Selling links might get you in trouble (SEO)
 

http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/blog/john...rankings-back/

This calls into question the whole concept behind TLA (textlinkads.com) or maybe the whole 'review me' linkback method. Although many of the sites that use the latter method still rank high for the key phrase "make money online."

Is this manual spam pull by Google a one off thing aimed to make a very public example? Or is it (or will it be) part of a trend?

Its always best to read Googles guidelines before doing your SEO !!!

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