Does web2.0 still works?

Yes they still work VERY WELL depending on how you use them.

Do you just want to create countless spammy web 2.0 properties that aren't worthy of being seen?

That isn't going to work. It could actually hurt you.

But if you build web 2.0 properties that you aren't ashamed to show someone. That actually look like real sites that someone cares about,these sites can pass a manual review. (Important)

THEN you can feel free(feel free??? I ENCOURAGE IT!) to hit those web 2.0 with your scrapebox, the kitchen sink and whatever else you have in order to funnel the link-juice through your elite-tier 2.0s to your primary money site.

(I don't say money site but "primary money site", I'll explain later...)

Every web 2.0 is different, 200 worthless, powerless web 2.0 links does far less than 10 heavily backlinked juiced up powerful web 2.0.

Give your web 2.0s some TLC and they will give you some SERPs.

Pro tip: You will be more motivated to give your web 2.0s the love they need if they are directly earning money for you, so put an email capture on each one or some lesser means of advertising if you must. This way you'll have more of a vested in them.

PBN are great if you have big budget, but if you don't then use web 2.0 properties which will be free of charge. Also as mentioned above, create quality websites. make a schedule posts with diverse content (articles, images, video, infographics etc). Make it look and feel natural. Another thing to mention - 2 or 5 properties won't result in instant rankings, but it will diverse your links profile, which is great.

Quick question, i don't mean to digress from the topic..

Say you wanted to write a new post, its relevant to your main website, but you don't really have a place to put the article. Would you figure out a way to post these to your main website, or would you make a web2.0 and treat that as a place to post up solid content that funnels people into your main website?

my main website is silo'd perfectly and if i wanted to make a new article around a topic, it doesn't really fit into the silos and would me more for a viral/social media sniper sort of article.

What would you do? web 2.0? money site? new domain? PBN?

And being that the question was about web 2.0s, I answered accordingly.

...and that's really the point.

Look, at my peak I was able to generate between 1.1-1.4 billion links per 24 hour cycle depending on network congestion and assuming I didn't inadvertently create a dos-attack scenario on the domains I was creating links on (which actually happened more frequently than you might imagine.) Of course they weren't all web 2.0 links and actually very, very few of them where (maybe 1,000/day). However, that's not really the point.

With guys like me running around crushing publicly available resources I came to realize that these places would eventually become problematic in terms of their intended SEO value. Simply put, if a domain created a form that can be populated with a link then the result of that link will ultimately have to be devalued in comparison to a domain that can not be 'penetrated' by any random Joe.

It's really of critical importance at this point to own your links - with the only exception being truly unique and significant editorial links where an active webmaster/editor is selectively controlling them.

That having been established, I couldn't agree more with the statements of investing in your business.

If someone can't afford a few thousand dollars a year to operate their business at minimum then they had better get really good at "Other" methods and not off-page SEO (for the most part) - which typically only come with experience. By "Other" methods, I'm not advocating web 2.0's - if anything I hope my above points reference why those aren't a great thing to rely on (although they can still be used within reason and as long as they don't expect miracles.)

If someone can't afford to buy some domains for $9/year with free privacy and a handful of cheap hosting accounts, then they need to become absolute ninja's with on-page SEO, keyword research, content development and outreach to those restrictive webmasters/editors that I made reference to before.

Even if they did all of that correctly, I still don't see how they could be in business honestly. Even the small things add up. Premium WP themes (or custom development), plugins, real hosting/cdn, etc etc etc....

I hate to be the one to say it, but the idea of being in this business "For Free" has long since passed. To justify a web 2.0 in comparison to a self hosted domain is... inappropriate I suppose is the best word for it.

2.0, self hosted, either way will be weak links If that's all your doing.

If you want long term links build out the network sites as real sites where traffic will help build links spread out over the entire network. That doesn't mean you can't add/optimize additional IBLs.

Now now children play nice

Can we always assume that the web 2.0s and domains are built with the touch of an angel and are always of high quality.

Yes, web2.0 is still in a work as it provides a link juice.
But if you are making it in a access way then the advantage of it will turn into disadvantage.
Therefore, it is better to create it in a genuine way so it won't look spammy.

Yes web 2.0 still works for SEO. but you have to use only that web 2.0 websites thats page rank is above 5. it works properly.

Review of the "HOTH" seems like BS to me ... I'd rather take my money and invest it in PBN'S and Sponsorship on high PR pages.

Does The Hoth Really Work? A 5 Month Review

Yes i think so if done on high quality web2.0 sites having high DA also use long tail keywords if your site is new.