pro_seo - 2:40 pm on Oct 24, 2008 (gmt 0)

In my experience it can trigger alarm bells.

Care to share what kind of experiences you had to suggest that getting links too fast may trigger bells.

Linkbaits/ Viral content is considered as the holy grail of natural search marketing in today's scenario. And if you can create a killer link bait - you have no control over the number of links you build to your content in a particular day/ week....it can be hundreds, thousands and even millions.

How can that hurt your site's rankings...? Is it a punishment for building high quality and linkable content..or is it a penalty for getting too many votes too fast.

Assumptions are not the same as quality advice IMHO.