I am interested in hearing anything you have to say about RedZee.com PPC campaigns. I just wrote an article that discusses what appears to be some questionable tactics that RedZee employs to promote its customers. See the article here:
http://news.stepforth.com/2006-news/...Reviewed.shtml
In short, my article discusses the fact that RedZee:
- Intermingles paid ads with organic rankings without informing users (i.e. there is no "sponsored ad" notation next to the listing).
- Has created a toolbar that when installed by a user manipulates the results of other search engines (such as MSN, Google and Yahoo) by pushing down the organic rankings and placing their client's paid ads above.
I am always interested in feedback and other opinions. Here are some questions that I am hoping to get some educated feedback on:
- Have you found RedZee a good value for your buck?
- Would you like to weigh in on the tactics they are using?
- Perhaps you know of other search engines that use the same techniques?
- RedZee's toolbar manipulates rankings on other search engines. Do you think this is legal? Do you know whether this is illegal?
I am looking forward to feedback.