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JoeAnt.com Scam

joeant-scam After some of my websites have been hit by the July 25th update of the Google Algorithm, I decided to submit them to couple of directories.

I prefer submitting to paid directories to free directories, since they really do have more value in Google. Eventhough I was successful in submitting my websites to many directories, I was unable to get my listing up on Joeant.com

I chose “Turkey” category for my Turkish site, since thats most relevant one. Joeant says “Guaranteed review within the next two business days. (One Time Fee – $39.99)“. After I paid using paypal, I waited a full week to get a response from them. I emailed them (I found staff@joeant.com in their Terms of Use page) asking about the status of my submission, but noone wrote back. I even looked up their listed email address in WHOIS search and emailed again, but I still got no answers.

Considering I have submitted two websites, Joeant.com owes me $80s. I will be emailing paypal to refund my money, but I don’t think I’ll get it. $80 is not a lot of money, especially if you are going to get a SCAM review on a blog.

Here is another blogger who got scammed by joeant: Ripoff Report: JoeAnt.com

4 Comments to “JoeAnt.com Scam”

IMFreakz 16 July 2008 at 1:52 am #

Thanks for info.

*off messages*
oh and BTW, I interest in advertising in your sidebar as a sponsor 125×125 pixel ads.

I want to know about :
do you use nofollow on the link?
May I add live text link in that space ? I f yes, I will make banner size 125×100 so you can put text link in the bottom
Turk Hit Box 16 July 2008 at 11:06 am #

No, I don’t use nofollow on the links, but I prefer the banner only advertising.
Joe 23 July 2008 at 11:24 pm #

The Site you suggested was msneklentisi.com on the evening of the 9th and was declined on the 11th… refunded on the 16th. Emails were sent to feverinlove@gmail.com. Because of the pretext that the site was affiliated/operating with MSN your site was declined and reported. As for a second site, we’ve looked and cannot find any further records of a Fatma Ayse Eksiler making a payment through PayPal. Anyone interested in further proof can contact me at the email above. P.S. JoeAnt.com is a stand-alone directory that does not sell links. Attempting to use JoeAnt.com to artificially inflate your SE placement is not tolerated.
Blackhatseo 26 July 2008 at 5:28 pm #

Added. Nice work on this one. Btw, my blog is dofollow, stop by and grab a link. Bompa