My first thought was “This must be a shady business”. Secondly I had to read the article.

I thought the write up on the Rip off Report website was actually going to give me some insight on the business I was going to deal with. Instead it was the opinion of ONE disgruntled person that was obviously off their meds.

After reading the article I decided to do a separate search “Is Rip off Report a reliable resource” you’ll find the only web resource saying that Rip off Report is reputable is Rip off Report.

Most of the content for Rip off Report outside of their own site is people trying to get fraudulent claims removed. I found it amazing that it was next to impossible to get things removed from the Rip off Report website.

So now I’m fairly amused and always looking out for the little guy so I decided to do another search “how to get something removed from rip off report”. I thought this might get me some answers from the Rip off Report website on how to get things removed from their website but there was nothing on their website about how to get something removed.

Instead I find websites discussing how Rip off Report is killing the SEO (Search Engine Optimization) world on the web. I really don’t want to get too deep in this discussion only because Google was mentioned.

I believe the best resource to find out the real truth about a business is the Better Business Bureau WWW.BBB.ORG

I genuinely hope the people that visit the Rip off Report website take it for what it is. It’s entertainment, much like wrestling on the television.

The way I see it is Rip off Report allows someone the avenue to talk about someone without any authentication process. Someone can have a bad day, post an article and cost a business a fortune.

You can read the articles for yourself.

http://www.97thfloor.com/blog/public-spam-report-google-your-honeymoon-with-rip-off-report-has-to-stop/

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/chris-bennet-on-rip-off-report

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/ripoff-report-ripping-off-those-reported.html

http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/03/rip-off-report.html

http://www.my3cents.com/showReview.cgi?id=37131

http://www.distilled.co.uk/blog/reputation/join-in-and-do-your-bit-to-get-rid-of-ripoffreport-from-the-serps/

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/google-wont-remove-that-page-you-dont-like-but-you-or-your-seo-can