Comments on: Merchant Circle Hijacking Local Business Listings http://www.nicholasreese.com/merchant-circle-hijacking-local-business-listings/ Passionate, Commited, Bliss Chaser Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:56:07 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: aimClear’s 2009 Daily Training Link Library » aimClear Search Marketing Blog http://www.nicholasreese.com/merchant-circle-hijacking-local-business-listings/#comment-2911 aimClear’s 2009 Daily Training Link Library » aimClear Search Marketing Blog Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:38:39 +0000 http://www.nicholasreese.com/?p=24#comment-2911 [...] Merchant Circle Hijacking Local Business Listings, The Musings of Nicholas Reese [...] [...] Merchant Circle Hijacking Local Business Listings, The Musings of Nicholas Reese [...]

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]]> By: Bill Huntley http://www.nicholasreese.com/merchant-circle-hijacking-local-business-listings/#comment-862 Bill Huntley Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:55:39 +0000 http://www.nicholasreese.com/?p=24#comment-862 Great article, you raise some interesting issues. It is disturbing that Merchant Circle list your business with consent or notification. I was initially put off by the information they placed on the listing of my business, specifically the blog page they posted under my business name. It was not representative of my company brand or our real blog, which seeks to provide relavent information to the public without an annoying sales pitch. The Merchant Circle blog posted under our company name was completely oriented to cheap sales jargon which neither benifitted my business nor any potential client. I requested that my listing be removed. However... It quickly became apparrent that my competitors were getting first page ranking of their Merchant Circle lisings so I rethought my position and took control of the listing, adding my own blog posts and coupons. And to be honest, it puts us ahead in many searches. It is still disturbing that someone can claim so much power over others without consent. Bill Huntley Great article, you raise some interesting issues. It is disturbing that Merchant Circle list your business with consent or notification.

I was initially put off by the information they placed on the listing of my business, specifically the blog page they posted under my business name. It was not representative of my company brand or our real blog, which seeks to provide relavent information to the public without an annoying sales pitch. The Merchant Circle blog posted under our company name was completely oriented to cheap sales jargon which neither benifitted my business nor any potential client.

I requested that my listing be removed.

However… It quickly became apparrent that my competitors were getting first page ranking of their Merchant Circle lisings so I rethought my position and took control of the listing, adding my own blog posts and coupons. And to be honest, it puts us ahead in many searches.

It is still disturbing that someone can claim so much power over others without consent.

Bill Huntley

]]> By: CJ http://www.nicholasreese.com/merchant-circle-hijacking-local-business-listings/#comment-536 CJ Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:02:35 +0000 http://www.nicholasreese.com/?p=24#comment-536 i had my listing hijacked!!! how can i fix it back? what should i do?? i tried everything and it doesn't work..!! i had my listing hijacked!!!
how can i fix it back?
what should i do?? i tried everything and it doesn’t work..!!

]]> By: laura http://www.nicholasreese.com/merchant-circle-hijacking-local-business-listings/#comment-212 laura Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:37:09 +0000 http://www.nicholasreese.com/?p=24#comment-212 I wanted to respond becuase I had a $348 charge on my debit card. I tried to contact MC many times with great difficulty and did receive a call back from a David . The charges to my account were explained to me because I paid for a website for a company called Bit Market. MC had my credit information and also my home address linked to the creation of this web page called New Zealand Authentics. Long and short of the story they did not have my email address which is needed to sign into the account nor did they have my authority. They are fully aware that my credit card was misused. They explained to me that the company that is listed can’t even be contacted because it is a bogus phone number listed on MC and goes to a fax machine. The so called Bit Market is in Kenosha,WI. Anyhow MC representative David was empathetic to my story and is in full awarement that my debit card was misused by this so called company selling electronics. They got my card information because my son tried to by an Apple Touch off a company called GigaDrive which unbelievably is no longer searchable on the web. Hum how interesting. What I don’t understand is why MC would continue to carry the listing for Bit Market if they know it is bogus and maybe they could be a bit more helpful by sending me a letter to turn into my debit card company so maybe I can recoupe the money when I contest the charges with the card company. And Darren I know you have responded to this site and I will cut and paste this onto the other address you listed. Maybe you can talk to David and get my number he has both my home and work and we can get this taken care of. Sadly enough this isn’t money I worked for but was my son’s child support money. If you don’t believe me look up Pennsylvania Eppicard. Thanks so much and Darren hope to verbally hear from you soon. I wanted to respond becuase I had a $348 charge on my debit card. I tried to contact MC many times with great difficulty and did receive a call back from a David . The charges to my account were explained to me because I paid for a website for a company called Bit Market. MC had my credit information and also my home address linked to the creation of this web page called New Zealand Authentics. Long and short of the story they did not have my email address which is needed to sign into the account nor did they have my authority. They are fully aware that my credit card was misused. They explained to me that the company that is listed can’t even be contacted because it is a bogus phone number listed on MC and goes to a fax machine. The so called Bit Market is in Kenosha,WI. Anyhow MC representative David was empathetic to my story and is in full awarement that my debit card was misused by this so called company selling electronics. They got my card information because my son tried to by an Apple Touch off a company called GigaDrive which unbelievably is no longer searchable on the web. Hum how interesting. What I don’t understand is why MC would continue to carry the listing for Bit Market if they know it is bogus and maybe they could be a bit more helpful by sending me a letter to turn into my debit card company so maybe I can recoupe the money when I contest the charges with the card company. And Darren I know you have responded to this site and I will cut and paste this onto the other address you listed. Maybe you can talk to David and get my number he has both my home and work and we can get this taken care of. Sadly enough this isn’t money I worked for but was my son’s child support money. If you don’t believe me look up Pennsylvania Eppicard. Thanks so much and Darren hope to verbally hear from you soon.

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