Comments on: Google Now Selling SEO Services Via Performics

By: Any buyers for Search Marketing Company?? Google is selling it off!

Any buyers for Search Marketing Company?? Google is selling it off! — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:20:42 +0000

[...] many discussing this take over as the end of SEO Companies. On techcrunch it was something like, Google Now Selling SEO Services Via Performics. According to Mr. Phillips, Google does not want to be in the search engine marketing business as [...]

By: Google Sells Search Engine Optimization Company | Search Feature

Google Sells Search Engine Optimization Company | Search Feature — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:03:58 +0000

[...] On March 11, Google’s purchase of DoubleClick finalized and Google became the proud owner of Performics and the company’s search engine optimization (SEO) division. The thought of Google owning a search engine optimization company did not sit well with everyone. [...]

By: 100Log » Google rimane organic

100Log » Google rimane organic — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:56:27 +0000

[...] Google aveva comprato DoubleClick (noto servizio di affllizioni) anche io ero rimasto un po’ perplesso… Doubleclick aveva [...]

By: www.teletubis.info » Blog Archive » Google To Sell Performics

www.teletubis.info » Blog Archive » Google To Sell Performics — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:24:04 +0000

[...] we reported March 12, Performics presented a major conflict of interest for Google as the service offered SEO services [...]

By: Daniel Hernandez

Daniel Hernandez — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:13:37 +0000

It’s time to understand, that Google has gone too far.

By: Pravish

Pravish — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:13:56 +0000

Hi ppl,

There i won’t be surprised by the move as i was expecting this.
Well its not a fair game.
Will SEO guyz lose there jobs forever?
Wat’s the future of SEO / SEM?

I wont’ be surprised again when i think that Google would take the whole WEB Industry say ( Web designing, SEO, Software) all under Google as they see the bottom line - Success at any cost - Money - Money and more money

They captured USERS and next target is the ENTIRE WORLD

G for Google
G for GOD,,,,,,,,,,,,,, OMG!!!!!!!!

By: Google Monopoli'ye Doğru Bir Adım Daha - Google DoubleClick Satın Alması Onaylandı - Ahmet KIRTOK

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:51:49 +0000

[...] Duncan Riley Techrunch‘daki yazısında birçok kişi tarafından gözden kaçan bir konuya tekrar değinmiş. Doubleclick Performics [...]

By: From Poacher To Gamekeeper: GOOG Should Use Performics To Battle "Evil" SEO | Uncategorized | Fair or Unfair

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:53:42 +0000

[...] Techcrunch - Google Now Selling SEO Services Via Performics [...]

By: Good Luck

Good Luck — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:50:06 +0000

“provide more accurate and guaranteed paid SEO services”

And that is exactly the problem.

It’s a TOTALLY unfair situation, and a conflict of interest.
Google will become like search engines from 10 years ago — where the top rankings are BOUGHT, not earned.

The users suffer.
All who cannot afford Google’s SEO service will suffer.
Eventually, Google’s shareholders will suffer, as people finally catch on, and go to a different search engine which will provide a better experience… etc.

By: Rakhi

Rakhi — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:56:38 +0000

Great!!!
Double Click Performics and Google together is a big accomplishment and this will help Google vanquish display advertising and provide more accurate and guaranteed paid SEO services.

It has provided a roadmap for affiliate publishers, advertisers, marketers and also a new way to outsource SEO services. I am really thankful to Google for acquiring DoubleClick as this will help us to monetize and maximize our investment.

I have one point bewildering me that natural search solution provided by google will it assure top listing or just try to provide top listing??? Does this has anything to do query marketing and content management???

By: Seemant

Seemant — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:40:53 +0000

I think this is not good. Now Google is not going right way, May be this is decrees his popularity …!!!
This is side way ” Black Hat “

By: kapil

kapil — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:37:43 +0000

i think this is big step by google.

