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Originally Posted by Webnauts
1. This practice is old school and unethical.
2. If you still do that, how can you have profit SEOwise when your clients sites are irrelevant to you theme?
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SEO isn't the only consideration. I get a large amount of my business from the unobtrusive links (usually site-wide) I put on websites I build. Often prospects mention a feature that I put on another website that they would like on theirs. Clients who come to me that way tend to be sold on my services already. Those links are worth gold. If I didn't have them, I don't think I'd have a business.
Likewise, I often check out my competition the same way. I don't think it's unethical; it's rather like an artist signing a painting or an author having their name on their book. It's essential to me.