Planet13 - 8:27 pm on Jan 30, 2011 (gmt 0)

I think this thread has gotten pretty far off course of the original question, which was:

Automated Forum Profile Link Building - Does it Work?

So I would like to re-ask the original poster's question:

Is using automated forum profile software an effective way of increasing Page Rank and increasing position in the SERPs?

Please understand this is not a question about morality. Nor is it a question about the best remedies for BLOCKING spam posts on sites that rely on user-generated content.

It is a question on the effectiveness of boosting one's SERPs by creating forum profiles on a wide scale.