14 DAY TRIAL // Domain trolls are putting a lot of effort into their operations, from which they hope to make e hefty profit, by sending out semi-personalized emails to potential victims that could be fooled into purchasing so-called search engine optimized website names.
According to data security expert Sorin Mustaca, the masterminds behind such operations send out somewhat customized emails, giving references to the domains you already own.
“<domain name> can provide and SEO boost in this market, sending new leads and new traffic to your existing site. Redirecting an exact match keyword is more cost effective than paying the CPC advertising (advertisers are paying $8.41 per click for these exact words). This domain can help improve, secure, and protect your web branding identity while bringing in relevant keyword searches that you would not have received otherwise,“ reads the message.
In the example given by the expert, a domain called “bestfreeonlinestorage” is up for sale for the mere price of $425 (300 EUR), but if we do a little digging and actually write “best free online storage” in a search engine, the highly advertised name shows up nowhere near the first 10 pages of results.
This shows that it's clearly a trick to make unsuspecting internauts hand our their money to the scammers.
If you want a well optimized webpage, the best thing you can do is start from the bottom and work your way up the ladder, step by step, respecting all the rules and regulations imposed by search engines. Many tricks are advertised on the internet which are supposed to quickly boost you up but most of them are launched by individuals out to make a buck.
Any illegal attempts of obtaining a higher rating for your website is eventually discovered by the search engine's policies and you risk of becoming blacklisted and loosing everything you have legitimately earned up until that point.