LAST EDITED ON May-22-10 AT 03:58 AM (PST)
 
Rumors are Google has devalued cheap and easy links. I'm not
>sure if there's truth to this or not, but it will probably
>be true in the future..

I thought its pretty obvious - just look at the people over at wf complaining that the bought link packages are not working anymore

IMO this is actually a good thing!!!!!
With so many packages, tools etc spreading all over the internet it was only a matter of time -
but some stuff will continue to work like article submission etc (basically everything which requires work!)

Also content will be more valuable than ever before...