Wow. Front page of Hacker News. I can tell you from personal experience that it has become far harder to game Google after the Panda update. The SEO rats are c

Wow. Front page of Hacker News. I can tell you from personal experience that it has become far harder to game Google after the Panda update. The SEO rats are coming out of the woodwork screaming for a solution. True, there is still a massive amount of spam on the internet, but Google is learning how to filter it down. The ubiquity of Facebook comments, Disqus, etc. is cutting down on the amount of comment spam. Not to mention that Akismet is becoming really good at its job. Spamming forum profile links gets you nowhere these days. And Google can somehow sniff shit content from a mile off. There will always be spam on the internet, but as long as it stays hidden beneath the carpet, Google is doing a good enough job.