1. On a new site on a new domain, can I/should I start this service before the site is really live - maybe just a few pages as placeholders? Or is it better to wait until I have some content?
I'd like the money but you should hold off and get some content on that site... you would be much better off doing that.
2. Similarly, is the optimum strategy to push the links at the index page or targeted inner pages?
Inner pages FTW for sure... send very little to your root/index page. I send a few links there to say "Hello" and then almost never again.
3. If inner pages, how many links per page? Or try and push a single page?
There is no # I can give for how many as every page, KW, site is different but spread the love amongst all your inner pages in a random chaotic way.
4. I understand that these could be use to point to a parasite, but it seems like blunter instruments might be better for that. This seems like it should be used to go directly at the money site. True? False? Somewhere in between?
I'm a fan of parasite pages from authority sites, I wrote about them
here before they became a topic of discussion here on my blog but you want to mix that up as well.
5. I asked earlier if I could provide hand written content and you replied yes, but not necessary. Why? In your journey thread you make the point that "at this point" you are not pointing any pages with spun content at your site. I get that, but am I then missing something in your answer here?
I do send spun content to my sites; in fact I do it more often than most. I am using as few services in that thread as possible while I am building that site, and sharing that journey, so almost anyone can replicate it without spending a bunch of cash. Plus I don't want that thread to turn into me pitching my products or services, I want to show that a guy off the street can take 50.00 and build a huge site using elbow grease.
6. If I end the subscription at some point are the links removed?
Not unless you request it. We don't delete links unless it is requested and, even then, I offer to look at a client's overall backlinking infrastructure before deleting them to help them not make a decision that is more harmful than helpful.
7. I have to ask this again - for a site that is whiter than lily white - is the program safe?
I'm on a BH site but the only thing that is black about how I build sites is the color of the font on my pages. It is as safe as having Officer Friendly visit your child in elementary school.