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Originally Posted by BlackCrayon
people can always justify what they do. your solution is that we have to employ black hat methods to compete. that doesn't seem right. i never cry to anyone about blackhats, except the odd post here when people are dicussing it. i would never report sites, i don't care enough to do so. it just pisses me off that such an un even playing field has been created. one that is basically impossible to compete with unless you have 1000's upon 1000's of backlinks and a long established site. if you are using methods that will get you banned in google, then you are abusing the system in my opinion. i once got banned for having keywords be the same color as the background of my site. i never got much in hits from google, it was just old shit from when that actually worked on aol, etc search engines but they banned me anyways. i very much doubt anyone complained about it.
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Google is just like eBay in that they do not police their listings. In order to attract the gaze of the Google Eye you have to have been reported.
This post has convinced me to stop listening to anything that you say. You admit to using blackhat tech to help get hits from Google (albeit, old and unproductive tech, but you DID IT nonetheless). Then in the next breath you condemn people for using what is offered successfully.
I have one last question for you: If your same-colored keywords had made you say $10k would we be having this discussion?
Your statement reminds me of a story told about the late W.C Fields.
Mr. Fields was at a posh gathering in London and the subject turned to world?s oldest profession and Fields asked one of the more vocal female conversationalists, ?Would you have sex with me for a million pounds?? To which the female replied, ?Of course, who wouldn?t??. Fields then asked, ?Would you have sex with me for 10 pounds?? and the woman said, ?Of course not. What do you take me for a common whore?? Fields concludes with, ?Madam, we have already established that. Now we are negotiating price.?