BigDave - 9:09 pm on Jul 7, 2004 (gmt 0)

to google we are the enemy.

Then I would say that you are doing it wrong.

I consider it to be more of a mutualistic symbiotic relationship.

I give them a site that they want to rank highly, and they give me users.

Webmasters only become the "enemy" when it is of the webmaster's choosing, not Google's.

Of course there are plenty of SEOs that are certainly in a parasitic or even predatory relationship, but they really are in the minority.

Mutualistic relationships don't imply friendship or favoritism. They don't like me personally. They just want the best relationship *for them* and I want the best relationship *for me*. I want to be ranked well in the best search engine, and they want the best websites to rank well so they remain healthy.