How To Buy Links
Aaron has a great post on link buying entitled "Buy Links Without Being Called a Spammer".
"The types of link buys that Google has a distaste for are the links that are exchanged directly for cash. Modify your way of thinking just a little and there are a wide array of easy to buy high value links awaiting your purchase. The key to having a low risk profile is to make the link appear indirect"
Many webmasters have become worried about so-called "paid" links after Matt Cutts mentioned that Google may take a harder line over link buying in future.
Of course, this begged the obvious question: what is a paid link? If the deal involved money changing hands, then is Yahoo Directory selling paid links? Does money need to change hands? What about favors? What about business relationships? Did money exchange hands for the very post you are looking at now? It didn’t, but perhaps I’m not being truthful. Or maybe I am. How would a human know for sure, let alone a machine?
This debate has been raging ever since, and I won’t duplicate it again here. However, Aarons tips are great for those looking to gain links, without also gaining the risk of negative attention from Google.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
Since Google has, in effect, defined links as the be-all and end-all for SERP rankings…this is obviously a critical matter… especially since they then muddied the waters further by empowering easy web site monetization and letting it grow unchecked into MFA Hell for 3 years (making it very difficult for even substantive sites to avoid getting drowned out by garbage).
While I agree with Aaron’s suggestion that there ought to be (and no doubt are) other ways to make linking happen…I loathe the idea that this will somehow become another “angle to be played” by those looking to make a a buck. I don’t attend SEO conferences or travel in circles that would allow me to benefit from these kinds of “informal arrangments”. And it’s probably just as well…since my sites don’t fit neatly into competitive categories.
And yet…good sites of any kind need (and deserve) linking opportunities. If your site cannot be found…”natural linking” will NEVER occur.
It would be pretty cool if there were a members-only forum where ‘people of good will’ could meet up and exchange this kind of info privately. But…how do you means-test for character? As we’ve seen time and again, all it takes is one bad apple to ruin an opportunity for all of us.
August 21st, 2007 at 3:21 am
Thanks Chuck.
“And yet…good sites of any kind need (and deserve) linking opportunities. If your site cannot be found…”natural linking” will NEVER occur.”
Couldn’t agree more.
“It would be pretty cool if there were a members-only forum where ‘people of good will’ could meet up and exchange this kind of info privately”
They do exist, but deep below radar. As you say, membership is a challenge.
August 21st, 2007 at 7:29 pm
Hi,
I’ve bought links from alot of different link services and traded with hundreds of sites,which most of them don’t reciprocate anymore because they’re out of business in a few months.
To sum it up, even if you buy links on PR7 or PR8 site they usally put your link on a low pr page.
John McCall
http://www.net-ebooks.com
August 22nd, 2007 at 9:56 am
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