Yes..over the years AO has went from accepting the somewhat blackhat days to the 98% white hat environment that it has become today. (not meant to sound like that...but I do prefer the middle ground/gray hat) It's a different community w/different values nowadays.
Also, google does not search using META tags anymore, they are worthless nowadays, you'd be hard pressed to find more than one search engine (since I know of one =P) that still uses them. They are too easily abused, just as JP did w/this site.

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