I don't understand, hasn't the goal always been to get in the top 10 of the serps?
I've had domains that didn't even have a pr0 get #2 on page 1 for a phrase with some text a video and a link back from stumbleupon.
So while, yes, I've always thought PR was the shit. I knew that serp placement was worth more and ultimately the overall goal.
I follow only 2 major players out there. Jeff & Howie. Of which I've come to understand
they both leave some big fat juicy holes in what they deliver. Whatever.
But with some tweaking you can get placement akmost instantly and virtually for a long while without insane campaigning. Bookmarks are a thing of the past [face it] RSS has been flagged as bullshit thanks to us, & podcasts are next. Video is just so elusive that they [big G] can't use too many dials without fuckin up their own metrics for the day to day user, that and images.
But the places where the videos are hosted, now thats a different story. Those are already falling like flies and only the new and abused will be worth a damn as they climb in popularity. The old staples are useless for serp [well.. not entirely but it sounds nice]
So Themetic linking.. all those Angela links are so quickly shot to squat by us it useless to spend the hours getting her paltry submissions into my wheels. Unless maybe, they are themes to the niches I'm promoting or trying to get some weight for longevity.
But I digress, they know we know how to make it look organic.. and we do it in the millions so as soon as something here and the other several hundred BHSEO sites announce a loophole, we're quick to pounce and demolish the usefullness out of it.
Umm retract, WE, the ones that are willing to take action [massive action] and not bitch about whether or not its worth our time to utilize an activity or not, to begin with. frik that still sounds retarded.. I'ma tard anyways, so I'll leave it at that.
Get er indexed, get er in da serps, get er on page one, rinse and repeat.
I'm a big fan of the huge wheel theory & application. But if I can smoke DoriFriend or Howie anyday.. it just cooks my peaches to a delicious mouth watering treat.
And I didn't spend thousands to do it. [to learn it? thats another story, not bitchin tho]