, stop domain related spam, stop the junk mail and phone calls” Ironic.
Anyhow, from their site, you can do another whois on one of their users domains which tells you the real info – I assume. Then you get this:
Domain name: domainsubmission.com
Registrant Contact:
Neustel Law Offices, LTD
Michael Neustel
2534 South University Drive, Suite 4
Fargo, ND 58103
US
Administrative Contact:
PatentWizard, LLC
Michael Neustel (neustel@patent-ideas.com)
+1.7012818822
Fax: 701-237-0544
2534 South University Drive, Suite 4
Fargo, ND 58103
US
3. Try googling “domain submission service.”
Even with quotes, you get no results for them. Why would you trust your web site search engine marketing to a company who doesn’t ever show up in the search engine results?
The bottom line is, throw this notice in the trash and keep your money. If you are interested in search engine optimization for your web site, go with a reputable firm.
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