Landing pages. The work of the Dark Lord? Or not?

On the one hand
Aaargh - landing pages are horrible, aren't they? Especially the ones which spam the search engines and lead to links page after links page.

On the other
Mmmm. Landing pages are quite useful. Especially the ones which allow you to keep nice copy on your site, but still maintain a decent presence on Google. Have a peek at my web copywriting course page and tell me what you think.

And yes, it's linked to from the site map - so Google is happy, as are the usability and accessibility boffins.