
Ok, so this is interesting. It seems that Mike Dillard is suing James Stein of Articles Productions for “manipulative search engine optimization techniques” and had cost him $150,000 in potential revenue. Here is a snippet from the affidavit:
“Stein quickly followed-up his discussion by identifying and targeting certain search-engine keywords to divert web traffic to his site, including:- “elevation group, the elevation, us elevation, best elevation, elevation media, elevation marketing” – to opportunistically palm off on my success…”
“By late on the night of December 14, 2010, Stein was expanding…by manipulating the ability of existing and prospective online customers to reach The Elevation Group website through a Google search by manipulative “search engine optimization” techniques…”
It will be interesting to see the result of the lawsuit. After all, it seems that the only thing that James Stein has been guilty of is extremely effective article marketing although I suspect there is a bit more to the lawsuit than that.
Having said that, Stein hasn’t exactly been respectful of Dillard. I first knew of James Stein through Better Networker (created by Mike Dillard), and even back then it seemed that Stein had a vendetta against Dillard. He appeared to me, for want of a better word, as a bit of a troll. So I’m not exactly surprised that it has come to this. If you are constantly critical and negative towards someone, perhaps unjustly (I’ve never had a problem with any Dillard product) it’s probably going to turn ugly at some point.
I also found it funny that James Stein has already got content out there with his own slant on the story which you can check out here. Notice how he uses language like “he lacks the ability to outrank me” and “which Articles Productions dominates” XD
What do you think? Does Mike Dillard have a legitimate case? Is James Stein just a good guy bringing the truth?
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