Long time student of Kurt. Kurt and the bombs changed my life from 65 hours a week in the car biz to when I want to from home. (Which ironically, is 65 hours a week )
I looked at linksvana and dismissed it as hype. I have link sources coming out of my ying yang (understand, I no longer SEO my own stuff anymore, I run a SEO company and my 'secret sauce' is the link mix)
But, when Kurt says "It's a good mix" what he means is...It's part of a GOOD mix!
About Kurt's strategies: I hired a web dev and I heard him bitching about my random approach, ie. sites built with wordpress, html sites, crazy interlinking, use of rss, etc.
Then I showed him my clients rankings.
Then I explained Kurt's methodology to have 'all of the bases covered'.
It was a short conversation once the stats came out.
Thanks, Kurt.