My silly rant is meant to show how silly the whole idea of giving Google a link is.
Do people really think that this practice will improve their ranking?
IMO it’s a bit like offering up a sacrifice to appease the Gods.
Nah, I dont think anyone really beleives it does anything more than what Randy said eariler in this thread.
On the plus side, having a link to a related search may provide some benefit to site visitors… if you can stand directing traffic off to the competition… 
Kevin 11