I stay out of these threads because most people dont want to know my view... but it looks like people are doing themselves more damage than they realise.
THINK! before you swap! - Any swap "for PR" of for "SE's" can also affect all your CURRENT swaps.
I would never swap with Sandwalker
I would never swap with Otter
Therefore if someone I already have a link swap with .. then goes and swaps with these people.. I will(and have) remove the original link swap.
I do not want to be associated with these other people , and do no want to put at risk the SE work I have already done.
DON'T just swap blindly with everyone that post that they have "PR whatever" !
Who are they?
Where does their PR come from?
How did they get PR6 after 5 mins in the biz?
There are lots of BAD ways to get PR.. and one of Google's prime directives is to remove them.
Linking to people that do dogy things can hurt you. - FACT
Links from dodgy people to your site can hurt you. - FACT
DD