Getting pestered by J - Search

[elgumbo]

Had 4 phone calls today from jsearch about their "revolutionary" keywords system.

They practically guaranteed me thousands of clicks for a keyword. Turns out they where using the overture search suggestion tool and quoting US figures for the plural word and not the singular that they where trying to sell me.

But's that OK. A supervisor told me they are launching in the US on Monday! and if I took out the keyword today they would register the name in the UK, Ireland, Holland (?) and the US and only charge me the UK (£349). What a bargain !

After doing a quick search on google I found this board and read a couple of the posts.

Thanks

Think I'll save myself £350 - and I might just hang around to see what else I pick up.

Peter

[4eyes]

Welcome to the forums elgumbo

I think you made the right choice. You might also read this thread:
[webmasterworld.com...]

...where j-search were discussed in more detail.

Seems to me they are selling something they don't actually possess yet - ie traffic.

It also seems to be a high price to pay for 'potential traffic' when you could get proven traffic, (ie a Yahoo UK and Looksmart UK review) for the same price.

[Shakil]

I wish these people would phone me, give me an excuse to let all my anger out and drive some spotty assed idiot to tears, when they realise that they are full of hot air.

Shak

[tigger]

give me your number the next time they phone me I'll pass your details onto them, fortunately all my clients are well trained and give my number over to anyone that phones them offering SEO services, I find a quick blast with an air horn normally does the trick :)

I get about 4 calls a week :(

[elgumbo]

5th call ! !

Now they want to sell me a banner on the JSearch site for the plural name that I enquired about. They even told me that this would be better than the keyword!

Politely (well, kind of) told them to get lost.

Peter

[engine]

I like the idea of the air horn, thanks.

Generalising: I always remember that the people that are calling me are only doing their job (as trained by their management). Sadly, the management work on the basis - in the land of the blind, the one-eyed is king. - no pun intended on 4eyes - clearly he really is the king. ;-)

[ade_uk]

yes, ive had these two, also theres a co. called purple circle doing the rounds selling the exact same thing although they havent phoned back since ive told em i have an overture account and realise they are trying to rip me off!

j search are always phoning trying to pass off things with inflated prices that we can all get elsewhere...

[hurlimann]

The boss has recently did a sponsership deal with Dundee Football Club.
Lots of claims made inc he is a multi millionaire Internet guru. I laughed.

Next day the paper Business AM exposed the truth. I think you can register for free at the online version of the paper to see the full story.

Shall I tip the paper off as to just how he is trying to make money ;)?

[elgumbo]

Found an interesting article about Bob McCallum on the on the scotsman site.

[thescotsman.co.uk...]

[edited by: engine at 1:44 pm (utc) on Aug. 30, 2002]
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[engine]

Let's avoid bashings and specifics, especially about individuals. Thanks guys.

[ade_uk]

"Britain’s answer to Bill Gat**".

lol how i laugh :)

[jmccormac]

I've noticed that Jsearch has 'launched' an Irish site recently (www.jsearch.ie). Presentation wise, it looks very impressive but when you dig into it, it is not exactly a dataset that is relevant to Irish users. In reality, it seems to be the UK version.

At the moment, I haven't heard of Jsearch contacting Irish site owners to try and sell them 'keywords'.

Regards...jmcc

[elgumbo]

Sorry Engine - I'll try to let it happen again :)