pavlovapete - 5:19 am on Jun 12, 2009 (gmt 0)

Thanks tedster. And thanks for adding the reference and link - adds a bit of context to my obscure post.

I haven't thought about it before so it is a new thought for me.

The quote you've pulled seems quite innocuous - I haven't seen/ heard the whole transcript and so I am at a bit of a loss to see how being "closer to money for links" equates to "profiling the seo"

a degree of visibility

- like being a moderator on WebmasterWorld? :)

Personally I'd like to know who is keeping a file on me, what is in the file, who has access to it and what that info is used for. That's just me.

Recently, more than in the past, I get increasingly concerned about "over-optimising penalties". Doing the latest while hat thing (think no-follow sculpting) only to find 2 years later that the house of cards is collapsing.

I guess that most websites are not optimised and Google would prefer it to be that way. They can then spend less time on policing their link economy and more on user-experience.

What next - turning down the dial on sites listed in the portfolio section of your local SEO expert?

Cheers

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