Wow I cant believe this little post made it all the way to HN. TBH I do believe in most of what I said but the post was intentionally over the top. It was a bit

Wow I cant believe this little post made it all the way to HN. TBH I do believe in most of what I said but the post was intentionally over the top. It was a bit of rantbait. The irony which sadly only one commenter seemed to figure out was that it was a post on how whitehat doesnt work which demonstrated it does. That post got tons of links in a very short time. That being said my real point was don't limit yourself or the client because you believe google guidelines somehow translate to ethics. Instead do an honest evaluation of the clients expectations, budget, and risk tolerance. Provide service based on that information. Google is in it for google. SEOs should be in it for the client. Even if that sometimes means bending googles rules.