Personal Reputation Repair
New York,#2Consumer Suggestion
Tue, November 26, 2013
Michael Fertik's and Reputation.com aka Reputation Defender vaunted proprietary techniques is apparently to send emailsto blogs and websites hosting information that its clients want to disappear.
This reputation-management method has, on at least one occasion, backfired quite dramatically. Ronnie Segev is a concert pianist who was jailed for harassment after he called Priceline.com 215 times to get a refund for a $953 ticket he never purchased.The New York Post reported: A judge later dismissed the charges, but not before Segev spent 40hours in a Manhattan holding cell with hardened criminals who aughed at him, threatened him and tried to steal his fancy watch and sneakers.
A tough-looking cellmate asked him, “So, what are you in for?”
“Priceline refund,” the musician sheepishly replied. It went
downhill from there.
Reputation.com and Segev tried tofinagle internet censorship and information blackouts.
After The Consumerist blog noted this in a post that seemed to this author to be sympathetic towards Segev, it received an e-mail from ReputationDefender asking it to remove the post in an e-mail that, according to The Consumerist, said in pertinent part:
"We are writing to you today because our client, Ronnie Segev, has told us that he would like the content about him on your website to be removed as it is outdated and disturbing to him. Would you be willing to remove or alter the content? It would mean so much to Mr. Segev, and to us. Considerate actions such as these will go a long way to help make the Internet a more civil place."
In response, a blogger at The Consumerist posted a second entry concerning Ronnie Segev entitled “Ronnie Segev & ReputationDefender Can Eat a D***.”
You think Segev will now call ReputationDefender 215 times for a refund?
Posting of Ben Popken to The Consumerist, http://consumerist.com/consumer/evil/ronnie-segev%E2%80%94reputationdefender-can-eat-a-d**k-227969.php
http://bulliedacademics.blogspot.com/2007/01/reputation-defender-to-consider-bullied.html (Jan. 18, 2007, 19:53 EST).
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_16/b4030068.htm
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/11/72063
http://consumerist.com/consumer/evil/priceline-has-customer-arrested-for-diligent-refund-attempt-150618.php
mrep
Montreal,#3Consumer Comment
Sun, October 27, 2013
stop getting scammed by these so called reputation management companies that charge you before work is done. Its reports like these that give the entire industry a bad name and makes it hard for the "good guys" to do proper business!
give me a shout at: [email protected] and ill take care of your online reputation at no charge until the entire situation is fixed! thats right, ZERO RISK, if im unable to perform, you dont pay me a single penny (95% success rate.) theres no point risking thousands and not getting anything for it!!
I am purely result driven, this means you don't risk anything because if I'm unable to provide you the results, you dont pay anything! no catch, no risk, no setup fee, no deposit.
The good people are still out there, you just got to find them :)
srep
clearwater,#4Consumer Comment
Sun, October 13, 2013
Its reports like these that give the entire industry a bad name and makes it hard for the "good guys" to do proper business!
In anycase, if you still have a problem with your search results online reputation please send me an email at: [email protected] i do reputation management for FREE for customers that have been burned in the past by shady reputation management companies. I am purely result driven, this means you don't risk anything because if I'm unable to provide you the results, you dont pay anything! no catch, no risk, no setup fee, no deposit.
thats right, ZERO RISK, if im unable to perform, you dont pay me a single penny (95% success rate.) theres no point risking thousands and not getting anything for it!!
The good companies are still out there, you just got to find them :)
quechenchao
shenzhen,#5REBUTTAL Owner of company
Sat, October 12, 2013
I'm just a consumer,no seo company. Please don't I think it is a seo, do not waste the user hurt.
Tatti
Plymouth,#6General Comment
Thu, September 19, 2013
I wrote to the City Visas online, they called back to me very quickly, I gave them my e-mail, and I received the information that I ideally suit for migration to the Canada for a permanent resident, they assured me with no losses and to get a refund if I do not qualify and if Im not happy with something.I paid the deposit of £ 600 for three people I had to pay £ 1,800, they assured me that if I will not be happy I will get a full refund , after transferring deposit consultant called me and said there are going to be additional charges Which they havent Mentioned about originally, and he warned me that I could not even qualify and that my application be rejected small which I was also not informed before paying the deposit , after that I immediately said that I want a refund, they said through the phone that I will absolutely get my money back, and after a while they wrote me an e-mail saying I will not get anything! This is a bunch of cheats, to not be deceived like me!!!
