No wonder people are bitching about Google showing tubes for most keywords and their own "quality" sites tanking every day...
I posted a thread the other day in the sell and buy forum, looking to buy hardlinks. Boy was I shocked at the sites I got sent to look at... For fuck's sake people, how do you think Google is supposed to like/rank a site with 120+ outgoing links in the footer? That's a fucking linkfarm... Add to that the fact that the sites it "trades links" with do just about the same thing and welcome to clusterfuck land.
It's not Google's fault that tubes rank well. It's adult webmasters' fault, 'cause they know fuck all about SEO and usability.
Oh and BTW, $20/mo for a footer link on a PR1 site with 200+ outgoing backlinks, now THAT is a good deal!
On a related note, if anyone has some GOOD links for sale, get in touch please.