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		<title>By: PeterA</title>
		<link>http://5nz.com/nzbo-new-zealand-business-online/167/comment-page-1/#comment-134</link>
		<dc:creator>PeterA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Rdikate Yes, that was my &lt;i&gt;exact&lt;/i&gt; experience too. Phone call -- inflated &#039;clicks&#039; quoted -- opportunity to &quot;renew&quot;&quot; -- dodgy invoice in the post. Ratbags. - P
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Rdikate Yes, that was my <i>exact</i> experience too. Phone call &#8212; inflated &#8216;clicks&#8217; quoted &#8212; opportunity to &#8220;renew&#8221;" &#8212; dodgy invoice in the post. Ratbags. &#8211; P<br />
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		<title>By: admin</title>
		<link>http://5nz.com/nzbo-new-zealand-business-online/167/comment-page-1/#comment-133</link>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just checked this site and it appears that it, too, has been dropped in favour of the new &lt;a href=&quot;http://5nz.com/nzbol-pro-forma-scam/247/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;nzbol.co.nz&lt;/a&gt;.

I wonder if they&#039;ll be fielding calls from customers requesting refunds?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just checked this site and it appears that it, too, has been dropped in favour of the new <a href="http://5nz.com/nzbol-pro-forma-scam/247/" rel="nofollow">nzbol.co.nz</a>.</p>
<p>I wonder if they&#8217;ll be fielding calls from customers requesting refunds?</p>
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		<title>By: rdikate</title>
		<link>http://5nz.com/nzbo-new-zealand-business-online/167/comment-page-1/#comment-129</link>
		<dc:creator>rdikate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I received a call from these guys several months ago looking to &#039;renew&#039; my listing (i hadnt ever listed my business in the first place).  The call centre guy quoted some outrageously fake details about how many business enquiries my listing had generated.  I said no way and still received an invoice for $110.   I&#039;ll be dropping an email to the commerce commission.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I received a call from these guys several months ago looking to &#8216;renew&#8217; my listing (i hadnt ever listed my business in the first place).  The call centre guy quoted some outrageously fake details about how many business enquiries my listing had generated.  I said no way and still received an invoice for $110.   I&#8217;ll be dropping an email to the commerce commission.</p>
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		<title>By: karmicnz</title>
		<link>http://5nz.com/nzbo-new-zealand-business-online/167/comment-page-1/#comment-128</link>
		<dc:creator>karmicnz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have just received an invoice from NZ Business Online requesting $110.25 incl. GST for an online directory renewal.  I have never heard of this outfit and in fact haven&#039;t actually run the business they are requesting the subscription renewal for for over 3 years now!  Love to know how they got my details, guess they must be out there in Cyberspace somewhere.  Should I contact the Commerce Commission about these guys?  Seems like Pro Forma Invoicing to me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have just received an invoice from NZ Business Online requesting $110.25 incl. GST for an online directory renewal.  I have never heard of this outfit and in fact haven&#8217;t actually run the business they are requesting the subscription renewal for for over 3 years now!  Love to know how they got my details, guess they must be out there in Cyberspace somewhere.  Should I contact the Commerce Commission about these guys?  Seems like Pro Forma Invoicing to me.</p>
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		<title>By: admin</title>
		<link>http://5nz.com/nzbo-new-zealand-business-online/167/comment-page-1/#comment-127</link>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I see that on the 6th of September Jitendra Singh finally updated his domain registration and removed Shallendra Singh&#039;s name.

I have seen something very odd though. When you click through to one of the sub categories on on NZBO the page title says &quot;NZ Scams to Avoid&quot;, just like this page does. 

