Bu yüzden, şirketimin SEO’sunu dış kaynak kullanmaya karar verdim ve nişimizde nispeten iyi iş çıkarmış bir ajanla karşılaştım. Onlarla harika bir konuşma yaptım, planlarını seviyorum ve eşyalarını biliyorlar.
Sözleşmelerini bana gönderdiler ve bir şey kırmızı bayrak gibi görünüyor. Ortaklık yaparken yaptıkları herhangi bir işin bize değil, onlara ait olduğuna dair açık bir bahsediliyor.
Sahibi bunun web sitesi, açılış sayfası içeriği, blog içeriği ve her şeyi içerdiğini açıkladı ve ayrılırsam bunlardan onlardan satın almam gerekti.
Bu günümüzde yaygın bir uygulama mı?
Not: Yardım ettiğiniz için teşekkür ederiz. Bunu takdir ediyorum ve şimdi o ajansı görmezden geleceğim.
Ayrıca, DMS’de bana bağlantılar satmayı bırak: P
Don’t sign that
No. This is a major red flag.
If you pay for it, you should own it all. This is only common for companies that only work in a specific industry and the websites are built on their platform. They typically, in my experience, are terrible at SEO but market themselves well as an all-inclusive package (see this a ton in med-spa niches).
They do this so you are almost held hostage because you’re thinking “I’m not getting the results I want but I’d I leave I’m in a worse spot”. That’s their model.
DO NOT SIGN THAT.
Run. They’ll take down any work they done if you decide to end the contract.
So unethical. Keep shopping.
Run!! You’ll be forever stuck with them and whatever rate increases (aka extortion) they want.
They will steal your business. Don’t sign. You are paying for the content they create so it should belong to you
They are BS. Nothing else. Block those mfs. Then RUN. And don’t look back.
This is the reddest flag.
No that is not normal. That is a shitty way to do business.
Run and run fast
That’s terrible! Don’t get involved with a company who’s pulling that BS — they’ve made it entirely clear the kind of people they are?
Errrr….
This is a common and shady tactic – don’t sign that
Extremely scammy business practice. There are a lot of SEO companies out there that try to lock you in by registering your domain name for you, hosting the site on their account, and then claiming ownership of everything, from your content to your entire website.
Here’s the truth:
You should always register your domain name yourself, in your own name, And that means registrant, admin, billing & technical contact, with an account only you control.
You should have your own hosting account and full admin access to your site.
Any SEO content they create should be clearly marked as “work for hire”, meaning it’s yours, not theirs, once you’ve paid for it. You hold all copyrights to any content.
SEO companies like this make everyone look bad.
SEO Agencies are services providers not asset managers.
Your mechanic does not own the parts you bought fron him to install in your car.
That’s completely normal, I don’t know what everyone is talking about. My car mechanic also owns by car and I have to lease it from him if I want to use it.
Are they selling lead generation or SEO. Sounds like a Rank and Rent deal you’re signing. Not actually paying for SEO services for your company.
Absolutely fucking not.
The only language I’d add into a contract like this is that if you do not pay for their work, they have the right to remove any work they’ve done on your site. But the fact that they’re even asking for this is an entire bullfight of red flags, I wouldn’t recommend dealing with them even if they are well-known in your niche and came recommended.
Also tell them why you are leaving. I’m guessing this is a bullshit clause added in by an owner thinking that they’re a massive genius. Someone needs to tell him he isn’t.
Dude run away and run fast. DO NOT sign.
I’ve heard Shopify has this clause too. If a competitor reports your site for any reason, Shopify closes your account and keeps your client base and all associated assets of your site.
This is common. I don’t like it. We get a few clients from agencies like this and usually have to rebuild their site because they hold it and the content hostage.
there should be a black board for such evil companies
Basically if you try to leave, we take everything.
Shady shit
lol, everything I do whilst being paid to do so the client owns . End of story . Rent my ass. Go with a straight shooting seo
This is also why I recommend businesses avoid Yext in particular, but also Squarespace and similar “build your website easily” services. You can’t take your stuff and rebuild your Squarespace site using a new hosting provider. And with Yext, all those directory listings may revert to something undesirable if you stop paying them.
Lots of scam service providers out there.
This isn’t uncommon in this industry, but it is shady. I would push back. It only helps them, and keeps you beholden to them. Many just have it in their contract, but don’t ever enforce it. But either way, I’d have it removed from the contract. Ask them what else they would do with the content that is uniquely written for you. Ask them what happens if you terminate your SEO contract. Can you move the site elsewhere at any point?
Source: Agency owner for 17 years.
You should dox them here lol. Those unethical practices shouldn’t be allowed to exist.
Seems like most comments covered it but I have one thing to add:
As you search for a service provider, I encourage you to insist on the inclusion of a ‘work for hire’ provision in your contract. The way the laws in the US are set up, the service provider owns the IP rights under the DMCA regardless of whether they were paid to create the content. A work for hire provision transfers those rights to you.
Most agencies will release it for a fee, since it actually doesn’t have much value other than to hold it hostage if a client leaves. I actually find it interesting that the agency you were looking at disclosed this in their contract, since they don’t have to because the law is on their side.
FYI All of our contracts automatically have work for hire provisions. If you’d like to see the language we use, send me a PM with your email and I’ll send you a sample (and I promise no spammy links 🙂 )
That’s exactly how hike seo work for example. Any work you do within it is lost when you stop paying. This is purely for seo not your domain or website