iAcquire Banned From Google After Link Buying Allegations

The search marketing agency, iAcquire, that was allegedly responsible for buying links for clients was just banned from Google’s search results. iAcquire was cited as the agency behind Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corporation’s link buy request emails. For more on that see our story named What Can We Learn From The Latest Brand To Be Called Out For Paid Links? A site command search for [site:www.iacquire.com ] returns no results. Here is a screen shot: iAcquire’s robots.txt file and source code has no signs of them manually requesting to be deindexed from Google. So this seems to either be a weird bug or an intentional penalty delivered to the agency by Google. It also appears that the parties discovered in this investigation are all delisted from Google. We reached out to Google for a comment but at the time of publishing this story, we have not heard back. If and when Go...

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@NigelSarbutts » 16 Jun '12, 9am
RT @almackin: SEO agency banned from Google for buying links [link]
@Kim_Nichols_CA » 15 Jun '12, 10am
If your SEO company buys links on your behalf, THEY could get banned from Google! [link]
@sfitzgerald9 » 13 Jun '12, 10pm
Huh, hadn't hear iAcquire got banned. Still got love for @iPullRank [link]
@Lisy_87 » 11 Jun '12, 9am
humm j'avais pas entendu parler de Google blacklistant iacquire pour achat massif de liens... [link]
@WebandSEOtips » 03 Jun '12, 4pm
iAcquire Banned From Google After Link Buying Allegations [link] ^Nm
@chandreshbind » 01 Jun '12, 5am
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@BrowAndBrow » 30 May '12, 5pm
Another reason to go with a real SEO agency. iAcquire Banned From Google After Link Buying Allegations [link] via @sengineland
@ImageFreedom » 30 May '12, 5pm
@mattmcgee A short ways down, following my post, he went through my links wanting to "out" us for commenting. [link]
@StyleDLC » 30 May '12, 4pm
La agencia de marketing Acquire banneada de #Google > [link]
@GlocalSEO » 30 May '12, 1am
Oh Snap! iAcquire De-indexed from Google After Link Buying Allegations : [link] #Google #SEO #SearchEngineOptimization
@larrysivitz » 29 May '12, 10pm
Attacking Paid Links at the SEO Agency Level. iAcquire Banned From Google After Link Buying Allegations [link]
@nChristo3 » 29 May '12, 3pm
sucks to be iAcquire [link]
@marketingAmity » 29 May '12, 2pm
In case you missed this last week- iAcquire Banned From Google After Link Buying Allegations [link] via @sengineland
@seotweetz » 29 May '12, 1pm
RT @ManuelDENOUAL: #iAcquire Banned From Google After Link Buying Allegations [link] RT @sengineland #SEO #Search
@customeragriya » 29 May '12, 12pm
RT @PatrickBerzai: This is what happens when you're banned by Google: [link] #blackhat #SEO #SEM @Sengineland
@PatrickBerzai » 29 May '12, 12pm
This is what happens when you're banned by Google: [link] #blackhat #SEO #SEM @Sengineland
@jbigmac » 29 May '12, 11am
RT @kelltrill: And on that note, please see >> [link] iAcquire banned from Google after link buying allegations
@kelltrill » 29 May '12, 11am
And on that note, please see >> [link] iAcquire banned from Google after link buying allegations
@caedgard » 29 May '12, 11am
#Google blacklist l'agence marketing #iAcquire pour achat de lien [link] -- #EC
@Yodelay » 29 May '12, 9am
Whoops... [link] &act
@roquelagellera » 28 May '12, 7pm
otra víctima del pinguino...iAcquire Banned From Google [link] vía @sengineland
@LIMEWorksdotco » 28 May '12, 5pm
This is exactly why you shouldn't buy links. [link]
