SPAM is bad at the best of times but at least when it’s advertising Viagra you know that there is a demand for it and that it works. SEO SPAM mail is worse than that because what they are saying is clearly unworkable at best and fraudulent at worst and it is likely that some desperate webmaster who has tried almost everything and his site is still not responding is going to be taken in and try them and lose valuable time and money.

From a purely commercial point of view the online market is truly vast and there is plenty of space for all of us. As long as what you are selling or suggesting actually makes sense and is the real thing. The SPAM emails I received this morning were neither logical nor the real thing (and those who sent them were using disposable Gmail addresses as contact points, which makes the case for me) and were simply a grab for desperate webmaster’s money.

If you really want to learn how to optimize your website yourself then check out our FREE SEO Tips section. If you have a particular question feel free to send it in. I usually answer within 48 hours (it depends on the question) and if you want to really take your website to Google’s first page yourself you should consider getting my book (yep this is the inevitable self-promotion part coming up) and saving yourself some trouble. If you get any SPAM SEO emails like I did consign them to the email bin. They really are not worth your time and effort much less your money.

David Amerland is the author of the Search Engine Optimization book: SEO Help: 20 steps to get your website to Google's #1 page published by New Line Publishing and available to buy from Amazon.com and any quality bookshop. The ebook version of the book is available for Amazon Kindle as well as  Mobipocket, smartphone and Sony eBook Reader formats and available to purchase from any quality ebook retailer. You can also purchase it directly from this website. He masterminds winning SEO strategies for complex online business and helps the average webmaster get their site to the position it deserves. David has been instrumental in taking websites to the top of Google's first page in a way that has kept them there year after year. If you would like David to work on one of your SEO projects drop us a line with your request.