I think hackers hate SEO because someone can have a crappy site which outranks the hacker's awesome, perfectly programmed site. And thats irritating. But like

I think hackers hate SEO because someone can have a crappy site which outranks the hacker's awesome, perfectly programmed site. And thats irritating. But like some people mentioned, there are a lot of SEO tips that people should be aware of, and quite a lot that programmers should be aware of if they're going to program a good site. Some simple programming choices in the beginning can make a big difference to your site's ranking, so if you're not aware of what those are, then you're not being a good programmer. Check out http://www.netconcepts.com/tag/case-studies http://www.netconcepts.com/tag/case-studies