A warning about a marketing agency in Portland that promised the moon

I met a guy named Mark from 'Elevate Digital' at a local business meetup last year. He said they could get my site to the first page of Google in 90 days for a flat $5,000. After we signed, they just did basic keyword stuffing and bought a bunch of spammy backlinks that actually got my site a manual penalty. Has anyone else had a bad run-in with an agency that makes huge promises but does shady work?

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davis.gavin24d ago

I mean, their own site probably ranks for "scam" and not much else.

andrew_jackson24d ago

Check the agency's own website ranking. A lot of these shops can't even get their own site on the first page for their main keywords. If they can't do it for themselves, they definitely can't do it for you with that kind of guarantee.