Comments on: No Brainer Link from a “Do-Follow” Dental Directory http://www.thesemfirm.com/index.php/2009/01/28/no-brainer-link-from-a-do-follow-dental-directory/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:35:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Visible Dentist http://www.thesemfirm.com/index.php/2009/01/28/no-brainer-link-from-a-do-follow-dental-directory/comment-page-1/#comment-1156 The Visible Dentist Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:03:38 +0000 http://www.thesemfirm.com/?p=531#comment-1156 Just saw your post on this -- and thought I'd relay my experience. As a dental marketer, it's quite common and acceptable for me to represent dentists on their behalf. Several months back I submitted a client's website to the directory. Afterwards, the guy who runs the directory, Erik Cunningham, replied by telling me the site is available only to dentists -- but that he would go ahead this time and allow the listing. I checked just now and the dentist's listing has been removed. Gee thanks Erik. Apparently Mr. Cunningham doesn't realize that 99.99% of dentists hire someone else to market their practice and their websites. Restricting his dental directory to only dentists themselves is probably why you only see 2 listings in his entire directory. Not only do I suspect the *** free *** listings to be just a hook to solicit Mr. Cunningham's other services, the listings expose the dentist's email address to automated email harvesters which then flood the doctor's box with spam. Sorry -- but this directory is a poor choice for dentists -- on multiple levels. John Barremore Houston, TX Just saw your post on this — and thought I’d relay my experience.

As a dental marketer, it’s quite common and acceptable for me to represent dentists on their behalf.

Several months back I submitted a client’s website to the directory. Afterwards, the guy who runs the directory, Erik Cunningham, replied by telling me the site is available only to dentists — but that he would go ahead this time and allow the listing.

I checked just now and the dentist’s listing has been removed. Gee thanks Erik.

Apparently Mr. Cunningham doesn’t realize that 99.99% of dentists hire someone else to market their practice and their websites. Restricting his dental directory to only dentists themselves is probably why you only see 2 listings in his entire directory.

Not only do I suspect the *** free *** listings to be just a hook to solicit Mr. Cunningham’s other services, the listings expose the dentist’s email address to automated email harvesters which then flood the doctor’s box with spam.

Sorry — but this directory is a poor choice for dentists — on multiple levels.

John Barremore
Houston, TX

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