Comments on: (Revised) Complaints About Merchant Circle http://localonliner.com/2006/09/27/i-smell-a-rat-fake-%e2%80%98complaints%e2%80%99-re-merchant-circle/ Peter Krasilovsky's Fri, 18 May 2012 14:01:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: How Google Should Improve Local Listing Ads… http://localonliner.com/2006/09/27/i-smell-a-rat-fake-%e2%80%98complaints%e2%80%99-re-merchant-circle/comment-page-1/#comment-189117 How Google Should Improve Local Listing Ads… Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:22:17 +0000 http://localonliner.com/?p=201#comment-189117 [...] be wrong for Google to charge local businesses a fee to remove sponsored ads from their listings (a la Merchant Circle), common good business sense should compel Google to remove the ads from the business listing of [...] [...] be wrong for Google to charge local businesses a fee to remove sponsored ads from their listings (a la Merchant Circle), common good business sense should compel Google to remove the ads from the business listing of [...]

]]> By: Info4BeingRich - Earning Money Online Made Easy http://localonliner.com/2006/09/27/i-smell-a-rat-fake-%e2%80%98complaints%e2%80%99-re-merchant-circle/comment-page-1/#comment-67256 Info4BeingRich - Earning Money Online Made Easy Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:07:51 +0000 http://localonliner.com/?p=201#comment-67256 <strong>MerchantCircle - Is This Site Victim Of A Conspira</strong> So what do we make out of all this?? Is this an outcome of growing popularity of Merchantcircle??? Is this an attempt to tarnish Merchantcircle's image???? MerchantCircle – Is This Site Victim Of A Conspira

So what do we make out of all this?? Is this an outcome of growing popularity of Merchantcircle??? Is this an attempt to tarnish Merchantcircle’s image????

]]> By: The Local Onliner » Merchant Circle: 90,000 Businesses Registered http://localonliner.com/2006/09/27/i-smell-a-rat-fake-%e2%80%98complaints%e2%80%99-re-merchant-circle/comment-page-1/#comment-48132 The Local Onliner » Merchant Circle: 90,000 Businesses Registered Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:09:54 +0000 http://localonliner.com/?p=201#comment-48132 [...] Merchant Circle may be best known as the bad boy of telemarketing for a negative marketing scheme that went awry last fall. But the eight person Rustic Canyon startup promises it has mended its ways, and points to a growing base of registered members (90,000) and a host of helpful member services. This week, it even got a nice writeup in BusinessWeek. [...] [...] Merchant Circle may be best known as the bad boy of telemarketing for a negative marketing scheme that went awry last fall. But the eight person Rustic Canyon startup promises it has mended its ways, and points to a growing base of registered members (90,000) and a host of helpful member services. This week, it even got a nice writeup in BusinessWeek. [...]

]]> By: Bronte Media » MerchantCircle Conclusion http://localonliner.com/2006/09/27/i-smell-a-rat-fake-%e2%80%98complaints%e2%80%99-re-merchant-circle/comment-page-1/#comment-7048 Bronte Media » MerchantCircle Conclusion Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:50:23 +0000 http://localonliner.com/?p=201#comment-7048 [...] A surreal episode erupted around local search startup MerchantCircle recently, involving an uproar that accused the firm of mass spam and deception and created a strange reaction that made some wonder if the attack was being staged and co-ordinated by someone else. [...] [...] A surreal episode erupted around local search startup MerchantCircle recently, involving an uproar that accused the firm of mass spam and deception and created a strange reaction that made some wonder if the attack was being staged and co-ordinated by someone else. [...]

]]> By: Peter http://localonliner.com/2006/09/27/i-smell-a-rat-fake-%e2%80%98complaints%e2%80%99-re-merchant-circle/comment-page-1/#comment-6382 Peter Tue, 03 Oct 2006 00:52:53 +0000 http://localonliner.com/?p=201#comment-6382 I made some mistakes in this piece and slightly revised it. Basically, I threw all the commenters, legit or otherwise, in one pot. That wasn't right. I also took Merchant Circle at face value. Please see my Oct. 2 followup for more details. I made some mistakes in this piece and slightly revised it. Basically, I threw all the commenters, legit or otherwise, in one pot. That wasn’t right. I also took Merchant Circle at face value.

