Real Estate Webmasters Penalized
Real Estate Webmasters Penalized by Google
While I do not actively participate in Real Estate Forums I do follow a couple. It seems as if the largest of the forums RealEstateWebmasters.com is consistently embroiled in some type of controversy with competitors, clients or Google.
I have found REW to contain very little usable information. It is obvious that this forum’s primary purpose is to promote the services of the site owner and to manipulate Search Engine Rankings. It is clear that many of the REALTORS® that frequent that forum have entirely too much time on their hands. Personal attacks and outright rudeness are common there.
The latest controversy to surround REW is a penalty by Google stemming from unacceptable linking practices. Site owner Morgan Carey claims no wrong doing but will look into it. No news there. SOP for Mr. Carey as it were.
What is yet to be determined is if this Google penalty will be passed on to REW clients. While Morgan Carey has been penalized in the past by Google he has managed to resurface in the popular search engine but has a long list of clients that have had their sites banned.
Undaunted by this Mr. Carey simply harvests a new batch of REALTOR® clients and applies his latest Search Engine Optimization trick or scheme. With no shortage of willing participants hoping to have their real estate site ranked in the Top 10 of Google, REW manages to keep their client list replenished.
Thus far Carey has avoided civil and criminal litigation by locating his office in Canada making any legal action by U.S.A. authorities or U.S. REALTORS® either too troublesome or expensive.
It is rumored in a popular SEO Blog that Google’s own “Spam Cop” Matt Cutts was personally responsible for the most recent REW penalty. While Matt Cutts has an excellent reputation, Google Engineers have simply proven in the past to be no real match for the infamous Morgan Carey. So the money here in Las Vegas is on Mr. Carey!
Time will tell.
2 Responses so far
January 28th, 2008
2:02 pm
LMAO “So the money here in Las Vegas is on Mr. Carey!”
Can anyone give me the current odds???
Ashley can you please place a bet for me!!!!
I guess only time well tell!!!
February 15th, 2008
8:01 pm
I actually find quite a bit of good info on the REW forum. It’s not the only forum or resource I visit, but I do find it helpful. As I’m still very much in the learning stage with websites, blogs and the like, I’m always looking for other sources of information on the web. Which is exactly how I found your blog.
Wish I would have found you sooner, would have liked to put some money on this one as well!
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