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The seo company I hired locked me out of my website!

by trade4861
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So I hired and pre-paid a popular seo company from India. Didn't like the work done. So i decided not to use them again. Forgot that I gave them the password to the website and they changed my login info. He's also semi-popular on this site....I usually pay good money to seo companies but damn, that is the last time I'll do this again. Got to hack in my own site now lol.
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  • Profile picture of the author johnben1444
    Reset your password and details will be sent to your email.

    I also hope you didn't give the SEO company your email password otherwise you are screwed up.

    Last resort, talk to your hosting company, they will use your payment details to reset your password if you can provide them an accurate one.
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  • Profile picture of the author trade4861
    I can't reset my password. I don't have that option. The hosting provider is also the one who created the script. Im pretty sure the can get in but Im waiting for a response.
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    • Profile picture of the author seonutshell
      Originally Posted by trade4861 View Post

      I can't reset my password. I don't have that option. The hosting provider is also the one who created the script. Im pretty sure the can get in but Im waiting for a response.
      But you must be able to get it back via email? Or am i missing something crucial?
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      • Profile picture of the author SuccessleyJim
        Have you approached them directly?

        I know it sounds stupid; but I'm sure it wasn't intentional.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    I guess your screwed If you let some joker from India have your Admin password/login info.
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
    Originally Posted by trade4861 View Post

    So I hired and pre-paid a popular seo company from Indial.

    There is no such thing as a popular SEO company from India. There are only shitty and shittier SEO companies from India.
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    • Profile picture of the author Brian Lett
      Originally Posted by MikeFriedman View Post

      There is no such thing as a popular SEO company from India. There are only shitty and shittier SEO companies from India.
      OMG!!! I'm at Starbucks right now and you made me LOL!!!!

      Thanks for that
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      • Profile picture of the author seonutshell
        Originally Posted by Brian Lett View Post

        OMG!!! I'm at Starbucks right now and you made me LOL!!!!

        Thanks for that
        You must be a good marketer if you are drinking cofee at starbucks. You should write an ebook and call it "how to make enough money on the internet to drink your coffee at starbucks"

        I get my cofee for 47p at morrisons
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    • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
      Originally Posted by MikeFriedman View Post

      There is no such thing as a popular SEO company from India. There are only shitty and shittier SEO companies from India.
      One of these days Mike will tell us how he really feels about Indian SEO companies. He's always so very tight lipped about it.
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      • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
        Originally Posted by Mike Anthony View Post

        One of these days Mike will tell us how he really feels about Indian SEO companies. He's always so very tight lipped about it.
        Some day I will let my true feelings be known. For now though I'm keeping quiet.
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    • Profile picture of the author Kevin Maguire
      Originally Posted by MikeFriedman View Post

      There is no such thing as a popular SEO company from India. There are only shitty and shittier SEO companies from India.
      Now Mike,
      Some are very Popular within their respective Villages.

      Top 5 SEO Companies India :

      Voted By BestSEORankingIndia.com Poll

      1. Expert SEO Guru Pro Services LTD http://ExpertSEOGuruProServices.net
      2. Be No1 At Google INC http://BeNoOneAtGoogle.info
      3. Fiverr Pro SEO Providings LTD http://fiverproseoprovidings.cc
      4. Surch Engine Optimization LLC http://SurchEngineOptimizationcom
      5. Cheap Backlink Providings INC http://cheapbacklinkprovidings.in
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      • Profile picture of the author kpmedia
        Originally Posted by Kevin Maguire View Post

        Voted By BestSEORankingIndia.com Poll
        I read it on the Internet ... it must be true!
        Seriously?
        That site's credentials is ... ?
        And best yet, it's not loading right now. The DNS is fubar. Not even 404, just gone.

