[No, BBB did not hack my account] I just recommended a web site www.akbhomesucks.com to a prospective home buyer (KB Homes is a big home builder). Here's a true story. I was approached a few months ago by a company named XYZ. When you google "XYZ" (and no other phrase),
my web site came up with an article "Do not do business with XYZ- they are scammers". My article as Google #1, and the domain www.xyz.com as #2. Very disturbing for senior management 
A new CTO is brought in, link building companies are hired, but no matter what they tried, they could not become search result #1. Then they tried to bribe me. I have the email. "Could you delete or modify this article? For example, could you post this paragraph instead:
XYZ is a company that .. good experience .."
At least, their CTO admitted that he may have a bit of a single sided opinion about his employer. "We know your time is valuable and of course, we would COMPENSATE you for this work." My article was actually only one short sentence and the complete page consisted of anonymously posted comments. I deleted the most obnoxious comments, and also those that seemed to come from competitors. I did not accept any money from them for this. Then recently I got a letter from their lawyer team :-| Well, this particular article is gone now. Not the best experience. I thought this could give an idea to fatten your wallet. Write a blog post [honest], get a lot of comments [I had about 200] and wait for the company to find it. Then accept [$5000? $10,000?] to press a "delete" button.
By the way, I have another such article on my site, about a national franchise automotive shop. It's about one local branch, and the new manager and his team left a few comments there over the past years .. like "everyone can make a mistake sometime" and "we are all new management now.. it's been 10 years". But no monies offered, and no legal attack either.
-Peter
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