Would You Advise Your Competition?

[espmartin]

Within Google's Webmaster Tools, you have the option of "ratting
out" your competition by submitting a form to Google regarding
link sales and such that your competitors (or anyone for that
matter) are doing - or not doing, but you want to be malicious

So let's spin that around...let me ask you all if you would
help out a competitor by advising them on some technique you see
them doing, or not doing? Would you help them?

[temi]

I would not go out of my way to help a competition (that will be at my expense) but I will not go out of my way to harm competition either. I will certainly not report a competition to Google for link selling

[SkinnerW]

I heard another funny thing regarding Adsense...

Lets say you are bidding on the keyword $5 a click and there is one more advertiser above you who bid higher...

People would do a google search for this term and purposely click on competitors ad with the intention to spend his daily ad budget.

Competitors ad goes off line - you are in the first spot...

[espmartin]

It's a dog-eat-dog world out there I agree with Temi. But, if I was
approached by a competitor personally, I would help...

[temi]

I think I may help if approached by competition as well, but it depends on what he/she wants me to help with.

[espmartin]

Yes, it totally depends... If they came to me asking for a site review or something like
that, I'd help. If they, however, came to me and asked, "How can we kill our competition
and shoot up to #1" - I'd just laugh and wish them well

[streetslocal]

I Offer advice where possible where it would not directly affect my profits

[Eagle]

I would help a competitor (and have done). It's not as if they can compete on quality!

Seriously, I'd gladly help any of my industry peers.