Good case for sticking with white hat
The increasing popularity of black hat SEO, as if SEO isn't boring enough as it is, is really annoying me, and killing the enthusiasm I might have once had for this kind of business. Black hat isn't really about building value, it's about cramming your crap down people's throats and calling it a "service", to put it bluntly.
Well, this article is a great defense of white hat and why we should stick with it: White Hat SEO: It F@$#ing Works.
This touches on a blog post I wrote on friday about advancing the web, as opposed to simply grinding for a fast buck while contributing to the factors which actually make the web worse, rather than better.