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Ripoffreport.com questions

by JonWebContent
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I have a client that wants me to bump the ripoffreport bad publicity posts down on Google a few pages so no one will find them.

Anyone ever done this? Had any success? To me, it seems like it's no different than beating out another web page for a ranking - except you have to create enough pages to completely wipe them off the rankings. Am I correct in this?
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  • Profile picture of the author Mike McAleer
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    • Profile picture of the author JonWebContent
      Originally Posted by FreshDomains View Post

      i am confused
      He's got negative reports about his business posted on Ripoffreport and it ranks high on Google for his company name. He wants those reports removed from the first 2-3 pages of Google.
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  • Profile picture of the author Evan-M
    Its a real pain in the .... I had a client once that was a great business that had 1 ror on the first page. took like 3 months to bump it to page 3.

    most cases tho the client will give up before you make any progress , as time is money.
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    • Profile picture of the author JonWebContent
      Originally Posted by Evan-M View Post

      Its a real pain in the .... I had a client once that was a great business that had 1 ror on the first page. took like 3 months to bump it to page 3.

      most cases tho the client will give up before you make any progress , as time is money.
      My plan is creating a couple blogs with the company name, profiles on sites like LinkedIn, a couple press releases, and then backlinking the heck outta those (within reason, of course).

      I'm hopeful getting it to page 2 is doable within a couple weeks.

      It's pretty similar to beating a regular page out a spot on Google, isn't it?
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      • Profile picture of the author Evan-M
        Originally Posted by JonWebContent View Post

        My plan is creating a couple blogs with the company name, profiles on sites like LinkedIn, a couple press releases, and then backlinking the heck outta those (within reason, of course).

        I'm hopeful getting it to page 2 is doable within a couple weeks.

        It's pretty similar to beating a regular page out a spot on Google, isn't it?
        Yes but ROR is a high authority site. A page with good SEO and allot of quality back-links will eventual take the spot, but it will take some work.

        depending on the niche.

        I have done it in 2 days, but that is rare and more luck than anything. Id say your looking at more than 2 weeks.

        Problem is, the client usually doesn't realize what is involved, they just assume that "just make a page with my name and it should outrank that one". So if you take too long, they get mad at you.

        Never had it happen to me, but I read allot of people complaining about customers in these situations. Make sure you explain it to them up front.
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        • Profile picture of the author JonWebContent
          Originally Posted by Evan-M View Post

          Yes but ROR is a high authority site. A page with good SEO and allot of quality back-links will eventual take the spot, but it will take some work.

          depending on the niche.

          I have done it in 2 days, but that is rare and more luck than anything. Id say your looking at more than 2 weeks.

          Problem is, the client usually doesn't realize what is involved, they just assume that "just make a page with my name and it should outrank that one". So if you take too long, they get mad at you.

          Never had it happen to me, but I read allot of people complaining about customers in these situations. Make sure you explain it to them up front.
          True dat. Yeah, they think it's all about just creating a page. He wanted to create a LinkedIn profile and Facebook page and have me do the other stuff. He thinks if he just creates the page he'll jump it, but then he asks me why his other sites he created aren't ahead of the Ripoffreport. Umm......probably because you don't know what you're doing!

          He insists on doing the LinkedIn and Facebook on his own. That's fine, but I'm fairly certain I could have both of those profiles ahead of the Ripoffreport in a matter of days easily. I'm also fairly certain he won't. In fact, I bet myself that he won't!
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      • Profile picture of the author iAmNameLess
        Originally Posted by JonWebContent View Post

        My plan is creating a couple blogs with the company name, profiles on sites like LinkedIn, a couple press releases, and then backlinking the heck outta those (within reason, of course).

        I'm hopeful getting it to page 2 is doable within a couple weeks.

        It's pretty similar to beating a regular page out a spot on Google, isn't it?
        Buddy, you're absolutely correct. What you can do, is a whole lot of statistic websites, submit a couple articles and have company information with a couple sentences and you'll get rid of it. Well, at least it won't be on the first page.
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  • Profile picture of the author GeorgR.
    It's called "reputation management" and in fact a certain area in SEO.

    I have no idea how you could do it tho, i dont think you can de-rank a page on an "authority" site like that. What about taking part in the discussion on the site and "de-escalate" claims and complaints?
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    • Profile picture of the author JonWebContent
      Originally Posted by GeorgR. View Post

      It's called "reputation management" and in fact a certain area in SEO.

      I have no idea how you could do it tho, i dont think you can de-rank a page on an "authority" site like that. What about taking part in the discussion on the site and "de-escalate" claims and complaints?
      I don't think that's a great idea because even if you comment on the negative post, the first thing someone will see is the negative report. And regardless of what you say in the comments - most people will just assume the report is true.

      He claims the reports are all false. To be honest, I am not sure I buy that. There's quite a few reports out there. He says it's his competitors making false reports. Maybe they are, but there's a lot of posts on forums I found from people saying negative things about him. Who knows what's true.
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Mayo
    Unless you have a few related authority sites at your disposal I would say forget the idea
    of trying to beat them. Do Damage control by counter posting on the site offending the
    client. If you stay civil and can disprove/discredit the allegations then you stand a
    chance of killing the doubts about your client.

