Question on the Link Wheel method

[simpleonline1234]

Just now getting around to reading up on the ever famous link wheels...

Is Google cracking down on link wheel method? And is there another way of going about creating a link wheel without becoming penalized??

Thanks

[sahi]

Don't know about Google cracking down on link wheels as all of my link wheels are working perfectly, and ranking well in SERPS.
I try not to leave footprints or a pattern that can lead to me, and I use as much properties as possible in my link wheels with the purpose of totally dominating my niches.

[fir3d]

google can't penalize your main site if you have a linkwheel around it. The rumor is that links from a linkwheel are giving less link juice. Keep content original or spin it a lot before posting.

[CliveG]

There have been a couple of good threads on this subject in the last couple of weeks. Forum search is your friend!

[euhlir]

I've heard of people getting penalized for having them, but i don't think there's any solid evidence, at least that I've seen.

Your best bet would be just to have one-way backlinks from high PR sites, rather than bother with link wheels.

[turbohips]

There is absolutely zero penalty or else I'll do it to all of my competitors. If a search engine finds a link wheel most likely they will identify the sites and give zero link juice for the sites links.

[linkwheeler]

There is NO penalty issued by google for linkwheels.