We don't know: 1) how much of a factor pagerank still is and 2) how pagerank is calculated. Google may very well be beating down pagerank as a factor, while sim

We don't know: 1) how much of a factor pagerank still is and 2) how pagerank is calculated. Google may very well be beating down pagerank as a factor, while simultaneously adjusting how pagerank gets calculated so these spam links matter much less. My bigger gripe is how awful it is to get rid of bad links, either as a result of your own past discretions (or past discretions you've inherited) or from negative SEO.