[JayBallentine]

Wrong actually. That alone was the case before the penguin update, but since, one of the changes is that a link to a high ranking page alone does not give you ranking, the link has to be engaged by unique users. If you add links to your site that no one clicks, it poisons your site.

So you're saying that earning (not purchasing) high PR links does not help in ranking? I am a bit confused here.