My SEO company is telling me they have some kind of arrangement with Google that if I stop using them they will inform Google And Google will drop me from its page rankings. Sounds like Blackmail to me.

Any truth to this?

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Posted by MamouTiger65

Baton Rouge, La

Member since Oct 2007

794 posts

Posted on 6/20/17 at 10:51 am to TigerGman

Find a new company.

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Posted by Box Geauxrilla

Member since Jun 2013

19118 posts

Posted on 6/20/17 at 10:57 am to TigerGman

That is fricked up and not true.

Out those motherfrickers. They of all people should know how important review sites are, let everyone know of their shitty tactics.

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Posted by Pax Regis

Alabama

Member since Sep 2007

12933 posts

Posted on 6/20/17 at 1:35 pm to TigerGman

I don't think it works like that.

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Posted by jcole4lsu

The Kwisatz Haderach

Member since Nov 2007

30922 posts

Posted on 6/20/17 at 1:45 pm to TigerGman

Google is one of the big 3 in delivering ads on the internet (google, facebook, and microsoft - no particular order).
Now, if you were one of the top 3 ad providers in the world, would YOU create some sort of top secret, under the table deal with a specific SEO company? The sort of clandestine deal that would jeopardize your relationships with the millions of other customers?
Exactly.

Find a new (honest) SEO service provider.

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Posted by LSU Fan SLU Grad

Baton Rouge

Member since Nov 2006

4893 posts

Posted on 6/21/17 at 5:58 am to TigerGman

Please tell me you have that in writing...

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Posted by nolaandy

Metry

Member since Dec 2013

452 posts

Posted on 6/23/17 at 5:55 pm to TigerGman

No truth to informing Google, but if they control your/"their" site they can easily destroy your SEO by removing things that are working or implementing bad practices that are known to get a website penalized (like non-responsive code, irrelevant/malicious links, etc...).

What are they actually doing for you?

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