        Most "SEO" originating from India = spammers. (I've never seen one that wasn't.)
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        • Profile picture of the author yukon
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          Originally Posted by kpmedia View Post

          I read it on the Internet ... it must be true!
          Seriously?
          That site's credentials is ... ?
          And best yet, it's not loading right now. The DNS is fubar. Not even 404, just gone.

          Most "SEO" originating from India = spammers. (I've never seen one that wasn't.)
          I think it was supposed to be a joke (fake EMDs).
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        • Profile picture of the author smodha
          Originally Posted by kpmedia View Post

          I read it on the Internet ... it must be true!
          Seriously?
          That site's credentials is ... ?
          And best yet, it's not loading right now. The DNS is fubar. Not even 404, just gone.

          Most "SEO" originating from India = spammers. (I've never seen one that wasn't.)
          That's quite a generalization? Did you test every single company?

          The fact of the matter is that there are scammers in every country including the US. There are some excellent SEO services in India that Tim Ferris personally recommends.

          You have to dig deep and be diligent to find the diamonds...
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          • Profile picture of the author nik0
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            Originally Posted by smodha View Post

            That's quite a generalization? Did you test every single company?

            The fact of the matter is that there are scammers in every country including the US. There are some excellent SEO services in India that Tim Ferris personally recommends.

            You have to dig deep and be diligent to find the diamonds...
            Who on earth is Tim Ferris?
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            • Profile picture of the author smodha
              Originally Posted by nik0 View Post

              Who on earth is Tim Ferris?
              Who is Tim Ferris?
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              • Profile picture of the author nik0
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                Originally Posted by smodha View Post

                Thanks, I google'd it as well, 4 hour work week guy.

                He got quite an impressive list of accomplishments.
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                • Profile picture of the author smodha
                  Originally Posted by nik0 View Post

                  Thanks, I google'd it as well, 4 hour work week guy.

                  He got quite an impressive list of accomplishments.
                  The 4 hour work week is an excellent read. Highly recommend it.
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    • Profile picture of the author Stardustpoint
      Originally Posted by MikeFriedman View Post

      There is no such thing as a popular SEO company from India. There are only shitty and shittier SEO companies from India.
      SEO in India is not good at all. In fact, the next penguin update is linguistics and will be able to find content written in other dialects or nations by the way it is written.
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      • Profile picture of the author smodha
        Originally Posted by Stardustpoint View Post

        SEO in India is not good at all. In fact, the next penguin update is linguistics and will be able to find content written in other dialects or nations by the way it is written.
        OK, that's just nonsense. It can't punish countries that use dialects or variations of the language.

        If anything this looks more unnatural. Why would somebody in the UK spell "Monetise" in the US dialect "Monetize"? Unless - Google uses US English as the global standard.
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  • Profile picture of the author trade4861
    Lol i didn't know that but thanks for the heads up.
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  • Profile picture of the author GlobalTrader
    Contact your hosting support, tell them what has happened and ask if they can reset the access info for you - you have paid for the hosting, not the seo company so they should be able to assist you.
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  • Profile picture of the author Curtis2011
    Sounds like you got scammed. Not sure how they will profit off your website though. Maybe selling links from it?
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  • Profile picture of the author apnavarun
    I think you learnd a lesson. Don;t trust anyone whosoever. If possible contact them and ask your details.
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    • Profile picture of the author trade4861
      Originally Posted by apnavarun View Post

      I think you learnd a lesson. Don;t trust anyone whosoever. If possible contact them and ask your details.
      Contact them? I'd rather throw all my time and money in the trash and delete the site before I do that. Revenge sounds better. Plus, this isn't my money site. But yea, lesson learned.
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  • Profile picture of the author pasik
    Originally Posted by trade4861 View Post

