Charge No: 001Description:ASSAULT-SEC DEGREE
…
Plea: OTHER PLEA
Disposition: STET Disposition Date:09/04/2009

Charge No: 002Description:DISORDERLY CONDUCT
…
Plea: OTHER PLEA
Disposition: STET Disposition Date:09/04/2009

My understanding is that a disposition of STET means Stet a suspension of the prosecution with opportunity to reopen the case. A majority of these result in no additional actions. Nonetheless, a significant number are reopened because a defendant is arrested on other charges or does not live up to an agreed upon condition under which the Judge allowed the STET disposition.

I asked a simple question along the lines of, “What can I do for you?” The response received is to take down this posting. I initially responded to his request with a one word question, “Why?” The short answer to Adam’s response: He will pay Agilis $300 and Joe Alvini is no longer a part of the company. I let him know that I will give him a call back.

After doing a little research (more on this later), I called him back and let him know that I could not accept the $300 “bribe”; that the public has a right to know factual information in order to make an educated decision as to who or what company an entity elects to hire for SEO services. There are quite a few scam companies that give the legitimate SEO companies a poor name. Mr. Dodson then gave the phone to their “accountant”, a female who sounded quite young by the pitch of her voice. This female than tried to tell how it is “gracious” of them to offer me this money and I should accept the deal. I listened to her a little longer and quickly became frustrated. I made it clear that I will not accept the $300 “bribe”, and then hung up the phone.

I wanted to share the research I conducted before calling back Graphic SEO. I thought perhaps the company performed a few misguided steps in its infancy and this posting is no longer warranted. Unfortunately, I discovered the opposite.
First of all, there is extremely scary information about the person I spoke with as reported by the Maryland Judiciary Case Search Results:

Case Information
Court System: DISTRICT COURT FOR HOWARD COUNTY - CRIMINAL SYSTEM
Case Number: 6T00066079Tracking No:096091113952
Case Type: CRIMINAL
Document Type: STATEMENT OF CHARGES
Issued Date: 07/02/2009
Case Status: ACTIVE

Defendant Information
Defendant Name: DODSON, ADAM BRADLEY
Race: WHITE, CAUCASIAN, ASIATIC INDIAN, ARAB
Sex: M Height: 510 Weight:140 DOB: 04/03/1984
Address: 7 MONMOUTH RD
City: CATONSVILLE State:MD Zip Code:21228 – 0000

Charge and Disposition Information
(Each Charge is listed separately. The disposition is listed below the Charge)
Charge No: 001Description: ASSAULT-SEC DEGREE
Charge No: 002Description: DISORDERLY CONDUCT

Now, how can I tell if this is the same Adam Dodson, well the address matches that listed on the Graphic SEO site under the contact information section…

7 Monmouth Rd.
Catonsville, MD 21228

While this case is pending, and there is no final ruling on the case, it is still extremely disconcerting information to discover. Please remember the court of law has issued no ruling on charges listed above. Still, even posting the data makes me wonder if I this might anger Adam and put my personal safety in jeopardy. Luckily, I am well respected, protected, and my place has strong security measures, thus I am not overly concerned.

Another search proves that Joseph Alvini is still the resident agent of the company. The only difference I noticed is that the Whois information now lists him only as the technical contact for the website and Adam Dodson is named as the administrative contact. Then I went back to the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation and looked up the company again. As far as I could see no information changed, except perhaps now the company is marked as no longer in Good standing. My query on MD’s site returned the following data:
Taxpayer Services Division

Entity Name: GRAPHIC SEO LLC
Dept ID #: W12549663

Principal Office (Current):
7 MONMOUTH RD.
CATONSVILLE, MD 21228

Resident Agent (Current):
JOSEPH ALVINI
16 N. GORMAN AVE.
BALTIMORE, MD 21223

Status: ACTIVE
Good Standing: No
Business Code: Other

What exactly qualifies as a company in good standing? My understanding, which is not necessarily correct, is a company that pays their taxes. Further review on the significance of “Good Standing: No” is warranted.

All that said why would any entity choose to conduct business with a company that raises such a large number of red flags? The industry operates in an extremely saturated marketplace with low barriers to entry, there are many clearly reputable companies to hire. Although the take away from this post is still of course: buyer beware when conducting business with Graphic SEO or any such companies where red flags pop up. I never utilized, nor ever will use the services of Graphic SEO, and thus cannot speak as to whether the company deliveries as promised to its clients. I suggest that my readers strongly take into account, my rationale behind this decision.

I wish everyone the best of luck in finding a reputable SEO company. It is a battlefield out there, but a little research can go a long way and steer you in the direction of a business with accolades rather than the opposite.

I just want to let you know that I have benefited from the information here and am not going to purchase SEO Elite.

Very handy info. Good work. :)…

Editors Note: This person included a link to where the product is sold. I removed that link, but thought it of value to let people no that spam links are not posted here. If you have information of value to add to this thread please do so. This is intended to provided facts and information to people that are considering or already purchased SEO elite. It is not intended for people to promote their own websites. That said if a comment of value is added then the URL provided will remain in tact. Simply remember this thread is to discuss facts. Thank you.

With an aged site (aged links) content tends to rank much quicker and so harder SERPs are within reach especially with the help of an experienced SEO consultant guiding you through the on page optimization process. For some websites several months of S…

1.) The poster originally utilized horrible grammar, only after editing the post to use proper English did I consider it suitable for posting on the blog.

2.) SEO Elite makes extremely bold claims. The front page of its site currently states, “Introducing the ONLY search engine optimization software product that has been 100% PROVEN to dramatically increase your rankings in Google,
Yahoo, and MSN - GUARANTEED & I’ll prove it!”. This is a complete contradiction to the posters first statement.

3.) None of this changes the fact that the “tool” is again Google’s Terms of Service.

4.) There is a false assumption I never looked at the software and am “trashing it”. I fully reviewed the software and its functionality and stand completely behind the original posting.

I still find it extremely disheartening how many people are suckered into believing that this program can achieve the claims asserted on the company’s own site. Brad Callen or not, whoever wrote this post, did nothing to dispute any of the reason why it is not a smart idea to purchase SEO Elite.

I would say this. SEO Elite does not promise top rankings in Google. It provides more of a road map as to what is necessary to rank. It will not achieve rankings for you or without you doing anything.

This is a tool and like any tool it only makes the process easier and helps define a more targeted course of action for webmasters to see what works and what does not.

SEO Elite does what it was designed to do. Its up to users like yourself to determine how to use it. With that being said I appreciate you not trashing it without trying it. Its definitely something that any SEO can benefit from using, but I would ask that you test and find that out for yourself.

I’m reading more on international seo and I’m planning to start a site like this. Any ideas where to start?…