Remove Negative Comments From Google - Ripoff Report Removal

Ripoff Reports can be extremely damaging to a businesses brand. The issues is not so much about people going on to RipoffReport.com and searching for your company. The trouble comes from the fact that Ripoff Reports are notorious for ranking extremely well in Google. Why this happens I do not know. Google's mission statement is to provide value and credible content to it's readers. 

The trouble is there is no review process, they can be posted by anyone, they can be posted anonymously, and can do not have to based on fact. The BBB is a much better guide of what a companies true performance is like. This does not stop the reports from ranking extremely well for which ever person or company they have been posted about. The damage a Ripoff Report does once visible in the top search results for a brand is enormous. A recent client of ours estimated a loss in business in excess of $500,000 due to the presence of a ripoff report. So what can a person or company do once they have a Ripoff?

You should forget wasting money on an attorney to sue them! You will not win, what they are doing is unfortunately legal. If you can prove who posted the anonymous post you might have some recourse, but you wont be able to. Your best bet is to focus on controlling the first & second pages of the Google search results (ripoff reports are not a problem on yahoo and bing). The way this is done is by creating and promoting multiple profiles on social websites.

How can this be done?

Think of erasing a ripoff report much like reverse SEO. Instead of marketing one website, you market 10 or more until they have enough authority in the eyes of Google to displace a ripoff report. This may sound simple but can be quite difficult in practice. It can be done by yourself with hard work and diligence if you are willing to be patient and deal with a learning curve. The issue with do it yourself rip off report removal is that there is not guarantee that you are doing it right. This doesn't mean it can't be done, but it is something to think about.

Websites you can use to help

Creating an EzineArticles account and publishing a lot has the potential to both misplace a ripoff report and bring in business.

Linkedin.com - Create an account and become active in the community. The more pages inside LinkedIn that point to you the better

Twitter.com - Twitter ranks very well in Google. Becoming active and getting links to you twitter account has great potential to misplace a ripoff.

How long does Ripoff Report Removal take?

On average it takes a professional reputation management firm about 45-60 days to knock a ripoff report from the first page of Google. Some take longer. It is not an exact science. The trouble with doing it yourself is that you may spend countless hours trying to figure it out and get no where after 2 month! If that is the case and you decide to give and hire a firm to do it for you, you will still be looking at another 2 months before it is gone. Not something that most people get excited about. The questions is what is more valuable? Is it saving the money that hiring a firm would cost you, or is it the business that you lost in the extra two months it took for you to try it yourself?

What does it cost

Price and effectiveness range. Ripoff Report Removal Services go from $1,000 up to $7,000. They claim anywhere from a few weeks to six months to remove the claim.

Regardless of which answer you chose one thing is clear. You need to remove that Ripoff Report. If you do not, it will continue to take a bite out of your business for months and years to come.