Originally Posted by dissipate

"A-B-C" linking is in essence a way to try and "trick" the search engines into thinking that you're not using straight reciprocated backlinks. While mildly better than a straight "A-B" link it is still something that is easily identified by Google. The best way to create links is sthe hardest, but getting trusted sites within a topic to link to you with no reciprocation whatsoever due to the fact that their surfers would enjoy your site.

While this sounds all well and good, the world of adult is not so full of cupcakes and lollypops. No one is going to cut their revenue by just placing a link to you out of the kindness of their heart (well, most of the time). So what you're left with is two options: 1) You can purchase hard links from sites, however Google is getting better and better at spotting clouds of purchased links within sites (you're best off with them putting an individual "plug" for your site somewhere within their written copy). 2) You're stuck with "A-B-C" linking as it's still the lesser of two evils available for exchanging links as of right now.

But what the fuck do I know.