Comments on: MerchantCircle makes me feel… http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/05/merchantcircle-makes-me-feel/ Developing Knowledge about Local Search Wed, 23 May 2012 00:03:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mike http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/05/merchantcircle-makes-me-feel/comment-page-1/#comment-359252 Mike Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:16:37 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/05/merchantcircle-makes-me-feel/#comment-359252 @JD I am not sure that 3 months of "good behavior" makes up for years of bad but I am glad to her that they possibly turning over a new leaf. My sense is though that they only help small business find leads if the the small business doesn't optimize properly for local search. Thus MC often comes out higher than the website for a given business. So I wouldn't so much credit them as note that it is probably an effect of a poorly designed/marketed/optimized local website. Mike @JD

I am not sure that 3 months of “good behavior” makes up for years of bad but I am glad to her that they possibly turning over a new leaf.

My sense is though that they only help small business find leads if the the small business doesn’t optimize properly for local search. Thus MC often comes out higher than the website for a given business. So I wouldn’t so much credit them as note that it is probably an effect of a poorly designed/marketed/optimized local website.

Mike

]]> By: J D Webs http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/05/merchantcircle-makes-me-feel/comment-page-1/#comment-358372 J D Webs Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:23:42 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/05/merchantcircle-makes-me-feel/#comment-358372 I have been a member of MC since December of ’08 and I have yet to experience any of the negative things that have been happening to others. Am I one of the few luckiest people in the world? Listing my business there has only helped me in securing some truly great leads and a few good jobs. Maybe I should try the lottery next? I have been a member of MC since December of ’08 and I have yet to experience any of the negative things that have been happening to others. Am I one of the few luckiest people in the world? Listing my business there has only helped me in securing some truly great leads and a few good jobs. Maybe I should try the lottery next?

]]> By: David Saunders http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/05/merchantcircle-makes-me-feel/comment-page-1/#comment-258156 David Saunders Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:41:46 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/05/merchantcircle-makes-me-feel/#comment-258156 .... this is plain stupid - why would a company with a potentially good business model want to blow it at such an early stage? I had an account with them (free) which ranked well on Goog etc but no longer trust them so spend my ad $$$$s elsewhere. David …. this is plain stupid – why would a company with a potentially good business model want to blow it at such an early stage?

I had an account with them (free) which ranked well on Goog etc but no longer trust them so spend my ad $$$$s elsewhere.

David

]]> By: lola http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/05/merchantcircle-makes-me-feel/comment-page-1/#comment-249115 lola Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:15:56 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/05/merchantcircle-makes-me-feel/#comment-249115 650-654-8500 CALL ALICIA 650-654-8500

CALL ALICIA

]]> By: lola http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/05/merchantcircle-makes-me-feel/comment-page-1/#comment-249114 lola Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:14:57 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/05/merchantcircle-makes-me-feel/#comment-249114 http://sanjose.bbb.org/WWWRoot/Report.aspx?site=68&bbb=1216&firm=228893 Above is the link for the BBB conplaints! YOU ARE ALL NOT ALONE!!! Here is a different name and phone number that has a real persons voice on the answering machine! CONTACT: Kevin Leu MerchantCircle +1-858-361-4407 Kevin@MerchantCircle.com I would also call the Los Altos Chamber of commerce at (650) 948-1455 Attorney General and/or Public Utility Commission Check out this link! http://battellemedia.com/archives/002632.php http://sanjose.bbb.org/WWWRoot/Report.aspx?site=68&bbb=1216&firm=228893

Above is the link for the BBB conplaints! YOU ARE ALL NOT ALONE!!!

Here is a different name and phone number that has a real persons voice on the answering machine!

CONTACT: Kevin Leu MerchantCircle +1-858-361-4407 Kevin@MerchantCircle.com

I would also call the Los
Altos Chamber of commerce at
(650) 948-1455
Attorney General and/or Public Utility Commission

Check out this link!

http://battellemedia.com/archives/002632.php

]]> By: Tom Barnhart http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/05/merchantcircle-makes-me-feel/comment-page-1/#comment-234207 Tom Barnhart Mon, 12 May 2008 20:53:20 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/05/merchantcircle-makes-me-feel/#comment-234207 I have received voice recorded messages from Merchant Circle in the past and thought very little of them (other than they are violating telecommunications laws that we stopped long ago, but wish we could continue...) until I heard this one (would like to send a recorded copy to post here)... where it said a customer wants to know if we are a legitimate business, blah, blah, blah but what really got my attention was their use of and I quote: "go to your Merchant Circle page on Google..." Like they are trying to legitimize their company as if they are Google... Yes, I was confused and went to look them up when I found all these blogs of complaints about MC smarmy business tactics... Come on MC, you are what gives business a bad name! Coincidently, my website is down for updating which is perhaps why I really "got" MC message. I have received voice recorded messages from Merchant Circle in the past and thought very little of them (other than they are violating telecommunications laws that we stopped long ago, but wish we could continue…) until I heard this one (would like to send a recorded copy to post here)… where it said a customer wants to know if we are a legitimate business, blah, blah, blah but what really got my attention was their use of and I quote: “go to your Merchant Circle page on Google…” Like they are trying to legitimize their company as if they are Google… Yes, I was confused and went to look them up when I found all these blogs of complaints about MC smarmy business tactics… Come on MC, you are what gives business a bad name! Coincidently, my website is down for updating which is perhaps why I really “got” MC message.

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