This might be a bit of a rant, so be warned. I just got a call from someone in a noisy phone-farm, with a definite accent, asking to talk to "the person who manages my company website".
I assume her bosses got our number from our domain name registration, but they didn't bother to give her the name of the Admin contact, or our company name, or the domain name (all of which takes one whois command; if I know how to do it, I'm sure Google does too). I don't think I gave our phone number when I registered with Google as a Site Manager (for sitemap). She claimed to be a junior account something, and wanted to sell me the services of a Google Ad-something Professional. I didn't bother listening too clearly; impatience won over curiosity. May have been Adsense, may have been Advertising. But she had to ask if we were already using Google Ad-something! Does anyone know if Google really has stooped this low? Cold-calling everyone with a domain name? The least they could do is give their caller more information. Like, check their own records about whether I already have an account with them? For all they know, I'm already paying them big bucks for platinum-titanium service. My gut feeling is that it's someone fudging their intro spiel, trying to make me pay them money to give me advice that Google gives on their site for free, but my gut's been wrong before. Anyone else get a similar call? Maybe someone who had more patience or curiosity? Cheers! Sandy _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list pmwiki-users@pmichaud.com http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users