By: Google agora vende serviços de SEO via Performics | Leopoldo Moreira

Google agora vende serviços de SEO via Performics | Leopoldo Moreira — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:58:59 +0000

[...] a relevância de conteúdo, agora vende serviço que promete melhorar o ranking de sites. Segundo o TechCrunch, fonte da notícia, existe “100% conflito de [...]

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:58:31 +0000

I agree with the comments that have said that Google has a monopoly. I think they had a monopoly even before this acquisition. Ask any webmaster who they worry about, Yahoo or MSN or Google? Almost all of them will tell you all they care about is Google. I also think Google has set a dangerous precedent by punishing sites for selling links. The argument could be made that Google is punishing sites for using an alternative to AdSense.

By: Sasha T.

Sasha T. — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:24:15 +0000

I really don’t see anything wrong with this situation as long as Google keeps their algorithm hidden from unwanted eyes which include their own companies.

Sasha

By: Daniel Chege

Daniel Chege — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:29:46 +0000

Google has amazing engineers and that is a great move on their part but I hope this new services will be affordable to everyone.

- Daniel Chege

Poppaproductions@gmail.com
Poppa Productions Web Designs.

By: Ciprian

Ciprian — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:31:15 +0000

Maybe performics will focus on SEO/SEM Services for Yahoo and Microsoft Live ;))

By: SEO Canada

SEO Canada — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:01:13 +0000

I’ll wager they shave off doubleclick’s staff / departments that overlap with their own, or don’t fit their business model. And an SEO Services Company will go first if nothing else to appease the masses, but as SEOs we won’t go any where else as its what the clients want to rank on.

By: Miracle Blade

Miracle Blade — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:21:47 +0000

I think it’s a tad unethical offering SEO services for their own search engine.

By: James

James — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:37:52 +0000

You guys are being ridiculous…. Google is not evil and them owning Performics is not evil.

a) Wouldn’t it be smart for Google to buy Doubleclick and take good look at what everyone does within all the business Units before “dumping anyone” as you all are suggesting. Remember, nobody from Doubleclick or Google could talk to each other about the deal for the past year. Google is being smart and non-evil by holding onto Performics .

b) Doubleclick Performics is mostly affiliate and paid search. They are clearly one of the leaders in the field. Why wouldn’t Google want to tap into some of the best Adwords / Search / Affiliate folks in the industry to help bring advertisers and publishers together. Heck, if I bought something for 3 billion bucks, I would want to make sure I”m getting as much value out of it as possible.

c) SEO, imo, is about making sites easier for the engines to understand and crawl. I worked at a major ecommerce site a few years back and the site had so many issues that Google could hardly crawl it. Google just wants to catalog information effectively. Google is not going to give away it’s algorithm to a a group of folks and have them go out and promise the #1 listing. You all are being ridiculous if you think that. They would find a smart way to use these folks.

If something is truly evil, Google would squash it. I’ve heard great things about Performics on both the search and affiliate side. I’m excited to see how Google uses them. Now, if MSFT bought them, it might be a different story.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:36:58 +0000

interesting… does not mean you cant do SEO yourself still but sure is a conflict…

By: ppires

ppires — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:46:11 +0000

hey guy’s they will use they SEO company to get better result in yahoo and live and get more traffic

By: Goober

Goober — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:14:06 +0000

Guys..
1.) This is no different that MSFT owning Avenue A
2.) How is Google owning a “3rd-party” ad server any different? It’s not.

In both these cases, there is a conflict of interest and in both cases, agencies and marketers know this and don’t care.

By: Run-a-lot

Run-a-lot — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:57:31 +0000

Where do we protest this so that it really could be stopped?

By: The Googlopoly Has Come

The Googlopoly Has Come — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:03:34 +0000

“Google is a private company not a government agency. Let them do what they want. Free market economics and globalisation rule the world and you can’t stop us!”

I’m going to read that as sarcasm.