    So I hired and pre-paid a popular seo company from India. Didn't like the work done. So i decided not to use them again. Forgot that I gave them the password to the website and they changed my login info. He's also semi-popular on this site....
    Maybe you could tell us who this guy is...
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  • Profile picture of the author kpmedia
    Most "SEO" companies don't know their @ss from their elbow.
    Almost none have any real experience or a college degree in the field of marketing.
    Just bozos just getting rich off the ol' interwebs.
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  • Profile picture of the author articlesarthors
    This is quite the story, but you do have to be very careful with whom you decide to entrust your site login details to, it is so easy for this to happen! I think, if you haven't done so already of course, you should contact them directly before pursuing anything else!
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  • Profile picture of the author nik0
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    A simple e-mail asking what the new password is should do the job right? Or did you refuse to pay them or something that makes it impossible?
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    • Profile picture of the author trade4861
      Originally Posted by nik0 View Post

      A simple e-mail asking what the new password is should do the job right? Or did you refuse to pay them or something that makes it impossible?
      No, I paid in advance for the month. The work he did just seemed to spammy to continue his services, I wasn't comfortable with it as it seemed way to black hat. He literally got mad and changed my password just to be a dick.

      Anyway, the creator of the script is going to look at the site tonight, which is also the hosting company. I don't think they will have a problem gaining access to the site.
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      • Profile picture of the author nik0
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        Originally Posted by trade4861 View Post

        No, I paid in advance for the month. The work he did just seemed to spammy to continue his services, I wasn't comfortable with it as it seemed way to black hat. He literally got mad and changed my password just to be a dick.

        Anyway, the creator of the script is going to look at the site tonight, which is also the hosting company. I don't think they will have a problem gaining access to the site.
        Christ what an idiot. I guess you were his only client
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      • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
        Originally Posted by trade4861 View Post

        No, I paid in advance for the month. The work he did just seemed to spammy to continue his services, I wasn't comfortable with it as it seemed way to black hat. He literally got mad and changed my password just to be a dick.

        Anyway, the creator of the script is going to look at the site tonight, which is also the hosting company. I don't think they will have a problem gaining access to the site.

        Gotta be honest. If it was someone from here or someone selling a service here, you should out them so the same thing doesn't happen to someone else. If they have a WSO or Warriors for Hire offer, I would leave a detailed review. Nothing sinister. Just an honest story of what happened. Help others to not fall for the same crap.

        Too often people get ripped off by WSO's and never say a thing about it. More honest reviews would help make that section a little better.
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        • Profile picture of the author smodha
          Originally Posted by MikeFriedman View Post

          Gotta be honest. If it was someone from here or someone selling a service here, you should out them so the same thing doesn't happen to someone else. If they have a WSO or Warriors for Hire offer, I would leave a detailed review. Nothing sinister. Just an honest story of what happened. Help others to not fall for the same crap.

          Too often people get ripped off by WSO's and never say a thing about it. More honest reviews would help make that section a little better.
          You can't be too honest on here. I've seen honest, buyer reviews removed with no explanation.
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          • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
            Originally Posted by smodha View Post

            You can't be too honest on here. I've seen honest, buyer reviews removed with no explanation.
            I haven't really seen that. I have seen when someone creates fake accounts for the purpose of trashing someone having reviews removed. I have seen someone who violates the rules have their reviews removed.

            Now if there is another side to this story that we haven't heard about, that would be something different.
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            • Profile picture of the author smodha
              Originally Posted by MikeFriedman View Post

              I haven't really seen that. I have seen when someone creates fake accounts for the purpose of trashing someone having reviews removed. I have seen someone who violates the rules have their reviews removed.

              Now if there is another side to this story that we haven't heard about, that would be something different.
              Head over to ViperChill. There's an interesting post about this.
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  • Profile picture of the author paulgl
    Originally Posted by trade4861 View Post

    So I hired and pre-paid a popular seo company from India.
    SEO company from India, is an oxymoron.

    I can't believe anyone in their right mind would spend one penny
    on crap from there.

    Originally Posted by trade4861 View Post

    ....I usually pay good money to seo companies but damn, that is the last time I'll do this again. Got to hack in my own site now lol.
    ROTFLMAO! I can just imagine the IMs you are going to get...psssst. Wanna
    buy some SEO?

