This is an issue that really boggles me! So often clients ring me up asking me why site X is above them in the serps even tho the site is stuffed full of hidden text/keywords etc. This is made even more frustrating if Ive already preached to the client about these practice being dangerous to rankings! I have actually been in situations where Ive removed dodgy hidden text and keyword stuffing from clients sites and their positions have dropped dramatically making me look like an absolute moron!

I am tempted to agree with jtracking. Search engines may "advise" us that these practices are unacceptable but in reality people are still getting away with it! From experience it seams to be older sites that get away with it. This may have something to do with them already building up a trust with the SEs? Anyone agree?

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