TopSEOs is not "an independent authority on search vendors". The cost for inclusion is thousands of pounds every month. As far as I can tell, an initial list is created by TopSEOs to scare companies into paying for a listing, thinking that their competitors must have done this too in order to be reviewed. Having spoken to them by phone about a different list on the site, I know that they do continue to try and push for the money. We've highlighted to them that they're wasting their time to try and get us to pay; we don't want to be part of a lie. Most of the information isn't even accurate with wildly unrealistic clients, turnover and fulltime employees. I haven't a clue on what the monthly fee is used for if it is supposed to be for the evaluation service; clearly doesn't work when hardly any of the information supplied is correct. Rant over.

This is disgraceful. As a specialist in SEO, I know enough to know that TopSEOs is a paid-for service that is famous for being biased and skewed towards the companies who pay the most to be included into that directory. Why not read more about it from SEObook, a well respected blog by Aaron Wall, a well respected SEO by his peers: http://www.seobook.com/topseos-com-review-top-seos-paid-rating-service

Why not read more here?
http://www.theseoblog.org/topseos-an-independent-authority/
http://forums.seochat.com/search-engine-optimization-28/the-topseos-com-...

As for Click Consult, I do not want to give you my opinion but I can only direct you a testimonial here:
http://www.sitejabber.com/reviews/www.seoconsult.com

Top SEO's independent, what a joke. Pay more and get higher up their list. What is most disappointing is that a reputable publication like the drum would not see through this sham and instead publish tosh like this. If Click Consult are the best that the UK search market has to offer in SEO then we should all hang our head in shame.

My agency (Greenlight) came 3rd apparently (stated in the Drum's article) but we don't pay TopSEOs a penny. So, I'm confused. Are we saying that TOPSEOs charges some agencies and not others (!) or that they are just incredibly poor at communicating their methods?

Yes that is the case.

"We charge a standard fee from agencies and software developers for our time to evaluate. If an agency or a software provider doesn’t have the fee available and we deem them to be a star performer based on research done on another tool or an agency, we may still highlight them on our rankings list. Service agencies and software developers may also commit funds towards the continued research and development and marketing of the topseos.com brand to further assist buyers make more informed decisions." - http://www.topseos.co.uk/disclosure

C'mon, pull this crap off your site, its embarrassing for everybody.

Hi All, The Ambergreen response is that we've been 'top' for several categories on Top SEO's over the years. We haven't paid them a penny and we have no idea how they rank companies against each other. We dont rate their opinions, they mean nothing and I dont think that people that looking for search marketing services should either. There is too much 'hot air' out there already in our over crowded market place. As always, if someone puts out enough hype, sadly, someone else will believe it.

I have a LOT of respect for the Drum, but this article is an embarrassment.

Lisa Hume is a credit to Ambergreen. There is no doubt there is reputable seo companies on Topseos who dont pay - as this lends credibility to the rankings and 'winners' - why I asked for my company to be removed. It lends the winners credibility to be ranked (apparently) against reputable companies.

TOPSEOS has no credibility in the Global SEO community and it's embarrassing this article made the Drum magazine website.

Topseos is a sponsored awards - you pay to be ranked higher.

Topseos is nothing more than a Lead Generation website that makes very questionable claims. You pay, you can get an award to use in your marketing.

There are many complaints about topseos - you can decide for yourself here on an article I posted as a response to this post by the drum:

http://www.hobo-web.co.uk/topseos-complaints-awards-2012/

or go directly to one of the latest articles on topseos

http://www.stateofsearch.com/topseos-kill-the-hypocrisy-its-time-to-take...

or have a look at what the global seo commnuity thinks of Topseos

http://sphinn.com/story/146009

As I said - hardly credible 'awards' for the Drum to be covering as 'news'.

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