You&#039;d think the title would reflect the contents of the page wouldn&#039;t you?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I see that on the 6th of September Jitendra Singh finally updated his domain registration and removed Shallendra Singh&#8217;s name.</p>
<p>I have seen something very odd though. When you click through to one of the sub categories on on NZBO the page title says &#8220;NZ Scams to Avoid&#8221;, just like this page does. </p>
<p>You&#8217;d think the title would reflect the contents of the page wouldn&#8217;t you?</p>
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		<title>By: admin</title>
		<link>http://5nz.com/nzbo-new-zealand-business-online/167/comment-page-1/#comment-100</link>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>NBO and Searcha have had their lawyer send me the oddest letter. &lt;a href=&quot;http://5nz.com/legal/scan0001.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Page 1&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://5nz.com/legal/scan0002.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Page 2&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://5nz.com/legal/scan0003.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Page 3&lt;/a&gt;

I&#039;ve rung and left a message asking the lawyer to call me but he hasn&#039;t yet.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>NBO and Searcha have had their lawyer send me the oddest letter. <a href="http://5nz.com/legal/scan0001.jpg" rel="nofollow">Page 1</a>, <a href="http://5nz.com/legal/scan0002.jpg" rel="nofollow">Page 2</a>, <a href="http://5nz.com/legal/scan0003.jpg" rel="nofollow">Page 3</a></p>
<p>I&#8217;ve rung and left a message asking the lawyer to call me but he hasn&#8217;t yet.</p>
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		<title>By: admin</title>
		<link>http://5nz.com/nzbo-new-zealand-business-online/167/comment-page-1/#comment-95</link>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The two comments above crack me up. It appears that Shallendra Singh has employed some Indian SEOs (search engine optimisers) to help flog his site and the associated keywords.

The idea is that Google will associate all those words above with the phrase NZBO and then when someone searches for, say, &quot;Wellington Taverns&quot; up should pop the listings for NZBO. 

It&#039;s a great idea but that&#039;s not how real SEOs work and spam is never clever. I&#039;ve approved it purely to let you see how thick this guy is. Surely he told his guys to read the site they&#039;re spamming first? Well, he&#039;s probably paying something like US$.10 per comment so you don&#039;t get alot of reading for that. They&#039;ll be operating a scatter gun approach.

He&#039;s use the same guys to spam his Searcha site (see http://5nz.com/searchaconz/126/comment-page-1/#comment-96). What is really interesting is that he&#039;s gone to some efforts to distance himself legally from NZBO and then blown it with these spammers.

Oh, and I&#039;m not being nasty about the Indian SEO thing, for one I know they exist, and secondly the IP address points to India: http://whois.domaintools.com/210.211.255.203

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The two comments above crack me up. It appears that Shallendra Singh has employed some Indian SEOs (search engine optimisers) to help flog his site and the associated keywords.</p>
<p>The idea is that Google will associate all those words above with the phrase NZBO and then when someone searches for, say, &#8220;Wellington Taverns&#8221; up should pop the listings for NZBO. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s a great idea but that&#8217;s not how real SEOs work and spam is never clever. I&#8217;ve approved it purely to let you see how thick this guy is. Surely he told his guys to read the site they&#8217;re spamming first? Well, he&#8217;s probably paying something like US$.10 per comment so you don&#8217;t get alot of reading for that. They&#8217;ll be operating a scatter gun approach.</p>
<p>He&#8217;s use the same guys to spam his Searcha site (see <a href="http://5nz.com/searchaconz/126/comment-page-1/#comment-96)" rel="nofollow">http://5nz.com/searchaconz/126/comment-page-1/#comment-96)</a>. What is really interesting is that he&#8217;s gone to some efforts to distance himself legally from NZBO and then blown it with these spammers.</p>
<p>Oh, and I&#8217;m not being nasty about the Indian SEO thing, for one I know they exist, and secondly the IP address points to India: <a href="http://whois.domaintools.com/210.211.255.203" rel="nofollow">http://whois.domaintools.com/210.211.255.203</a></p>
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		<title>By: nzbo.co</title>
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		<dc:creator>nzbo.co</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>NZBO - New Zealand Business Online is a leading online business directory in New Zealand. It contains all business information of New Zealand like:

Accountants &amp; Auditors, Architects, Automotive Dismantlers, Automotive Parts, Automotive Repairs, Barristers &amp; Solicitors, Beauty Therapy, Beds &amp; Bedding, Boarding Kennels &amp; Catteries, Bridal Wear, Builders, Bus Charters &amp; Services, Cafes, Cake Shops, Camping, Equipment, Car &amp; Truck Dealers, New Car &amp; Truck Dealers – Used Car, vans &amp; Motor, Homes, Caterers, in New Zealand and major cities : Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Queenstown and other cities of Newzeland.

