Still at webmasterworld the opinion of some of the long term members is a serious source of knowledge.
An average webmaster of course is not able to read the 200 post of each thread.
There’s no way to have a real understanding about how Search Engines works , by using a software like Webceo or similars .
In the best case they only provide an automatic device to anlize keyword density, tags, headings etc.
The big scam with these piece of software is people claiming that they can anticipate or fully understand how to deal with the algorithm changes.
Tons of links?
After some years online I really doubt about this technique.
Related links?
If I have the time I’ll contribute with an article talking about a website getting good rankings buying unrelated/non english sites links from western europe.
Of course I like related partners but that’s not the whole solution.
Ton of content?
New sites with 500 or 600 pages are quite artificial IMO.
PR for rankings?
I doubt about this too
So my bet for the future is a very basic SEO and common sense.
And again that is something that at least for me is only available from real webmasters posting in some forums (including this),