Bad Publicity Translates Into High Traffic, Bigger Sales For This Online Retailer

[dgridley]

According to the owner of this online eyeglass retail outlet, bad publicity directly translates into massive traffic and sales:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/business/28borker.html

What are your thoughts?

 

[NetOctave]

Any publicity seems to be good publicity.... But if that was the case, everyone would be behind drug lords to endorse their products..

 

[snicksnack]

There is no such thing as bad publicity.

 

[davemi]

While bad publicity may bring an initial boost, it's not sustainable and will tarnish the brand forever.

 

[Domainace]

The guy is a complete criminal, and he's right. Google doesn't distinguish between links from admirers and links from complaints. Piss off enough people, and they'll all post their bad experience on the internet, with a link to your site that Google will love. Voila, a number one ranking.

I hope that spares anyone else the pain of reading about this creep, and provides you all with a great little blackhat SEO technique.

 

[angellee]

According to the owner of this online eyeglass retail outlet, bad publicity directly translates into massive traffic and sales:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/business/28borker.html

What are your thoughts?

I am not agree with that point because bad publicity can't generate the traffic for your website but it destroy the reputation of the website in the online marketing.