You can Search Fast, Accurate and reliable on New Zealand Business Online Directory (NZBO) related to

Child Care &amp; Education, Counseling Services, Courier Services, Cycle Sales and Service, Dancing Schools, Dental Services, Dentists, Electricians, Employment Agencies, Escort Agencies, Florists, Furniture Removal &amp; Packers, Furniture &amp; Furnishings, Garden Centers &amp; Nurseries, Graphic Designers, Hairdressers, Health &amp; Fitness Centers, Hire – Clothing, Hire – Entertainment, Hobby Supplies, Holiday Accommodation, Hotels &amp; Taverns, Jewelers &amp; Watchmakers, Joinery Manufacturers, Justices of the Peace, Kitchen Fittings &amp; Design, Lawyers in

North Island- (Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Hawkes Bay, Taranaki, Wanganui, Manawatu, Wairarapa, Wellington) and South Island – (Nelson &amp; Bays, Marlborough, West Coast, Canterbury, Timaru, Oamaru, Otago, Southland)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>NZBO &#8211; New Zealand Business Online is a leading online business directory in New Zealand. It contains all business information of New Zealand like:</p>
<p>Accountants &amp; Auditors, Architects, Automotive Dismantlers, Automotive Parts, Automotive Repairs, Barristers &amp; Solicitors, Beauty Therapy, Beds &amp; Bedding, Boarding Kennels &amp; Catteries, Bridal Wear, Builders, Bus Charters &amp; Services, Cafes, Cake Shops, Camping, Equipment, Car &amp; Truck Dealers, New Car &amp; Truck Dealers – Used Car, vans &amp; Motor, Homes, Caterers, in New Zealand and major cities : Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Queenstown and other cities of Newzeland.</p>
<p>You can Search Fast, Accurate and reliable on New Zealand Business Online Directory (NZBO) related to</p>
<p>Child Care &amp; Education, Counseling Services, Courier Services, Cycle Sales and Service, Dancing Schools, Dental Services, Dentists, Electricians, Employment Agencies, Escort Agencies, Florists, Furniture Removal &amp; Packers, Furniture &amp; Furnishings, Garden Centers &amp; Nurseries, Graphic Designers, Hairdressers, Health &amp; Fitness Centers, Hire – Clothing, Hire – Entertainment, Hobby Supplies, Holiday Accommodation, Hotels &amp; Taverns, Jewelers &amp; Watchmakers, Joinery Manufacturers, Justices of the Peace, Kitchen Fittings &amp; Design, Lawyers in</p>
<p>North Island- (Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Hawkes Bay, Taranaki, Wanganui, Manawatu, Wairarapa, Wellington) and South Island – (Nelson &amp; Bays, Marlborough, West Coast, Canterbury, Timaru, Oamaru, Otago, Southland)</p>
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		<title>By: Shallendra Singh</title>
		<link>http://5nz.com/nzbo-new-zealand-business-online/167/comment-page-1/#comment-92</link>
		<dc:creator>Shallendra Singh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>NZBO - New Zealand Business Online is a leading online business directory in New Zealand. It contains all business information of New Zealand like: 

Accountants &amp; Auditors, Architects, Automotive Dismantlers, Automotive Parts, Automotive Repairs, Barristers &amp; Solicitors, Beauty Therapy, Beds &amp; Bedding, Boarding Kennels &amp; Catteries, Bridal Wear, Builders, Bus Charters &amp; Services, Cafes, Cake Shops, Camping, Equipment, Car &amp; Truck Dealers, New Car &amp; Truck Dealers – Used Car, vans &amp; Motor, Homes, Caterers, in New Zealand and major cities : Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Queenstown and other cities of Newzeland.

