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tedster - 6:17 am on Nov 30, 2006 (gmt 0)
But this is all a side issue about business management, and not really related to the penalty and what to do about it. On-topic discussion from here on, please.
I remember last year that one of Google's more obscure support pages ended up with a live hidden spam link for a few days - apparently placed there by a soon-to-be-ex Google employee. Stuff can happen anywhere.