Over 50% Of SEOs Are Concerned About Negative SEO Extortion

Oct 10, 2014 - 8:20 am 15 — by

A few months back we reported on a mass of negative SEO extortion emails being sent around. We asked our audience if these negative SEO extortion emails scare them and truth is, over 50% said they do on some level.

We asked Do Negative SEO Extortion Emails Scare You?

  • 38% said no
  • 31% said yes
  • 22% said a little
  • 10% were unsure

Here is the jump pie chart:

Negative SEO Extortion Poll

Disclaimer: Please see my poll disclaimer post before coming to any conclusions on these results.

Forum discussion continued at Twitter.

This post was pre-written and scheduled to be posted today. FYI, I am offline today, so if Google does a Penguin update - I won't get to it until Monday.

 

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