12:27 PM
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My phone rang a few minutes ago and our receptionist buzzed into my office saying "Chris from Google" is on the line and would like to speak to you.
My first thought "WOW- Google wants to talk to little old me?"
I quickly picked up the phone and a low energy voice at the other end of the line and answered my greeting with a "Hello, this is Chris from Google"
My first question- "How can I help you Chris"
Chris- "I'm On Your Website"... Wow a real Google employee on my website... "and I see your not ranking very well" (Wow, Google is really getting involved with their customers)
Me- "Which website are you on Chris?" (Since we are a web development company we manage hundreds of sites)
Chris- "www.gamebirdhunts.com"
Me- "What search term are you looking at Chris?" (Gamebirdhunts.com is a pheasant hunting site with thousands of unique visitors per day) -
Chris (He seemed a little shocked by this question- Who is little old me to talk to a Google God Like this?) "Well... Montana Deer Hunting, Your 4 pages back and we can guarantee you the first page for that listing"
Me- (This is when I knew that Chris was not everything he seemed to be) Are you sure you work for Google Chris?"
Chris- "No, I work with Google" (That's not the story he used to get through my gate keeper and not what he told me when he first got me on the phone)
Me- "So Chris, What are you offering me, some sort of pay per click service?"
Chris- "No, it's not pay per click you get a monthly bill for the top search position on Google"
Me- "So you want to charge me more then I would pay doing pay per click directly with Google in return for setting up Pay Per click for me?"
Chris- Click
Me - "Hello, Hello Chris"
The moral of this story is if Chris From "Google" calls you beat him to the hang up. There are a lot of companies running scams on unsuspecting sites out there. Phone answerer be ware! I wish I would have caught Chris's companies real name.
My first thought "WOW- Google wants to talk to little old me?"
I quickly picked up the phone and a low energy voice at the other end of the line and answered my greeting with a "Hello, this is Chris from Google"
My first question- "How can I help you Chris"
Chris- "I'm On Your Website"... Wow a real Google employee on my website... "and I see your not ranking very well" (Wow, Google is really getting involved with their customers)
Me- "Which website are you on Chris?" (Since we are a web development company we manage hundreds of sites)
Chris- "www.gamebirdhunts.com"
Me- "What search term are you looking at Chris?" (Gamebirdhunts.com is a pheasant hunting site with thousands of unique visitors per day) -
Chris (He seemed a little shocked by this question- Who is little old me to talk to a Google God Like this?) "Well... Montana Deer Hunting, Your 4 pages back and we can guarantee you the first page for that listing"
Me- (This is when I knew that Chris was not everything he seemed to be) Are you sure you work for Google Chris?"
Chris- "No, I work with Google" (That's not the story he used to get through my gate keeper and not what he told me when he first got me on the phone)
Me- "So Chris, What are you offering me, some sort of pay per click service?"
Chris- "No, it's not pay per click you get a monthly bill for the top search position on Google"
Me- "So you want to charge me more then I would pay doing pay per click directly with Google in return for setting up Pay Per click for me?"
Chris- Click
Me - "Hello, Hello Chris"
The moral of this story is if Chris From "Google" calls you beat him to the hang up. There are a lot of companies running scams on unsuspecting sites out there. Phone answerer be ware! I wish I would have caught Chris's companies real name.