LONGSTAR
Burleson,#7REBUTTAL Owner of company
Sat, September 14, 2013
I am unable to verify or attempt to correct any problems this person has had with my company when I have no record of any of my customers by this name,please give me more info so I can resolve issue
Yogi
kolkata,#8REBUTTAL Owner of company
Sat, August 17, 2013
The person have purchase some item from our company , and its a spiritual item and i told him to follow some instruction as spiritual item always have some rules and regulation and instruction but he dont want to follow it . We have also disclaimer at our website how our product works .Actually he dont have any idea about item , if he have any doubt he should first contact us before giving order .
The customer already complain to paypal and after hearing both side Paypal put the case in my favour .
Now the customer only want to tarnish the image of our website and complain wrongly , We have almost thousand of satisfied customer all over the world and we are almost 4-5 years old wesbite
MyK1Visa.com
Edison,#9General Comment
Fri, August 16, 2013
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Jah Shaman
Wilmington,#10Consumer Comment
Thu, August 15, 2013
I have ordered from Sweet Paula for years and never been ripped. I have mailed payment and always confirmed. I dispute this is a rip off site. I have always gotten the order promised. For the last three years I have ordered. In my opion not a rip off.
Harvey Modlin''''s Criminal Court reco
Huntington Beach,#11General Comment
Thu, May 30, 2013
Reputation report com made my problems worse after I spoke with them and did not want to pay for their service.
They wanted $50,000 and $5,000 per month. I had small issues on page 4 of my GOOGLE LOOKUP. After I spoke with them and did not want to pay them their huge amount of money...I looked at google and everything far back I spopke with them about was moved to the front page. I AM SURE IF THEY CAN MAKE THINGS BETTER THEY ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THINGS FAR WORSE!
IS THIS EXTORTION?
Cheri
Milwaukee,#12Consumer Comment
Tue, May 07, 2013
I was the victim of one of these SEO reputation companies, HOWEVER in my case the SEO company (in this case called "SEOTeamUSA" were the ones who actually FILED the false report on ripoffreport against me to try to blacken my reputation as a web designer (Funny how the company owner was also a web designer trying to boost his business). Anyways, I complained to Ripoffreport.com about the extremely FRAUDULENT report to have them remove it and showed them the OUTRIGHT BLACKMAIL I was sent about having to pay HUGE money to remove it from search engines. Ripoffreport DID NOTHING about this nor did they care. They are not out to stop these FALSE reports, they could care less about anyone who's had a false report filed against them. I even WENT TO THE POLICE and they said they couldn't do anything about it because it's more of a "civil" matter. I do not have hundreds of thousands of dollars to go tracking down the people who posted the false complaint and sue SEOTeamUSA (who goes by a TON Of different names) over the blackmail they pulled.
It would be nice if RIPOFFREPORT actually DID something regarding this problem instead of spewing a bunch of rhretoric.
There is NO SEO SERVICE that can remove the report against you from Google, NO ONE, the only one who can remove a URL from Google is the URL's OWNER (Ripoffreport themselves) or the person who filed the report. So don't give any of these VULTURES (including Ripoffreport) a CENT of your money!
PerfectReputations®
Doral,#13Consumer Suggestion
Tue, November 06, 2012
The statements above present a very one-sided view of "Reputations" on-line.
An on-line reputation is more than just removing negative Google indexes, it is also about helping a person or business build a position, legitimate reputation on-line. This used to be called "PR", but in today's world, PR means more than just Press Releases.
Real Reputation Management involves management of social media, content strategies, content marketing, SEO & SEM, publishing, website design, and a host of other activities combined to yield a specific result. To say they are all fake, or cannot be done, it clearly false, since they can.
However, the approach taken by the company first mentioned, with their very agressive and potentially misleading commercials and media blitz, is also not helping clarify the true options available.
Real Reputation Management does work, but it is not some automated one-size fits all gimmick. It is a complex, well thought-out, well engineered pocess over a lengthy period of time. In real Reputation Management, results can take weeks or month to full realize. However, it also comes with a warning, in that the dynamics change often - Google creates new algorythms - so it is one that must be monitored.
There are a very small number of legitimate companies involved in Reputation Management (notice I do not say Reputation Defense or Reputation Repair). My own company has been helping clients for 17 years build broad extensive on-line positive reputations. But it is like PR of old, it about thoughtful work applied with great skill and knowledge that yields results, not being done by a call center worker in Asia.
While I cannot speak about the company originally mentioned - since I do not want to contribute to their reputation, much less engage in defamitory statements - I can say this is a specialized practice performed with a long term commitment to a limited client base. In short, it is not a mass-market solution, and any one stating that it works for anyone is less than honest. Just as lawyers don't always succeed, so too are Reputation Management companie, which is why no reputation management company should ever require long term contracts without easy cancellation and refund clauses (as we do).
So yes, proper Reputation Management on-line is about SEO, it is more about Social Marketing, Content Marketing, and old fashion PR to get results.