Monthly Refreshes Aren't Actually Needed, Right?
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We get tons of emails from Network Solutions with the following text:
To ensure that your website is easily found online it is important that you submit your website to the major search engines and internet directories, including:
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- Google Places
- Google Mobile
- Bing
- Yahoo!<sup></sup>
- Twitter<sup></sup>
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- Facebook<sup></sup>
- CitySearch<sup></sup>
- Foursquare
- Angie's List<sup></sup>
- GPS navigation
- MerchantCircle<sup></sup>
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To do so, we recommend you go to each search engine and internet directories web page, locate the instructions and then complete a monthly refresh of your listing. If you would like us to complete this process for you please call us at...
Everything I've ever read about modern SEO says this isn't necessary and it's just a solicitation to get people to pay them for something they don't even need. We update our social pages regularly and maintain listings on many citation sites using Moz Local (in addition to manually building citations).
Can you guys confirm that this is just more spam from Network Solutions?
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Very tempted to write that post.
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LOL, I've been doing SEO for more than a decade now. I remember when submitting to search engines was a thing people did, but I haven't done it in years and I didn't think I was missing out on anything.
It seems like such a shady way for them to solicit business, though I guess that isn't surprising either.
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Everything I've ever read about modern SEO says this isn't necessary and it's just a solicitation to get people to pay them for something they don't even need.
Nice work. Even though a big web company sent this message, your BS meter rang.
Makes you wonder if they know the domain and hosting business, no ?
I hope somebody who has an SEO blog publishes a post titled.. "Rubbish from NetworkSolutions"
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