CainIV - 7:47 am on Feb 20, 2009 (gmt 0)

It's all about semantics here. Most would say that links strategy IS part of SEO, since acquiring links for the purposes of promoting positions, is, well in a nutshell, optimization of sorts.

I would definitely agree that SEO as it relates to old school factors like measuring key density and prominence etc is quite likely dead or dying fast.

I see in my sectors that organized websites, well linked, and especially aged, are taking the cake.