Awhile back, Jason Calacanis said a number of things that need to be said about the SEO guys (and I might be less charitable than he is - I don't much care for the so-called "white hat" SEO guys, either). Recently, one of the less honorable types (is that an oxymoron?) has been putting invisible links on the UIUC VW Wiki - they look like this:

<u style="display: none">
<a href="Insert stupid SEO link here">Stupid SEO text</a>

<a href="Insert stupid SEO link here">Stupid SEO text</a>

<a href="Insert stupid SEO link here">Stupid SEO text</a></u>

The links went to some SEO "how high can I push these keywords" contest. Wonderful - just the stuff I want on a tech wiki discussing Smalltalk. All you guys who claim to be "white hat" SEO marketers? Grow a conscience and find honest work.

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