vBSEO with Pingbacks and Trackbacks?

[jward]

awesome, should make forum spamming 1000X easier

With the Google BigDaddy changes impacting the SERPs due to some of the current methods of link building (particularly linking networks or linkfarms), having a mechanism that allows for a convergence between the blogosphere and the forumsphere should be a welcome evolution! It's a great way to build relevant links. We'll be working on tightening up our moderation mechanisms to combat link spamming in customer forums.

Matt Cutts blogged regarding how BigDaddy is impacting sites. Probably old news to many of you, but I'll provide the link. I summarized it on our forum, but here is the more detailed post from Matt:

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/indexing-timeline/