    Perhaps you should wipe that "sucker" label off your forehead.

    Paul
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    • Profile picture of the author trade4861
      Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

      Perhaps you should wipe that "sucker" label off your forehead.

      Paul
      Don’t really appreciate you calling me a sucker. Maybe you have more common sense because this is more on your lines of expertise. SEO is not my expertise. I try to make the best decision when choosing an SEO company based on things I learn here. But s h i t still happens. I’ve been extremely successful on the Internet for many years. Been doing this for roughly 12 years, have had nothing but success at everything I’ve put effort into...well except for this site I guess.
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  • Profile picture of the author salmansafder
    Sometimes, its happens. but you have to careful next time and don't give details to anyone. you should name them here, and we will aware of them and no one can get effected now.
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  • Profile picture of the author trade4861
    Hosting company got my site back, no harm was done.
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    • Profile picture of the author frankmiller11
      well you have your site back congrats.

      however blamming an entire country, for what a unknown company did to you is not justified
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      • Profile picture of the author RandySwanston
        Originally Posted by frankmiller11 View Post

        well you have your site back congrats.

        however blamming an entire country, for what a unknown company did to you is not justified
        Yeah TRUE... There are scammers, spammers and morons in each and every country... Not only in India... everyone has to see their back before speaking about others. :p:p:p
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        • Profile picture of the author cbpayne
          Originally Posted by RandySwanston View Post

          Yeah TRUE... There are scammers, spammers and morons in each and every country... Not only in India... everyone has to see their back before speaking about others. :p:p:p
          There are more SEO scammers in India than anywhere else though.
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      • Profile picture of the author trade4861
        Originally Posted by frankmiller11 View Post

        well you have your site back congrats.

        however blamming an entire country, for what a unknown company did to you is not justified
        Hmmm, didn't put any country down. In fact, I've had some great success with India, but its a hit or miss. Had some bad experiences with U.S. also.

        I've used a couple India SEO companies that had some advanced link building techniques that work very well. And techniques that I've never seen discussed here.
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      • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
        Originally Posted by frankmiller11 View Post

        well you have your site back congrats.

        however blamming an entire country, for what a unknown company did to you is not justified
        He did not blame an entire country. I did.

        Give credit where credit is due.
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    It is better to look for freelancers on freelance sites and go with those freelancers who have good feedback!
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    OMG Mike....LMAO. Wow.
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  • Profile picture of the author PROmotions LLC
    Outsourcing to India or other 3rd world companies seems worth it if your hurting in the money area, but you are sacrificing quality and control. Most of those companies use whatever automated backlink system was popular years ago, and usually make outdated links. The sheer volume of clients they have is related to their low prices. They don't really care about your site, they see the money, run your details through a program and send you the results. Most of the time they really don't know that much about SEO, only that Running this program will make me money. Like people at McDonalds, they are making burgers and selling them, and they know how to put the burger together, but are they making quality food? Do they know how to run a business? Probably not.
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  • Profile picture of the author harro1
    It is illegal, sue them, or atleast send them a warning email and you will get your login info back in no time.
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  • Profile picture of the author nik0
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    Lately I saw a show on TV where people outsourced their whole life to countries like India, one of their workers had to find a date for one of the guys, world wide. He left all to her and she did an amazing job.

    All of the Indians that got interviewed spoke remarkable good English and seemed like highly educated people, so of course there are quality services to find in India, they are just spare and probably won't work for $50-200/month.

    Personally I have no need to outsource SEO work as I can do it all myself, I just have VA's to follow a detailed list of instructions, however in case I need help with web/software development then India would be the first country to approach.
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  • Profile picture of the author Tina Mayer
    Hi,

    I think it would be good if you try to communicate with them at first. If things are still not settled, let us know who's this and may be we could help you out.
    Just learn the lesson; hope it won't happen again.
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