I have been on a rant for a while about some of the crazeeee money being thrown around the social networking world. It was the Google and MySpace deal ($900 Million search deal) then we had earlier this year the NBC goes iVillage ( $600 million) and now Face Book thinks they're worth $2 Billion.

As an addition to the article, which is written and in the editors hands now, I saw a post on WMW from a MSN representative, (user name ‘msndude’) that further highlighted this problem. When discussing various penalties he said;

“don't make your site look like a spam site. I'm not sure why so many people seem to think the "spam look" is in this year (maybe it's a fashion statement -- like torn jeans or something) but it's a fact that it can hurt you.”

WOW. Thanks a bunch. How in the name of all that is holy am I supposed to advise a client with ‘standards’ like that? A follow up post by a frustrated webmaster put it well with,

“I don't think I have the "spam look" but what exactly is the spam look anyway...what are some things that give a spam look that someone like me may not be aware of. ”

SEO is not a legitimate practice…it’s a bloddy battle field.. yeeessh….