I am
writing just to inform you that we have been obliged to remove 4,600 companies
from the SpokeIntel/ VBProfiles/Capsules database. I would like to explaim why we do this as well as give some
guidelines for profiles we are going to accept moving forward on the Spoke Network.
About a month
ago, Google put our network in a penalty box to the point that we were not
seeing any traffic coming from the search engine. This forced us to review our
policies and ask the very hard questions including which content needed to be
on our current network of sites. We decided to move on a certain number of
fronts, the main decision being to focus Spoke.com on local directory listings
and the Spoke network on competitive intelligence.
What does
that mean for the content on Spoke Intelligence Network? A profile will need to
be:
1) At least 65% complete;
2) Updated on a regular basis at
least every 6 months;
3) In an Industry that we are
currently tracking: Technology and Healthcare Technologies (including Bio Tech).
We will
be very proactive in letting you know if your profile doesn’t match the
criteria to remain on the Spoke Network or if the profile has not been updated.
If you
are not in Technology and Healthcare related field, we suggest you register
your company on Spoke.com. There the criteria are not going to be as stringent
but it is important to keep the profiles updated.
For the
people who had created a profile on the Spoke Network (VBProfiles, SpokeIntel,
MedCity Capsules) that were removed, I would like to express my sincere
apologies for having been obliged to do this. You should let us know if you
want us to port your data on Spoke.com and we will do it for you.
Philippe
Cases
CEO
No comments:
Post a Comment