arubicus - 7:20 am on Jun 27, 2006 (gmt 0)

"Spam is deceiving the algo. The algo working absolutely sensibly can rank a poorer quality page above a higher quality page, and there is nothing wrong with that at all."

I totaly agree. Some seem to think that a low quality page that is ranking is automatically considered spam. Unless they are doing something to purposefully deceive the algo they should not be considered spam. If a low quality site just happens to rank without any deception then it is the downfall of the algo or the seemingly "quality" site may not be providing what is necessary for the search engine to rank it on it's merits (bad seo?).