>You don't explicitly say so, but could I assume this
>technique is one you should not use on, as you call them,
>your "gold" sites?
>
>I have it chugging along on one of my "silver" sites right
>now and was planning to add it to a few others, but wanted
>to get some clarity from you first.

Hi Ernie,

It probably should be used on tin/silver sites to build links to your gold sites.

Keep in mind that the URLs used in the RSS pheeds can be to multiple domains/URLs/sites.

Once this is setup, it's pretty easy to make a few minor tweaks, then set it up again on a different tin/silver site, and keep repeating. So, instead of pinging one install multiple times a day, ping each of multiple installs once a day.

Also, these blackhole RSS pheeds are excellent to add to Blogger (and other) accounts....In the case of Blogger using RSS Explosion featured in this thread:
http://www.dombom.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=71&forum=DCForumID42

Set up multiple installs of the blackhole, adding the different RSS URLs to numerous Blogger accounts is a good start on a linking/indexing network.