Bill, I don't know why you always seem to take what I say personally. When I say crap sites, I'm not talking about anyone's sites in particular.
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You've already said google can't tell the difference between no trustrank minor pages and notrustrank spam
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I said IF Google is using the TrustRank algo, then Google can't tell the difference between low PageRank quality pages and low PageRank spam. That makes longtail SERPs somewhat of a level playing field when your splog is only competing against spam/new sites with slim-to-none link profile, but I wouldn't say splogs have any kind of an edge. A splog page with a low link profile and no trusted IBLs is also no match for a page on a high TBPR site with links from places like Yahoo! Directory or DMOZ even if that page only mentions your target keyword somewhere on the bottom of the page.
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But I'm totally with you on one thing, people shouldn't splog.
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When did I say people shouldn't splog? Whatever floats your boat, man. I was arguing against using trackbacks as a deep linking strategy.
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Why is a comment better than a trackback?
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- Leaving a short comment takes less time than writing a post
- Leaving a comment on a nofollow-free blog gives you one way links, whereas with a trackback, linking is reciprocal.