Google is a little smarter than all those spam tools... I think some might work, in some instances, but the real threat to google I think is buying links from h

Google is a little smarter than all those spam tools... I think some might work, in some instances, but the real threat to google I think is buying links from high quality private sites off the grid, where you actually analyze which links are helping your competitors rank, using tools like opensiteexplorer and majestic seo, and approaching them privately to buy links or place sponsored blog posts on their sites.... Just to be clear, there are 40 some factors that effect the value of a link, and that is just on a generic level, these factors carry different weight in different verticals, and based on other signals. http://wiep.net/link-value-factors/ http://wiep.net/link-value-factors/ I think we need to wait and see how google rolls out this new penalty to see how it plays out.