    Maybe turn the event into something funny if you can.

    Hey, check this out...Bla,Bla,Bla said this and we are doing this... WhatChaThink...lol

    Just my /02

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    • Profile picture of the author JonWebContent
      Originally Posted by Michael Mayo View Post

      Unless you have a few related authority sites at your disposal I would say forget the idea
      of trying to beat them. Do Damage control by counter posting on the site offending the
      client. If you stay civil and can disprove/discredit the allegations then you stand a
      chance of killing the doubts about your client.

      Maybe turn the event into something funny if you can.

      Hey, check this out...Bla,Bla,Bla said this and we are doing this... WhatChaThink...lol

      Just my /02

      Have a Great Day!
      Michael
      I hear ya, and that's a good point. But I'm not going to do damage control. It's not what I do for a living. I would have to do that on about 20 different sites/pages. He's got negative marks on forums that are coming up in search results, ripoffreport.com, scam.com, and a couple of other sites.
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      • Profile picture of the author Evan-M
        Originally Posted by JonWebContent View Post

        I hear ya, and that's a good point. But I'm not going to do damage control. It's not what I do for a living. I would have to do that on about 20 different sites/pages. He's got negative marks on forums that are coming up in search results, ripoffreport.com, scam.com, and a couple of other sites.

        If he has that many, maybe hes not the best business in the world, and you would save his clients from some future headaches leaving them up lol.

        he didn't get over 20 bad reviews for nothing.
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        • Profile picture of the author Chris Sweeney
          Originally Posted by Evan-M View Post

          If he has that many, maybe hes not the best business in the world, and you would save his clients from some future headaches leaving them up lol.

          he didn't get over 20 bad reviews for nothing.
          Originally Posted by JonWebContent View Post

          My plan is creating a couple blogs with the company name, profiles on sites like LinkedIn, a couple press releases, and then backlinking the heck outta those (within reason, of course).

          I'm hopeful getting it to page 2 is doable within a couple weeks.

          It's pretty similar to beating a regular page out a spot on Google, isn't it?
          I agree with Evan here, but hey, if your client is paying you and you need the money, go for it. For anyone that's telling you that you can't outrank an "authority site like ROR, don't listen. Ever hear of EzineArticles? They're an authority site, aren't they? I outrank them all the time. And so do a lot of people here in this forum. How bout Digg/Propeller/etc.? Authority sites? Yes. Outrankable? Of course. Amazon/Nextag/Walmart/Target - authority sites? Yup. And they're being outranked all the time by people like you and me.

          So yeah, write an article, a press release, social bookmark his main site, make those LinkedIn and Facebook profiles, heck, even record a 1-minute video with the keyword you're targeting in the title. Point backlinks to all of those, and in a few weeks you should outrank ROR. Good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author paulrigby
    Few months before my friend has posted a wrong information in ripoffreport site. He just asked me suggestion on how to delete the post. Do anyone have tried in deleting the post which is posted already.
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  • Profile picture of the author Emailrevealer
    Once something is posted on ROR it cannot be removed. Not even if the original author wants it removed.

    I investigate a lot of these online defamation cases. Many times the clients ask me to help them with the SEO and I charge a small consulting fee to help them out. But if any of the warriors in this thread would like to joint venture on this I can refer them over to you for a small commission.
    Or even better I can add the service to my web site.

    If you PM me on this include a contact email address or phone #. Thanks
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    • Profile picture of the author GlobalTrader
      One of my business friends had a similar experience with another 'consumer' type complaint website. Because of one unhappy customer, this one negative post was being found in position two if you searched on his business name, his personal name, his phone number, his address, etc..

      Got to the point that he felt it was affecting his business so much he renamed his business, set up a new website and got a new phone number. Not much he can do if someone searches on his name but at least, for now, he has a clean slate.
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        Don't get 'screwed' by this client. Use escrow to be paid in advance.
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  • Profile picture of the author mlcmartin
    Sounds to me like you are trying to remedy an effect instead of focusing on the cause. If they did get the report then it's probably there for a reason and you need to find out what that reason is. Perhaps if you can even get in touch with the report poster and negotiate a settlement with them to withdraw the reports from the site then you may have more luck. Or simply taking part in the discussion on the site and pointing out what went wrong and why would probably be my best advice because you will be neutralizing the reports entirely instead of just shoving them under the carpet.. ;-)
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    • Profile picture of the author iAmNameLess
      Originally Posted by mlcmartin View Post

      Sounds to me like you are trying to remedy an effect instead of focusing on the cause. If they did get the report then it's probably there for a reason and you need to find out what that reason is. Perhaps if you can even get in touch with the report poster and negotiate a settlement with them to withdraw the reports from the site then you may have more luck. Or simply taking part in the discussion on the site and pointing out what went wrong and why would probably be my best advice because you will be neutralizing the reports entirely instead of just shoving them under the carpet.. ;-)
      You're absolutely right.... BUT... you're wrong in what you're suggesting him.

      His job is not to teach them ethics or give business classes. He is being hired for reputation management.
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