Please see my Oct. 2 followup for more details.

]]> By: Bronte Media » Surreal MerchantCircle Uproar/Smear Campaign http://localonliner.com/2006/09/27/i-smell-a-rat-fake-%e2%80%98complaints%e2%80%99-re-merchant-circle/comment-page-1/#comment-6258 Bronte Media » Surreal MerchantCircle Uproar/Smear Campaign Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:58:30 +0000 http://localonliner.com/?p=201#comment-6258 [...] Peter Krasilovsky, author of the excellent LocalOnliner blog, had also written about MerchantCircle in the past and received a similar inundation of comments claiming fraud. But he smelt a rat. All the comments are in a similar voice, referring to the word scam and always referencing previous comments. The IP addresses map to different ISPs, so if it were a false smear campaign, it was well enacted. [...] [...] Peter Krasilovsky, author of the excellent LocalOnliner blog, had also written about MerchantCircle in the past and received a similar inundation of comments claiming fraud. But he smelt a rat. All the comments are in a similar voice, referring to the word scam and always referencing previous comments. The IP addresses map to different ISPs, so if it were a false smear campaign, it was well enacted. [...]

]]> By: Andy Vogel, Interactive in Chicagoland » Blog Archives » Peter Krasilovsky smells a rat… http://localonliner.com/2006/09/27/i-smell-a-rat-fake-%e2%80%98complaints%e2%80%99-re-merchant-circle/comment-page-1/#comment-6257 Andy Vogel, Interactive in Chicagoland » Blog Archives » Peter Krasilovsky smells a rat… Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:40:06 +0000 http://localonliner.com/?p=201#comment-6257 [...] I Smell a Rat: Fake ‘Complaints’ Re Merchant CircleFor the past couple of days, I’ve been besieged by “comments” that look like they are from small businesses who are complaining about Merchant Circle’s aggressive voice mail promos. Merchant Circle is a new company that is designed to generate small business traffic via SEO/SEM, Free DA, enhanced listings and other state-of-the-art techniques. [...] [...] I Smell a Rat: Fake ‘Complaints’ Re Merchant CircleFor the past couple of days, I’ve been besieged by “comments” that look like they are from small businesses who are complaining about Merchant Circle’s aggressive voice mail promos. Merchant Circle is a new company that is designed to generate small business traffic via SEO/SEM, Free DA, enhanced listings and other state-of-the-art techniques. [...]

]]> By: Grassroots or Astroturfing? « ConsensusBlog http://localonliner.com/2006/09/27/i-smell-a-rat-fake-%e2%80%98complaints%e2%80%99-re-merchant-circle/comment-page-1/#comment-6256 Grassroots or Astroturfing? « ConsensusBlog Thu, 28 Sep 2006 13:59:40 +0000 http://localonliner.com/?p=201#comment-6256 [...] But Peter Krasilovsky at LocalOnliner smells a rat. [...] [...] But Peter Krasilovsky at LocalOnliner smells a rat. [...]

]]> By: Strange goings-on with Merchant Circle » Small Business SEM http://localonliner.com/2006/09/27/i-smell-a-rat-fake-%e2%80%98complaints%e2%80%99-re-merchant-circle/comment-page-1/#comment-6227 Strange goings-on with Merchant Circle » Small Business SEM Thu, 28 Sep 2006 05:58:02 +0000 http://localonliner.com/?p=201#comment-6227 [...] I went back to Bloglines, and less than a minute later stumbled on Peter Krasilovsky’s post today, I Smell a Rat: Fake ‘Complaints’ Re Merchant Circle. Bizarre coincidence, n’est-ce pas? [...] [...] I went back to Bloglines, and less than a minute later stumbled on Peter Krasilovsky’s post today, I Smell a Rat: Fake ‘Complaints’ Re Merchant Circle. Bizarre coincidence, n’est-ce pas? [...]

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