Makaveli2007 - 11:35 pm on Nov 10, 2009 (gmt 0)

Always glad if I can make someone laugh with a provoking post ;-).

Seriously, though, I'm aware of the fact that many IT people are scared of their jobs being outsourced to such countries.

However, whenever I hear the word "Indian" on an SEO forum, it usually goes hand in hand with something along the lines of "I got another one of those stupid link requests from India".

I remember someone from the Phillippines posting on an SEO forum mentioning she had xyz years experience in online marketing and was willing to work for 500$/month.

That just makes me wonder..those populations are so huge (India like 1 million? Not sure how high the population would be overall..if the Phillippines, etc. were included) - there must be a ton of smart and curious folks (including people in bad life situations, less spoiled than people in Germany or the US generally, who I would assume can't wait to make it out and are willing to put in the work). How come, the main thing I hear about Indian SEOs (for example) is that they (supposedly) send bad link requests, and are hoping to get jobs that pay 500$/month? (that's what I'm wondering)

Maybe those SEOs, etc. from India who are as good as I'd expect them to be..I simply don't hear about them, because their English is flawless and they're smarter than to send out wack link requests - and basically stay under the radar making their money?

PS: I hope this post doesn't come off as anti-Indian or something...I'm just wondering/curious...