It is ruining the business for people who actually offer quality services.
How many people who went through popup hell are going to search for casino terms again?
Spam will be around for a long time. It’s not just the casino industry.
My point is that if you have a brilliant website with lots of content and clearly being top of your niche that means absolutly nothing. IMHO casinomeister should be #1 for many gambling terms like “online casinos”, “online casino”, “online gambling” to name a few. I think there are many that would agree, and just as many that would disagree.
My point is that if you have a brilliant website you need to advertise. If that means posting a link on a dormant blog or guestbook then fine. If that means slightly editing your text so the keyword density is higher then fine. If that means buying some text links on another site then fine. If you have the best website for your targeted terms then it does not make any difference how you get high rankings.
I keep saying this and will continue to say this. On topic spam is still on topic. I am sorry that I keep posting this but I feel very strongly about it. By the way I think it’s great that the SE’s brought in this rel=nofollow tag. It allows active blogs a way to say “Don’t post your spam here, it won’t work anyway.” But for all those dormant blogs that haven’t been touched in months or years then go ahead. If the owner doens’t want spam let them remove the pages, it isn’t that hard.
Making content and getting your site up and running isn’t even half the battle.
On topic spam is still on topic.
We could all have a lifetime of a high and stable income – instead some of us are ruining the business for the rest with get rich quick schemes that will kill the respectability we have worked so hard to establish.
This high and stable (my income isn’t stable btw) income is exactly what is forcing some of us to try these get rich quick schemes. The more people that hear about these high incomes the more that will try to make money. And as always they will try the get rich quick schemes first. As always, the more competition the more we will look for better ways to rank higher.
I actually wrote about twice as much as this post but decided to remove some of it.