Comments on: Biggest Jerk Award Goes to LexisNexis http://www.legalandrew.com/2008/08/29/biggest-jerk-award-goes-to-lexisnexis/ law for the rest of us Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:58:41 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: High Speed Satellite Internet Service Providers http://www.legalandrew.com/2008/08/29/biggest-jerk-award-goes-to-lexisnexis/comment-page-1/#comment-64504 High Speed Satellite Internet Service Providers Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:03:29 +0000 http://www.legalandrew.com/?p=999#comment-64504 Thanks for the link Thanks for the link

]]> By: Amy Fullman http://www.legalandrew.com/2008/08/29/biggest-jerk-award-goes-to-lexisnexis/comment-page-1/#comment-64424 Amy Fullman Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:12:10 +0000 http://www.legalandrew.com/?p=999#comment-64424 I also think they hired a bad SEO team. Oh well, tough luck right? I also think they hired a bad SEO team. Oh well, tough luck right?

]]> By: B Charles Legit http://www.legalandrew.com/2008/08/29/biggest-jerk-award-goes-to-lexisnexis/comment-page-1/#comment-64291 B Charles Legit Wed, 13 May 2009 12:51:18 +0000 http://www.legalandrew.com/?p=999#comment-64291 I used this service for many years as an investigator and could not stand the corporate culture. This is not surprising to me at all. I used this service for many years as an investigator and could not stand the corporate culture. This is not surprising to me at all.

]]> By: LexisNexis Apologizes for Bad Link Tactics « Legal Andrew http://www.legalandrew.com/2008/08/29/biggest-jerk-award-goes-to-lexisnexis/comment-page-1/#comment-62472 LexisNexis Apologizes for Bad Link Tactics « Legal Andrew Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:23:21 +0000 http://www.legalandrew.com/?p=999#comment-62472 [...] week ago, I gave LexisNexis the biggest jerk award. Basically, they ticked me off with what I consider impolite link building [...] [...] week ago, I gave LexisNexis the biggest jerk award. Basically, they ticked me off with what I consider impolite link building [...]

]]> By: Andrew Flusche http://www.legalandrew.com/2008/08/29/biggest-jerk-award-goes-to-lexisnexis/comment-page-1/#comment-62471 Andrew Flusche Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:06:52 +0000 http://www.legalandrew.com/?p=999#comment-62471 @Shawn - Yes, a follow up post is in the works. Stay tuned. @Shawn – Yes, a follow up post is in the works. Stay tuned.

]]> By: Shawn http://www.legalandrew.com/2008/08/29/biggest-jerk-award-goes-to-lexisnexis/comment-page-1/#comment-62467 Shawn Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:49:30 +0000 http://www.legalandrew.com/?p=999#comment-62467 So, are you going to give Lexis credit for contacting you and following up with their contractor who sent the offending message? So, are you going to give Lexis credit for contacting you and following up with their contractor who sent the offending message?

]]> By: Andrew Flusche http://www.legalandrew.com/2008/08/29/biggest-jerk-award-goes-to-lexisnexis/comment-page-1/#comment-62460 Andrew Flusche Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:33:48 +0000 http://www.legalandrew.com/?p=999#comment-62460 @Nick - Thank you for the response. I greatly appreciate LexisNexis taking responsibility for this inappropriate email, and I'm glad to hear that you are improving these things for the future. @Nick – Thank you for the response. I greatly appreciate LexisNexis taking responsibility for this inappropriate email, and I’m glad to hear that you are improving these things for the future.

]]> By: Nick http://www.legalandrew.com/2008/08/29/biggest-jerk-award-goes-to-lexisnexis/comment-page-1/#comment-62456 Nick Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:07:45 +0000 http://www.legalandrew.com/?p=999#comment-62456 Hello Andrew, As the person responsible for Traffic & Alliances here at the LexisNexis Client Development organization, including the optimization of our web properties, I wanted to follow up here with some information that may be helpful. First, we do leverage a consultant to perform optimization outreach initiatives. This would include notifying influencers such as you about our sites/new releases and, if you choose, linking to the appropriate pages utilizing relevant keywords. We strive to both practice and preach best search practices within the legal community as described in this Law.com article authored several weeks ago: www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/in_house_tech/pubArticleIHT.jsp?id=1202423253023 Second, I fully agree that the email you received was cold and inappropriate, and for that I apologize. We have taken steps with our consultant to eliminate this process and encourage more personalized outreach for our product releases. Regards, Nick Karrat Senior Director, Traffic & Alliances LexisNexis Hello Andrew,

As the person responsible for Traffic & Alliances here at the LexisNexis Client Development organization, including the optimization of our web properties, I wanted to follow up here with some information that may be helpful.

First, we do leverage a consultant to perform optimization outreach initiatives. This would include notifying influencers such as you about our sites/new releases and, if you choose, linking to the appropriate pages utilizing relevant keywords. We strive to both practice and preach best search practices within the legal community as described in this Law.com article authored several weeks ago: http://www.law.com/jsp/legalte.....2423253023

Second, I fully agree that the email you received was cold and inappropriate, and for that I apologize. We have taken steps with our consultant to eliminate this process and encourage more personalized outreach for our product releases.

Regards,
Nick Karrat
Senior Director, Traffic & Alliances
LexisNexis

]]> By: health http://www.legalandrew.com/2008/08/29/biggest-jerk-award-goes-to-lexisnexis/comment-page-1/#comment-62445 health Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:45:16 +0000 http://www.legalandrew.com/?p=999#comment-62445 Please you are not being petty at all. They have some crazy guts to ask you to change the anchor text for the links. I don't have any links to them but I really hope that the readers here do remove their links. You are doing them a favor and they say that your favor needs to meet their favor guidelines. Please you are not being petty at all. They have some crazy guts to ask you to change the anchor text for the links. I don’t have any links to them but I really hope that the readers here do remove their links. You are doing them a favor and they say that your favor needs to meet their favor guidelines.

]]> By: Andrew Flusche http://www.legalandrew.com/2008/08/29/biggest-jerk-award-goes-to-lexisnexis/comment-page-1/#comment-62438 Andrew Flusche Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:57:21 +0000 http://www.legalandrew.com/?p=999#comment-62438 I have actually been contacted by a guy from Lexis. We'll see what happens.... I have actually been contacted by a guy from Lexis. We’ll see what happens….

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