Search Engine Cloaking

[Geat]

Okay, I know it's frowned upon - but what are the forum's opinions on cloaking? I've a few specific questions...

a) If you get banned by Google, what gets banned? Domain, Company or Server?

b) If anyone out there condones it, what is the best package to go for? Sellwide and Fantomas ShadowMaster seem to rear their heads quite a bit...

[GusVenditto]

it would be the domain that gets banned -- basically, that URL is going to be dropped from the index.

i don't think they're going to hunt you down, confiscate your computer and lock you in a closet or anything like that.

[Daniel T]

What is cloaking, btw?

[GusVenditto]

the page a user sees is different than the one you show a search engine.

see this article (http://searchenginewatch.com/sereport/article.php/2165231) for more on what it is and how to accomplish the same thing without doing it.