Re: Your Website!

• February 7th, 2006 • • computers •

I just received a strange phone call regarding my site’s status in search engines:

CELL PHONE: *ring!* 809 area code not from around here!
ME: Hmm. *answer* Hello?
WOMAN: [in strange accent with the "boiler room" in the back] YOU WANT WEBSITE?
ME: [puzzled] Excuse me?
WOMAN: WEBSITE YOU WANT LISTED YES?
ME: Er, this is a private line, thank you.
WOMAN: Oh. Ok.
ME: *hang up*

Less than a minute later:

CELL PHONE: *ring* 213 area code! Close enough to 214 at first glance to answer!
ME: Hello?
WOMAN: YOU WANT WEBSITE?
ME: [at this point thinking it's a potential client] Can I help you?
WOMAN: WE LIST WEBSITE.
ME: [still confused] You need a website?
WOMAN: LIST WEBSITE [unintelligible]
ME: Er…how did you get my card? [thinking someone passed a business card to her]
WOMAN: WE CAN LIST YOU WEBSITE IN TOP TEN FOR TOP TEN SEARCH ENGINES!
ME: [highly confused] Excuse me?
WOMAN: YOUR WEBSITE, WE LIST IN SEARCH ENGINES FOR–
ME: [cutting her off] I’m sorry, I’m already in the top ten for my name in Google.
WOMAN: OH WE DON’T JUST LIST IN GOOGLE, WE ALSO LIST IN–
ME: [cutting her off again] I’m also top in MSN and Yahoo.
WOMAN: WE USE OUR SPECIAL SERVICE TO –
ME: [annoyed] Look, lady, I’ve been online for 15 years. I know how to list MYSELF in search engines. It isn’t hard!
WOMAN: [silence]
ME: *hang up phone* Hmph.

Ok, so maybe I fibbed a bit; but if you type certain code combinations, my site does come up in the top ten! One of the three area codes where I live is 214, so by momentarily glancing at 213, I thought the second call was a local person calling for a potential website. It also helped the woman to have a strange accent; currently I’m working with two women from Hungary, so I thought this one was a friend. Sure fooled me! Grr! Intelius tells me it’s some company in Vermont (the 802) or Los Angeles (the 213). Either way, I’m highly confused and annoyed, considering I put my number on the no-call list. Something didn’t smell right, hopefully I won’t get bothered again.

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1. thejessicat said,
   
   

   on February 16th, 2006 at 10:19 pm

   Creepy! You have an Eastern European stalker! I hope they leave you alone!

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