* * * * * “And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?” > From: Victor Green > To: sean@conman.org > Subject: Re: Attract more customers to your Website Sean - 2G > Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 04:27:17 +0530 > > Hi Sean, > > Just took an initial look at your site http://www.conman.org/ and found > that there are not enough keywords in the source code of your website > resulting in loss of valuable opportunities. > > About us, we are Qtonix Software and have been in this domain for the last > decade and have amassed 500+ clients in the US alone. For details, please > visit http://www.qtonix.com/ [1]. > > We will not only put your site at the top of Google, but also ensure visits > from target viewers. We will do a total competitor analysis and market > analysis and give you 50 targeted key words to choose from (a mixture of > long tail specific keywords and high volume ones). That done, we will > optimize your website as per those keywords to attract the target visitor. > > Your social media presence is minimal and not integrated with your site. We > will do regular postings on your behalf and create and manage your brand > awareness, driving in more traffic from Social Media. > > Today visitors depend a lot on reviews and we will ensure that you have > only positive reviews on Social Media as well as your website. > > The site has an alarming 6 HTML (HyperText Markup Language) Coding errors > making it difficult for Google to navigate the site properly. You can check > the link https://validator.w3.org/nu/?doc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.conman.org. > > Organic Traffic to your site using the concerned keywords is only 5 and > there has been a disastrous reduction in traffic since August 2017. > > … > I saw this spam, and I thought, this is how you sell yourself as an SEO (Search Engine Optimization) expert! You give your company name, and specific indications of what you can fix. It wasn't until I got to the bottom of the email that I realized this was my “Free report [2]!” > … > > Unlike most companies, we are offering you a unique Money Back Guarantee, > under which you can get all your investment refunded within the first 30 > days, in case you are not happy with our services. For more details, please > visit http://www.qtonix.com/money-back-guarantee/. > > **Please send me your direct number and a convenient time so that I can > share more with you.** > > Thanks > > Victor Green > /SEO Consultant/ > **Qtonix Software Pvt Ltd** > p: XXXXXXXXXXXX m: XXXXXXXXXXXX > s: sales.qtonix > w: www.qtonix.com e: sales@qtonix.com > > On 11/20/2017 9:39 PM, Alisha Qtonix wrote: > > > ———- Forwarded message ———- > > > > From: **Sean Conner** > > > To: David Parker > > > > Subject: Re: Serious issue found while visiting your website > > Date: Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 5:01 AM > > > > It was thus said that the Great David Parker once stated: > > > > > **Hope everything is fine at your end.** > > > > > > > It is, thanks.  How are things with you? > > > > > PS: I am not spamming. I have studied your website, prepared an > > > **FREE** audit report and believe I can help with your business > > > promotion. > > > > > > > A free report?  Sure, please send it to me. > > > So … David Parker is Alisha Qtonix? Or David Parker forwarded it to Alisha Qtonix? Who then forwarded it to Victor Green? Okay … But then immediately afterwards, I received another email from Victor Green: > From: Victor Green > To: sean@conman.org > Subject: Re: Attract more visitors to your Website Sean - 2G > Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 04:41:18 +0530 > > Apologies, the trailing mail was sent inadvertently. (Subject was wrong!) > > Victor Green > /SEO Consultant/ > **Qtonix Software Pvt Ltd** > p: XXXXXXXXXXXX m: XXXXXXXXXXXX > s: sales.qtonix > w: www.qtonix.com e: sales@qtonix.com > > On 11/21/2017 4:27 AM, Victor Green wrote: > > > Hi Sean, > > > > Just took an initial look at your site http://www.conman.org/ and found > > that there are not enough keywords in the source code of your website > > resulting in loss of valuable opportunities. > > > > About us, we are Qtonix Software and have been in this domain for the … > > > It quoted the entirety of the previous email. Wow. I honestly didn't expect an answer back. And now I know where the “errors and issues present in the website” came from—an experimental HTML validator [3]. I'm using HTML 4 for my website, and had he used the main validator [4], Victor would have seen my site passing quite readily [5]. Just for kicks, I decided to return the favor and validate one of the sites sent as an example of their work and man … fifty-three errors! And just to make sure it wasn't an anomaly, I tried another one (out of the 11 sent) and this was better—only fifty errors. Their own site [6] does much better—only three errors [7], but still, if you are going to show me the errors on my page, it might be a good idea to check your own site first. I'm just saying. I think I should point this out to them. [1] http://www.qtonix.com/ [2] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2017/11/17.1 [3] https://validator.w3.org/nu/ [4] https://validator.w3.org/ [5] https://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.conman.org%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0 [6] http://www.qtonix.com/ [7] https://validator.w3.org/nu/?doc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qtonix.com%2F Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org .