I feel the same way. Had great results from aln, it was my main source of linking. The last 2 months or so I have found it to be a lot less effective. It still does work though and I can still rank niche sites this way. Anyone else?

thanks. we can learn 2 thing from this:

1. That is why small unknown private blog network are the best...

2. use many types of backlinks, so google algorithm change wont effect you that bad..

yes.. ALN still works great, because i think link from blogpost on high PR blogs are the best link until now after .gov and .edu . using ALN we can get links from many different PR1-PR6 blogs/domains, Nameserver, different A/B/C class IP, Different who is domain
i can reach pageone #1-5 with many keywords i targeted under 1 week, i just do around 50 submissions a day
remember: if we use ALN for backlinking, make sure your money site have a lot high quality unique content and informatif, do not use copy paste article / low quality content / not unique article on your money site, because if your money site reach pageone somedays then your money site will go to down more on the serp if you use low quality article / copy paste article / not unique article on your money site

I'm not sure... Is ALN the one that gives you up to 3 anchored texts all, in, a, row at the end of the spun article? Plus has a searchable author footprint?

If so I hope they change the format, because it's perhaps the easiest footprint to pick out of any blog network I've tried.

How is there so much misinformation in this thread?

.... HECK NO! Do not use ALN right now. All the blogs are being deindexed. And Google has even penalized the websites that are receiving links from the network.

If you want to receive a good ol' "unnatural link building" message from the big G-bot, then you should definitely give ALN a try.

if youre gonna use it blast it to your tier2/3 links.

Don't use it to blast your money site, otherwise Google are gonna bum you til you bleed.