they're crooks, nuisances, and annoyances. :) i assume that next you are going to suggest that spammers are just hardworking legitimate businessmen.
You're labeling me without right to appeal. Just because I work in search engine optimisation doesn't mean I spam and/or support spamming. Your mind is obviously set and I'm not going to get involved in a ALL SEO = spam debate which would interest nobody on this list. Please email privately if you wish to do so.
you're free to explain how (and why) SE optimization isn't a bit of crookery or algorithmic deception - and, in fact, i'd strongly prefer that you do so on the list rather than taking it to private email. [which actually makes you look, rhetorically, as if you don't have a set of valid defenses, rather than making you look more 'polite'.] a number of folks on the list might find your explanation useful and instructive. --elijah