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Originally posted by WiredGuy
if that's the case, then how is a sponsor going to verify it. Is a sponsor going to simulate googlebot or spoof an ip address to verify that cloaking is in fact going on (assuming the SE spammer has disabled google cache). In my opinion spamming SE's is not really wrong but rather a short term strategy. I don't do it because I'm in this for the long term but it can be useful to help get additional traffic and still not considered spam.
For example, what about a tour that was designed entirely in flash, it has very little chance of any SE success unless its coupled with keywords and/or text on the page and this might distract the surfer from the actual tour, so in this case I would justify cloaking. But of course there are those who cross the line and use cloaking to gain an unfair advantage.
Once again I still think there is no fair arbitration to determining what is SE spam and what isn't and who determines it.
WG
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Yes, but the flash tour would have a site attached to it. Not just spider food and irrelevant domain links.
Anyway, end result is google penalizes sites with mouseovers and affiliate links. Whats next?