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This is some of the funniest shit I've read in a while:
I am an SEO in Columbus. I have lived in Ohio my entire life and as of July 2010, I became a resident of the beautiful city of Columbus. So, when I moved down here I changed the focus on my site to account for that. Last week, I started receiving emails from a shell company (a dba) of Kaylor Technology. Below are a copy of the emails I have received from the owner of the business, “SEO Columbus.†Let it be known that I never replied to ANY of the ridiculous emails.Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with any SEO Agency or other SEO company, including “SEO Columbusâ€Â. I am a consultant who tends to work alone.
Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 9:12 PM
From: Joe Rozsa <joe.rozsa@***Columbus.com>
Subject: Email from MichaelHalvorsen.comMessage Body:
Hello Mike,I always appreciate seeing other people in this field, especially locally, and would love to see them all and the industry succeed and grow, but I do have one request from you. I’ve had a couple of people calling me asking about you, seemingly confused because you refer to your company name in a few places as “Columbus SEO†(Mine is “SEO Columbusâ€Â, of course, hence the confusion). I realize and appreciate the fact that you are trying to use the keyword friendly name as a business reference from yourself, but it is causing quite a bit of confusion as that is not actually your company name, and is arguably a bit spammy – hence some of the damage to my own business.
I just wanted to let you know about this confusion, so that hopefully you will come up with some other keyword combination to use that is not using the exact words in my trademarked company name.
Again, I don’t want to come across too aggressive or to turn negative as I really do wish you personally all the best, but at the same time I do protect my company name by all means possible, and I always prevent confusion and damage to my business name from something that I can’t control (like someone else using my company name).
You’re definitely not the first person that’s tried to capitalize on my business (intentional or not, it does have that effect). So I wanted to first ask you in a very friendly manner that you please remove any and all references to your own consulting services as “Columbus SEOâ€Â.
Thanks , and I appreciate your immediate attention to this.
Joe Rozsa
President
SEO ColumbusOn Friday, February 4, the guy must have been jumping out of his skin freaking out about my stellar rankings because he called me and left me a voicemail. Apparently I had “a post that you, you know we came up on my trademark infringement software that I use.†What? What is “trademark infringement software� I’m 24 years old. I understand how business names work, I have a good understanding how trademarks, registered trademarks, and patents work. I’m not some amateur kid who is new to business. I went to college for business and have been working for myself on the Internet since 1998 when I was a mere 12 years old. Either way, the guy tried strong arming me into removing mention of his business name.
I ended up calling the guy back for some reason. During the two minute conversation, I told asked Mr. Joe Rozsa what he thought about the other Columbus SEO businesses using his “trademarked†SEO Columbus name and he said he had spoken to several of them and they were working to remedy the problem. The emails continued:
SEO Columbus - When SEOs Attack
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