You can Search Fast, Accurate and reliable on New Zealand Business Online Directory (NZBO) related to

Child Care &amp; Education, Counseling Services, Courier Services, Cycle Sales and Service, Dancing Schools, Dental Services, Dentists, Electricians, Employment Agencies, Escort Agencies, Florists, Furniture Removal &amp; Packers, Furniture &amp; Furnishings, Garden Centers &amp; Nurseries, Graphic Designers, Hairdressers, Health &amp; Fitness Centers, Hire – Clothing, Hire – Entertainment, Hobby Supplies, Holiday Accommodation, Hotels &amp; Taverns, Jewelers &amp; Watchmakers, Joinery Manufacturers, Justices of the Peace, Kitchen Fittings &amp; Design, Lawyers in

North Island- (Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Hawkes Bay, Taranaki, Wanganui, Manawatu, Wairarapa, Wellington) and South Island – (Nelson &amp; Bays, Marlborough, West Coast, Canterbury, Timaru, Oamaru, Otago, Southland)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>NZBO &#8211; New Zealand Business Online is a leading online business directory in New Zealand. It contains all business information of New Zealand like: </p>
<p>Accountants &amp; Auditors, Architects, Automotive Dismantlers, Automotive Parts, Automotive Repairs, Barristers &amp; Solicitors, Beauty Therapy, Beds &amp; Bedding, Boarding Kennels &amp; Catteries, Bridal Wear, Builders, Bus Charters &amp; Services, Cafes, Cake Shops, Camping, Equipment, Car &amp; Truck Dealers, New Car &amp; Truck Dealers – Used Car, vans &amp; Motor, Homes, Caterers, in New Zealand and major cities : Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Queenstown and other cities of Newzeland.</p>
<p>You can Search Fast, Accurate and reliable on New Zealand Business Online Directory (NZBO) related to</p>
<p>Child Care &amp; Education, Counseling Services, Courier Services, Cycle Sales and Service, Dancing Schools, Dental Services, Dentists, Electricians, Employment Agencies, Escort Agencies, Florists, Furniture Removal &amp; Packers, Furniture &amp; Furnishings, Garden Centers &amp; Nurseries, Graphic Designers, Hairdressers, Health &amp; Fitness Centers, Hire – Clothing, Hire – Entertainment, Hobby Supplies, Holiday Accommodation, Hotels &amp; Taverns, Jewelers &amp; Watchmakers, Joinery Manufacturers, Justices of the Peace, Kitchen Fittings &amp; Design, Lawyers in</p>
<p>North Island- (Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Hawkes Bay, Taranaki, Wanganui, Manawatu, Wairarapa, Wellington) and South Island – (Nelson &amp; Bays, Marlborough, West Coast, Canterbury, Timaru, Oamaru, Otago, Southland)</p>
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		<title>By: admin</title>
		<link>http://5nz.com/nzbo-new-zealand-business-online/167/comment-page-1/#comment-90</link>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I see they&#039;re hiring locals as well as their offshore call centre.

http://jobs.nzherald.co.nz/job/view/r1hhlc/

&lt;blockquote&gt;SALES CONSULTANTS
6857838_1
Auckland City
Full Time
SALES CONSULTANTS Required for online business directory. Must have good communicatio...
SALES CONSULTANTS Required for online business directory. Must have good communication skills and excellent telephone manner. No experience necessary. Full training provided. $13 to $20 per hour + commission, full time. Phone 09-309-4575.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I see they&#8217;re hiring locals as well as their offshore call centre.</p>
<p><a href="http://jobs.nzherald.co.nz/job/view/r1hhlc/" rel="nofollow">http://jobs.nzherald.co.nz/job/view/r1hhlc/</a></p>
<blockquote><p>SALES CONSULTANTS<br />
6857838_1<br />
Auckland City<br />
Full Time<br />
SALES CONSULTANTS Required for online business directory. Must have good communicatio&#8230;<br />
SALES CONSULTANTS Required for online business directory. Must have good communication skills and excellent telephone manner. No experience necessary. Full training provided. $13 to $20 per hour + commission, full time. Phone 09-309-4575.</p></blockquote>
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