Planet13 - 2:11 pm on Oct 26, 2010 (gmt 0)

@tedster:

Promotion of website content is a different thing...

Can you elaborate on the differences in your opinion?

The link debate is confusing for many of us. I see the #1 listing for one of our desired keywords is held by a competitor, whose majority of links are reciprocal. And he didn't even get them by hand. He participates in an AUTOMATED third-party reciprocal link program.

#2, #5, and #8 are held by one company with three stores (one volusion, one magneto, one a yahoo store), where the majority of links are between those stores.

Been this way for several years now.