Hi Karl,

>If the loophole works the way it is supposed to work why
>have not been discovered incidentally when using the
>blackhole RSS feeds?

This is a good question...Again, I haven't tried this for the purpose Dave suggests, and I'm recommending it based on my general experience with Dave.

Have you set up your network the same way Dave suggests?

>It's enough to create and ping a bunch of "made up"
>blackhole RSS feeds or do we need to "anchor" them to
>properties that can syndicate RSS?

The blackholes can be stored on any domain. They can then be syndicated to any other site that is RSS friendly.

I'd concertate on building a single, great blackhole, moreso than multiple lesser blackholes.

>Do you think Kurt that using contextual links instead of
>hard coded ones will make the method more effective for MSN?

Hard coded is the worng term here...Contextual vs. Clustered.

I'm guessing here...I don't think MSN is sophisticated enough to tell the difference, I could be wrong.

I would add a few contextual links, just for variety and the fact that it will help in google, even if the strategy is mainly for MSN.