@seotweetz » 28 May '12, 4pm
RT @SMSherman: Love #Google Blacklisting stories: iAcquire Banned From Google After Link Buying Allegations [link] via @sengineland #SEO
@SMSherman » 28 May '12, 4pm
Love #Google Blacklisting stories: iAcquire Banned From Google After Link Buying Allegations [link] via @sengineland #SEO
@Juy79 » 28 May '12, 3pm
iAcquire Banned From Google After Link Buying Allegations [link] via @sengineland
@seotweetz » 28 May '12, 2pm
RT @danielhaim: @iAcquire Banned from Google [link] #seo
@hichamd » 28 May '12, 2pm
RT @adfutur I suppose @iAcquire can still optimize for Bing. Google that's another story [link] @iPullRank #GooglePullRank
@adfutur » 28 May '12, 1pm
I suppose @iAcquire can always still optimize for Bing. Google, that's another story [link] @iPullRank #GooglePullRank
@Emirodgar » 28 May '12, 1pm
RT @seofemenino: RT @MiguelLopezGo: Google elimina de los resultados a una empresa que vende enlaces [link]
@gurudelaweb » 28 May '12, 1pm
#iAcquire fall from grace after being caught buying links [link] naughty naughty naughty
@tauseefazhar » 28 May '12, 10am
No Matter how BIG you are, #Google will definitely kick on your ass [link]
@geoseo_es » 28 May '12, 10am
iAcquire Banned From Google After Link Buying Allegations [link] #OMG
@Amy1306 » 28 May '12, 10am
iAcquire Banned From Google After Link Buying Allegations [link] via @sengineland Ouchy!
@codigocero » 28 May '12, 8am
Betan en Google a unha axencia de venda de ligazóns [link]
@alexanderpv » 28 May '12, 8am
RT @MiguelLopezGo: Google elimina de los resultados a una empresa que vende enlaces [link] Cuanto daño ha hecho el mal linkbuilding
@ivarrekve » 28 May '12, 8am
RT @patrickgberry: Para los que tiene interes en #SEO. Esto es lo MAS grande cambio jamas hecho por Google. Jamas, [link]
@MiguelLopezGo » 28 May '12, 8am
Google elimina de los resultados a una empresa que vende enlaces [link] Cuanto daño ha hecho el mal linkbuilding
@patrickgberry » 28 May '12, 8am
Para los que tiene interes en #SEO. Esto es lo MAS grande cambio jamas hecho por Google. Jamas, [link]
@azarchick » 28 May '12, 6am
iAcquire Banned From Google After Link Buying Allegations [link] с помощью @sengineland
@Ricellyn » 28 May '12, 6am
Saw that coming. iAcquire Banned From Google After Link Buying AllegationsSearch Engine Land [link]
@Netradgjof » 27 May '12, 11pm
RT @AriSteinarsson: iAcquire Banned From Google After Link Buying Allegations [link] via @sengineland
@mikehalvorsen » 27 May '12, 9pm
iAcquire is no longer offering money for "new" links. HAHA. [link]
@seowebcoil » 27 May '12, 8pm
[link] חברת קידום אתרים שקנתה קישורים עבור לקוחותיה, ראתה איך אתר האינטרנט שלה הורחק מהאינדקס של גוגל...
@elavator » 27 May '12, 1pm
Don't mess with Google anymore | Search Marketing Agency Banned for purchasing paid links [link] #google #marketing
@kbloemendaal » 27 May '12, 12pm
iAcquire Banned From Google After Link Buying Allegations [link] via @sengineland (very interesting convo in comments)
@aldigital » 26 May '12, 8pm
RT @shendison: Oops - iAcquire Banned From Google After Link Buying Allegations [link] #SEO #malpractice
@shendison » 26 May '12, 7pm
Oops - iAcquire Banned From Google After Link Buying Allegations [link] #SEO #malpractice
@martinclinton » 26 May '12, 6pm
@miessential Iacquire was totally being manipulative. And running a network of front sites to do so: [link]
@xensystems » 26 May '12, 3pm
Updated: iAcquire Banned From Google After Link Buying Allegations [link]
@AdamDince » 26 May '12, 3pm
It's about time! #Google bans iAcquire over paid links. [link]