energylevel - 10:02 pm on Nov 24, 2005 (gmt 0)

<<< not a good argument--unless he can show us that all of them managed to escape it. Not all new sites can get links from the Red Cross, CNN, MSNBC or Fema. >>>

I was thinking the exact same thing, it can be very difficult to acquire these types of inbound links, maybe if you already own one or more authority sites in a particular sector you can swing it for your new site by linking from you authority site(s), that's a rare case scenario though ...