It’s not every day you get to meet a spammer. While we didn’t actually spot a live one in the wild, Chris talked at length with a guy who used to post Viagra and Texas Hold’em links in blog comments across the Web. Todd “Oilman” Friesen has since cleaned up his act, instead employing years on the dark side of the biz to helping companies figure out how to reach their audience in the search space the right way. His company Oilman Promotions is among the best in the field at search engine marketing tactics. Listen in for the Oilman’s thoughts on the future of tagging spam, the pointless nature of the nofollow tag and more. For a guy we’ve virtually cursed in the past, his opinions on the biz seem spot on.

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From Texas Hold’em to Texas Tea – Meet the Oilman