Yoast SEO
The following (verified) people have been significantly associated with this entity, either as a participant, contributor, promoter, or beneficiary, according to our OSINT research:
- Dragos Balota (Blogger, SEO)
- Marieke van de Rakt (Executive, Marketer)
- Brian Krogsgard (Blogger, Promoter)
- Nile Flores (Blogger, Spokesperson)
- Joost de Valk (Marketer, Web Developer)
Reviews:
Dragos publishes dozens of blogs promoting various web hosting companies and WordPress services without any Disclosure or mentions that he is being paid by these companies to promote them. Like many other affiliate shills, he only seems to recommend products that pay him. Read More
Brian leverages his “community” blogs and email newsletters to promote a select number of WordPress related products and services that have paid him for highlights or who pay to join his private “VIP” group, without communicating to the public that he is running essentially a backroom pay-to-play network and that none of the endorsements are organic. He also deletes/blocks even slightly critical comments on his communities of those products and services that have paid him, and actively ignores FOSS alternatives. A perfect example of WP cronyism and douchiness that adds zero value to the open-source web. He also refused to answer me when I asked him about this… Deleted: https://poststatus.com/syed-balkhi-on-awesome-motives-acquisition-of-all-in-one-seo/#comment-445330 Read More
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