Years ago we scoffed at SE submission... anything worthwhile would crawl you.
Today I went thru my bulkmail to find an internetseer ad for a company that wanted to submit my site to a half million FFA links, SEs, and directories, 12x a year, for like a nickle or something.
What is the rational behind this? If it immediately got people banned I guess it wouldn't sell(?) or are they just selling cyanide tables as bubble gum? To be honest, I'm tempted to take a 'fun' site I've been using as a whipping post, and see what the hell happens when I push that button. In fact, I was trying to think up someone I hate so I could use their email address:)