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(Entry was posted by Yasser Mohamed on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 05/05/2014).

My competitor is using fake websites.

Hi guys,

I have recently come across 2 websites which have started to outrank mine on page 1 for a very competitive keyword.  One site is 2 pages and it`s content is littered with Your business name Carpet Cleaning is a professional..." even the reviews say "I was so happy I called Your Business Name Carpet Cleaning"  This such a bad site - they haven`t even bothered to insert a business name. and the phone number is  a fake too.  The other site lists its contact phone number as 00 000 000 and is obviously a fake as well.  Is there anything I can do to bring these types of sites to Google`s attention??
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  • Yasser Mohamed: Hi guys,

    I have recently come across 2 websites which have started to outrank mine on page 1 for a very competitive keyword. ; One site is 2 pages and it's content is littered with Your business name Carpet Cleaning is a professional..." even the reviews say "I was so happy I called Your Business Name Carpet Cleaning" ; This such a bad site - they haven't even bothered to insert a business name. and the phone number is ; a fake too. ; The other site lists its contact phone number as 00 000 000 and is obviously a fake as well. ; Is there anything I can do to bring these types of sites to Google's attention?
  • Dmitry Grunt: fake sites doesn't live long time in serp
  • Harry Dance: Yeah sorry +Yasser Mohamed ; , it's going to have to be a waiting game. Look at the positives, if the sites are so bad they will have a high % of people clicking off and landing on your site after. ;

    Your website will now look like the bee's knees in comparison.
  • Mark Wilston: Report the issue to +Matt Cutts ;on #Twitter or #G+
  • Yasser Mohamed: So I have checked the first site again today and low and behold there is a business name now inserted instead of "your name here" - looks like it is a leased website - I didn't know people even did this! ; The SEO company gets the site to page 1 - leases it out to a business on a weekly basis. ; This site has over 12,000 backlinks and over 40% of the anchor text is for one major keyword phrase - wonder how long it will last?

View original question in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 05/05/2014).