So Greg posts about City Waboo, yet another local search site.
I did comment about how it seemed a bit rough around the edges.
The next comment was from BurbankGuy with the following:
Hey what do you know, my business is listed. I looked at the packages to upgrade, seem fair enough. it says they are against the pay per click model, thank god someone is, i have waisted more money on PPC in the last 6 months then anyone.
Seems like it is still in beta, so I would expect few things not working. I would like to see it when its out of beta.
BurbankGuy’s homepage is SendFlowersFast.com. So City Waboo has them already listed - impressive right? But wait - the WHOIS shows the following owner:
Administrative Contact:
Arakelyan, Eduard
And check out Waboo’s press release:
…” said Eduard Arakelyan, co-founder of CityWaboo.com.
Well well - looks like BurbankGuy actually owns Waboo.
This of course doesn’t negate the comment after BurbankGuy (by ‘BusinessExecutive’), which is so syrupy and full of praise it just screams ‘I have a vested interest in this site.’
7 Responses to: City Waboo launches - immediately begins the positive-comment campaign.
Colin (newbie)
May 8th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
1
Nice catch, Ahmed.
Eduard Arakelyan (newbie)
May 8th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
2
LOL.
Just few anxious family and friends trying to help.
Doug (newbie)
May 8th, 2007 at 3:19 pm
3
Hahahahaha. Busted!
Ahmed (l337)
May 8th, 2007 at 3:27 pm
4
@Eduard - I feel your anxiety. I really do. But posting anonymously about how it is so great, and having family/friends push out gushing reviews? That crosses the line.
Kailash Nadh (newbie)
May 9th, 2007 at 10:44 am
5
LOL :p
Mark (newbie)
May 20th, 2007 at 8:47 pm
6
Hi Ahmed,
I was greatly amused by this post. Since launching our site, several businesses have added/claimed a business listing listing on our site, only to review themselves a short while later!
All of these reviews exhibited the usual characteristics of a good ol’ self pat on the back in that they were excessively wordy, full of praise and of course 5/5 scores all round. Cracks me up every time
Cheers,
Mark
Ahmed (l337)
May 21st, 2007 at 10:05 am
7
Yep yep - we get a few of those days - you just remove them and warn them.
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