{"id":12467,"date":"2012-03-14T09:59:31","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T13:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=12467"},"modified":"2012-03-14T10:06:57","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T14:06:57","slug":"411local-on-the-warpath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/14\/411local-on-the-warpath\/","title":{"rendered":"411Locals On the Warpath?"},"content":{"rendered":"

411Locals is one of the more aggressive local seo firms in both their pre and post sale tactics<\/a>, aggressive to the point of absurdity. This recent poster on my blog explains<\/a> his experience with them. If true it should be illegal but like in the case of the computer repair shop in Phoenix<\/a> there is no obvious regulatory action or enforcement to prevent this sort of behavior:<\/p>\n

I used 411 Locals a year ago for about 3 months. I decided to leave them and they have done their best to ruin my company Image on line. They have changed my listings to several different companies, they have listed me under different company names and used bogus telephone numbers which in turn has mis directed my customers. When I spoke with them they informed me the web is a free domain and they can post what they like. I am 45 years old and been in business for 20 years. I have never seen a company that has the power to alter the outcome of my business income such as this company with absolutely zero regulation. I have now hired an attorney to look over all the info that I have and see if i can legally do any thing about it. They need to be hit with multiple law suits at the same time and force them to pay up for legal services and hit them where it hurts…<\/p>\n

And in the ultimate bit of irony, it turns out the 411Locals has joined<\/a> the Nevada BBB and they have a A rating. Only in America could these two have become partners in crime. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

411Locals is one of the more aggressive local seo firms in both their pre and post sale tactics, aggressive to the point of absurdity. This recent poster on my blog explains his experience with them. If true it should be illegal but like in the case of the computer repair shop in Phoenix there is …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t