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SeoMoz would tell you that over time. If you are just selling a service based on the number of links you get for a customer I have to say you don't understand SEO yet. I am not saying you are doing this, but helping you not proceed down a long hard road.

It is difficult to draw definitive conclusions. I would be more a proponent of her just being a paid poster. In any group, there will be self interest. It's here. It's there. It's everywhere, but it is up to people to wake up and see it, and find a way to benefit from the amazing dynamic.

Have you looked into using Viglink?

I just happened to search for Alexa Smith Warrior Forum and mentioned there seem to be some bad press and the moderators took me down, then a reply to me down, and then my reply to that reply down, all in a matter of a minute or too. Wow!

In essence, from what I read in your post, don't both with Black Hat SEO. Just make a good site. Couldn't agree more!

Just got a PR 7 link on a site that makes a software library. We spent a few months integrating that library with our product, and we are just one of a few links on the PR 7 page, all quality sites. This is an important backlink, both in terms of traffic and SEO. Crappy profile links and blog...

I think the real test is would it pass a manual review by a google employee? If you were to look at all the links from the site and scan through them, would you find a pattern that seems unnatural? There are many reputable sites in google's eyes that regularly produce quality content including...

As I said, if you have an example, by all means, show us. I've had several PR 6 and 7 sites, millions of links pointing to the sites I manage or own, ranked in the top 5 on google for "shoes", and been doing this 12 years. If you are doing it right, there is no need for article spinning...

Absolutely a search engine like Google can tell the sites that have a mass of links being added all the time with no editorial process. For one, there are more external links. Second, there is greater variance in the content of those links (ex. off topic). It isn't hard at all, and an automated...

I think Google can tell if there is an editorial process at a website, versus a situation where links are easily added by others. I think Auto Submitters are a really bad idea and the #1 reason for the Unnatural Linking Penalty and Notices people are receiving.

I would take issue with nearly any auto submission software. If there is no editorial process by the person who owns the site, there is little value in the links.

Not sure if you saw the pretty extensive spam words list that does a lot of the work for you so you don't have to add them manually. I can't post a link but search for: phpld spam words list

One model that is not doing as well now is big directory networks where you get "100 links for $10". That actually hasn't worked for a long time, and this is where all the unnatural link messages from google mostly come from. What happened was the directory industry got a bad name because of the...