Footer links, site wide links from non relevant high pr pages and non extistent anchor text optimization = Ranking for tough keywords...
What does this say about bhw and the state of SEO? Every second post on this forum this year I see says something along the line of:
"Its all about content, quality content is whats making me rank and also my super duper quality backlinks... its all about quality you know"
OR
"Build relevant links man, you need to build targeted links from sites in your niche... also you should use this super duper anchor text ratio of 4 : 3 : 2 : 1, where 4 is your tld anchor, 3 is your longtails, etc etc"
OR my favorite...
"Social is making me rank, trust me go crazy with your social signals and you will rank for anything"
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To be honest with you guys, this kind of rhetoric is making me sick. I don't frequent this forum as much as I used to because it feels like the majority of the posters are little chickens running around with their heads cut off like every single day.
Before you criticize me, I remember browsing this forum last year... it was so fresh, so innovative, something different. Now its either someone complaining because they suck at seo (but don't tell them that, they won't believe you) or someone promoting their upcoming bst via a thread with some ugly diagram, bolded letters while pushing the garbage mentioned above.
Hey maybe its just me, sometimes people just outgrow certain things (like the need for validation on an online forum).
I am on a niche where the #1 is using hidden footer links from PR4 to PR7 ru and not ru websites. So i assume they are hackers. I was going to report one of them because it's unethical.
http://www.wirgo.naszeglubczyce.pl/

It happens the same with Polish networks, I mean huge Polish networks. One client of mine in a highly competitive niche (speaking of 2 billion+ results for the keyword) is fighting with some chaps that get hundreds of links EACH day from those type of sites. The main idea is that the links on those sites change with every new refresh/IP etc so it's quite smart.
This is their link gain/loss in October, freakin' unbelievable. Example of links:
Code:http://www.wirgo.naszeglubczyce.pl/
And they keep ranking despite all this....
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You are using those links because your an handicaped SEOer. Do you think i can't rank my websites without such links, i don't even need one of them. You know what ? You are most probably one of those russian bitches who rank for keywords but with shit content and websites made for aliens not humans. I am actually on a niche where one of those kids is stealing every conversion tweak i add to my page and i can definitely say that i am banking more then him even being #2. That arrived to me before when i saw my #1 competitor selling his website on Flippa and posting his clickbank earnings, i was laughing to death. Go fuck yourself child and learn what is marketing first.yeah... because this is called white hat world .... grow up bitches... i can rank any site in any niche for any keyword with hacked websites.... LIVE WITH IT... is this unethical? how about selling shit services to milions.... ? and fyi never take anything anyone says for granted... ... i'll say something but don't take it for granted either ( SEO HAS NOT CHANGED )