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Monday, 26 May 2014

Lawyers Sue SEO firm For Violating Google Guidelines

A law firm in Michigan, Seikaly & Stewart, is suing its former SEO provider — but not for a lack of ranking success. Rather the firm is getting sued for allegedly using “spammy” techniques violating Google’s guidelines. That comes via Eric Goldman.

The defendant Rainmaker Institute, which specializes in online marketing services for the legal profession, is accused knowingly violating Google SEO guidelines by building “link farms” on behalf of the plaintiff’s several legal domains.

It’s not clear from the complaint (also embedded below) whether the plaintiff law firm suffered any ranking penalty as a result of the link farming. Here’s the factual core of the plaintiff’s claim:

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