This morning as I was performing my regular duties here at ActiveRain, (answering trouble tickets) I came across a ticket that was obviously spam, but hey I had to still read to make sure it wasn't a member needing assistance with something.  Here is what the ticket said inside:

"We would like to get your website on first page of Google.  All of our processes use the most ethical "white hat" Search Engine Optimization techniques that will not get your website banned or penalized.  Please reply and I would be happy to send you a proposal."

Normally I just hit the delete button and keep moving along to answer all of the other needs that members have.  But this morning I thought to myself, "I wonder where ActiveRain ranks for the search term Real Estate Network"  I knew we would rank very well for the search term because we have so many awesome members who contribute awesome content to the network.  However, I didn't believe we would rank as well as we did for such a major search term.  ActiveRain ranked #1 out of 147,000,000!

This is an awesome accomplishment & makes me proud to work for such an amazing network.  This result could not be accomplished without all of the wonderful posts by you, the members of the network!  As a staff member here at ActiveRain, I want to say Thank You!

As for the person that spam contact that asked if we wanted to hire their company to get onto page one of google:  I do not think we will be needing your services any time soon.  AS long as we have the best members in the world continually sharing awesome content with consumers, I think we will remain safely on the top of search engines as the best Real Estate Network in the World!