OP = conspiracy theory
I don't think the OP knows what he is talking about.
Tracking down SAPE network isn't that hard. Google may not be able to destroy all of SAPE but they are capable of destroying it. If they remove a couple of thousands of sites, SAPE is not good anymore.
The thing that people keep forgetting is that Google is a company. They want money like all companies. They will not just destroy one blog network or do a google update without knowing how well it is going to affect their rate of investment. Google may already have a lot of SAPE sites but they are still going through a lot of paper work before they will do something about it.
Taking down SAPE as far as I know won't be an easy "1-2-3" job. It will take work. Even for a company like Google.
Just my 2C.
I doubt it. Google isn't the same as you, me or groups doing blackhat. They have some of the best and talented people in the world because they can afford it. Valedictorians from US, asia, etc and people that dream of code in their sleep. You can then add the fact that they can have 1000-2000 of these people working to track down blog networks. These 1000-2000 people can have 5-10 underlings working for them. Google is a $250 BILLION company. $250 BILLION!!!!!
If they want to destroy a blog network, it will be gone easily. But like I said, they are not going to change their SERPS based on one blog network unless it becomes a problem. They are not going to jeopardize $250 BILLION dollars. Every change must go through a lot of paperwork.
But like I said, they are not going to change their SERPS based on one blog network unless it becomes a problem.
There will always be blackhat methods used before google gets a grip on it and people making a few quid from it too. Google is screwing everyone over including those that have been suckered into google paid advertising. There will always be a way of advertising on google with natural listings using blackhat. Matt Cutts please just resign to the fact and sleep well at night. You do not own the internet and you do not own the right to show people incorrect search results so that it benefits your company financially. That is not a search engine, thats blatant advertising.
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So SAPE is no good anymore for links? RU links to English language site is a flag right?