You are not making sense.
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Look what the number one listing is for all those SERPS"
For all
what serps? You have not shown or mentioned any serps.
A serp/s requires a keyword/s. How are we to "look at a listing" without a keyword/s indicated? Is the key word "failure"? Are the key words the words that you have bolded?
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This may go down in history as the greatest example of SERPs manipulation via links"
What may go down in history as the greatest example of SERPs manipulation via links?
It is no wonder that people have a hard time understanding SEO!