Sounds like they're link spamming. Those links are very very low quality, you can easily beat them. Don't chase low quality links, get higher quality links.

Sounds like they're link spamming. Those links are very very low quality, you can easily beat them. Don't chase low quality links, get higher quality links. It won't be considered "black hat". If you are writing good content I'd suggest using this quality content to increase your rank. Here's a solid way to do that: 1. Buy high Page Rank domains / Websites related to your niche. 2. Begin posting press release style content about your content, with links, on these high PageRank domains. This will mean every post you write will have 50 - 100 high quality links to it straight away. Fight fire with fire.