It's still spam, and it will still get you banned. It's a very temporary solution. You shouldn't use it on good sites and domains.
There were a lot of good comments and questions that went unanswered about the consequences of this, in the other thread, which is probably why it wasn't bumped.
http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showth...hreadid=202007
SEGuru used to be such an anti-spam advocate, especially when it comes to the search engines. I'm surprised. I think he's been corrupted by someone, but not sure who yet.
http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showth...hreadid=153121