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by searchmartin 4558 days ago
Which is in no way relevant to me, other than I worked for a different division of the same company.

The only reason I got mentioned, was that I refused to pay money to not have it published, and told the author that blackmail wasnt a great idea.

If someone had attempted to extort you, and were now using your name in this fashion, wouldnt you want to respond?
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blauwbilgorgel 4558 days ago
They singled out Abby for writing paid blog posts with targeted links. Who owns Nenad SEO? Nenad and Karine.

  http://askkarine.com/2013/09/12/how-find-perfect-luxury-holiday-retreat/
"Here are some of the most useful websites to help you find your ideal retreat."

  http://askkarine.com/2013/05/16/how-to-become-a-yoga-instructor/
"<a>Yoga instructor training</a> courses are incredibly varied and there are plenty of courses on offer, so you will need to decide what kind of course is best for you."

  http://askkarine.com/2012/12/29/how-to-make-money-fast-using-google-play/
"I’m an app review consultant and I wanted to know if your current version of ‘insert name of the app here’ has the capability to handle an extra 250-400 app downloads per day? Let me know so that I can begin downloading them at your convenience."

"Outsource your downloads (google it, there are several providers). Rinse and Repeat, as all the fake Guru’s like to say."

  http://askkarine.com/2013/08/03/how-to-make-your-holiday-into-a-home/
For example, you might have started looking at <a>houses for sale in Sudan</a> because you love the hospitality of the area, but find that flights from your usual home are prohibitively expensive, which would limit your use of it."

These tweets by you were enlightening too: https://twitter.com/searchmartin/status/417260215453876224

And of course the intro to the very post:

"After receiving a manual penalty by Google for 2 small sites (for gaming the Google PR system".

I would not touch this entire fiasco with a 10-foot pole and I do not envy all involved or dragged into this.

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walshemj 4558 days ago
Call the police and probably record the call :-)
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