Anyone have a whole network get taken down?

[One_on_One]

Hey guys...since the last Google update, I'm fed up with playing by their rules. If they are gonna play dirty, I'll play dirty. I've come up with a strategy that I feel is unstoppable. It's not cloaking, per say, but more or less cleverly hiding keywords in Divs (not so obvious to the SEs, though).

I'm going to start off slow and try it on some of my lesser performing sites to see how it works. My only fear is that if they find out and take down my whole network. Is this something I should be concerned with?

[schwartz]

Do you want the blue pill or the red one? :o)

[jatar_k]

I've seen whole networks taken down many times, will they for what you are going to try, who knows

decide what you think is acceptable risk

try and isolate a few things so you can still make a few dollars if they nuke you

[volatilegx]

FYI Google will consider text in a display:none div as hidden text.

[One_on_One]

Yeah, they will, but there are ways to prevent them from knowing the div is display:none.

[moltar]

I've come up with a strategy that I feel is unstoppable.

My only fear is that if they find out and take down my whole network.

[One_on_One]

moltar,

Anyone who tries to take advantage of Google's faulty algorithms still risks a manual takedown, hence my precautions.

[maccas]

"less cleverly hiding keywords in Divs", why not just same colour text as background, I have been following a site that has been doing this for about 3 years now and still ranks ok. Not only that he has all that text in H1 with a font size of 1. The only way they will find out is if someone tells them.

[moltar]

Is this something I should be concerned with?

Anyone who tries to take advantage of Google's faulty algorithms still risks a manual takedown, hence my precautions.

You answered your own questions then.

[hdpt00]

Well if you plan on doing a whole network of site, make sure you can't tell they are part of your network. i.e.: different styles, techniques, topics. Maybe whois proxy registration...?

[volatilegx]

Heh, yeah and turn your Google Toolbar off.

[GlynMusica]

Divs is old skool but many people still use them. Just like the same colour text.