I’m Kind of A Big Deal – Season 5, Episode 23
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This past week there was a huge uproar within the SEO community and it had to do with Cyrus Shepard’s dissection of a wave of reputation management style content posting by Neil Patel for something that happened 11 years.
Yeah, THAT Neil Patel.
Patel and his companies were served with a civil lawsuit from FTX, a bankrupt company that formerly operated a cryptocurrency exchange and crypto hedge fund. [Wikipedia]
Are there larger implications for the SEO industry?
Does great power come with great responsibility?
Do we as a community owe it to ourselves to step up and do something to protect our industry from unethical people within it?
What might that be?
Find out in this week’s episode.
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Last week’s episode – https://www.confessionsofanseo.com/podcast/whats-mine-is-mine-season-5-episode-22/
Mentioned in the show:
Cyrus Shepard article – https://zyppy.com/list/ftx-sues-neil-patel/
Alan Bleiweiss Linkedin post – https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alanbleiweiss_what-is-neil-hiding-bankrupt-ftx-sues-neil-activity-7335751006787416064-_y8z
BBB report – https://www.bbb.org/us/nv/las-vegas/profile/seo-services/neil-patel-1086-90046982
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