I do all mine manually. A) it's better quality, b) I ain't paying all that cash for Nuke (which can't handle all web 2.0s anyway, AFAIK) and c) it's a long-term investment so I don't mind. And if I am doing SEO for a serious offline business I don't want loads of spun junk in its backlink profile. For my own offline company I build totally unique, quality Web 2.0s related to my field - linkbait stuff that gets Likes etc. and would never have a problem in a manual review or some algo change. I mean, sure, most people aren't going to bother with this for "green baby chairs" or whatever, but there can be good reasons...
The advantage of automated system is that you increase your productivity.
I do all mine manually. A) it's better quality, b) I ain't paying all that cash for Nuke (which can't handle all web 2.0s anyway, AFAIK) and c) it's a long-term investment so I don't mind. And if I am doing SEO for a serious offline business I don't want loads of spun junk in its backlink profile. For my own offline company I build totally unique, quality Web 2.0s related to my field - linkbait stuff that gets Likes etc. and would never have a problem in a manual review or some algo change. I mean, sure, most people aren't going to bother with this for "green baby chairs" or whatever, but there can be good reasons...
How can it be a better quality when you do it manually? Sorry but that makes no sense to me. I can go to a web 2.0 property manually, create an account, create a page, put my articles there, or I can do exactly the same with the help of a tool. The only difference is the time spent while doing it manually.
I'm not talking about leaving footprints here, that's a whole different issue.