Why use Micro sites for seo?

Microsites to increasing search engine traffic.?

Microsites for SEO is a popular strategy employed by online businesses.  Basically a Microsite is a common term for setting up niche sites for specific product ranges or brands that attract strong search results due to their targeted nature.Many online businesses see these  as a way of creating back  links and getting higher rankings but are they?

There seems to be two camps here, one don’t do it as gGogle is smarter than that and will see you are trying to fradudently creaet links, Two do it cant do any harm, after all a link is a link?

I think we could all do far worse than to read this post here by Hobo Seo

My view is do it but only if you know what you are doing!