Recent Linkvana reviews

by artlan
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Hi all,

I am new to this forum but a long time lurker

I have read so many Linkvana reviews and people are reporting very mixed results. It is very hard to find an honest and unbiased review online because most people are just pushing their affiliate links.

So I am curious to find from you, honest feedback regarding LinkVana. Are their blogs all minimum PR2 like they state on their sales page? Notice any SERP benefits? What are the downsides?

Basically, I would like to hear it all, the good and the bad so I can make a through decision.

Thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author kkchoon
    No, I found many new blog in their network, but they all share the same thing => it works just like a high PR link!

    Their blogs is continuing growing and it's the quality of the blog that makes them unique. Absolutely no dup content and Google loves them.

    You have to join for longer time (may be 3 months?) to gain access to more high PR blogs in the network, overall I won't be too worry about the PR, it just work very well for me.
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  • Profile picture of the author rhj12345
    Artlan,

    Go check out Brian's site. He will give you a great review of Linkvana.

    http://www.tactictester.com - Find out if it's crap, or worth buying
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  • Profile picture of the author rhab
    I've been using linkvana now for about 3 months. I am still debating staying with linkvana though. I haven't totally seen significant increases in rankings throughout my niches so I'm not totally convinced yet.

    I've never really seen a negative review of linkvana though so I know many people are having great success with it. I'm going to be doing more detailed testing with it to get a better idea. I didn't expect to see significant, immediate results within 1-2 months so I am going to give it another month or two to make a final decision.

    Lately, I've been wondering if simply using a combination of sites such as free traffic system, UAW, and Matt's new my article network would be just as effective if not more so compared to Linkvana.

    If you are currently making an income online I do think linkvana is at least worth trying. Again, personally unless you are going for niches with very low competition, I think you'll need to give it a few months to actually see significant results. You'll need to weigh your income and current efforts vs. the price of linkvana to determine if it's worth it for yourself.

    The actual system I do have to say I love. It's extremely simple and straight forward. It's well organized and quick and easy to post. They do have the option of having their writers make posts for you at $2 a pop. I did that once but what I found to be better and even cheaper is using your articles. I personally belong to need-an-article.net and also have an outsourcer working for me writing my articles. I take those articles, break them all down into 100-130 word posts based on 1 to 2 paragraphs of the articles and use those for linkvana. Quick and easy and you get great mileage from your articles. Because linkvana is very strict on dupe content, I wait for those posts to be cleared thru linkvana, then I submit the full articles to ezinearticles and other article sites.

    A poster above mentioned having to be a member for 3 or so months to gain access to higher pr blogs, I was not aware of this and do not know if this is fact or not, no disrespect to the poster intended. If that is the case it'll be interesting to see if this makes a difference for me at all.

    If you decide to try it just be sure to use it fully. Making a few posts here and there won't get you anywhere and for the price, you'll definitely want to take full advantage of it or it would just be a waste of your money.
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  • Profile picture of the author kkchoon
    You need to combine all kinds of links, just rely on 1 type of link will greatly decrease its' power!

    Try combine directory submission, blog network links, press releases, rss directory submission, bookmarking, blog comments, link exchange, 3 way links...

    If use any of this alone, you won't be impressed anyway, try combining them, I think you can gain more power from mixing links!
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  • Profile picture of the author artlan
    Originally Posted by kkchoon View Post

    You need to combine all kinds of links, just rely on 1 type of link will greatly decrease its' power!

    Try combine directory submission, blog network links, press releases, rss directory submission, bookmarking, blog comments, link exchange, 3 way links...

    If use any of this alone, you won't be impressed anyway, try combining them, I think you can gain more power from mixing links!
    Thanks, very good point. Google likes variety.

    Originally Posted by rhab View Post

    I've been using linkvana now for about 3 months. I am still debating staying with linkvana though. I haven't totally seen significant increases in rankings throughout my niches so I'm not totally convinced yet.

    I've never really seen a negative review of linkvana though so I know many people are having great success with it. I'm going to be doing more detailed testing with it to get a better idea. I didn't expect to see significant, immediate results within 1-2 months so I am going to give it another month or two to make a final decision.

    Lately, I've been wondering if simply using a combination of sites such as free traffic system, UAW, and Matt's new my article network would be just as effective if not more so compared to Linkvana.

    If you are currently making an income online I do think linkvana is at least worth trying. Again, personally unless you are going for niches with very low competition, I think you'll need to give it a few months to actually see significant results. You'll need to weigh your income and current efforts vs. the price of linkvana to determine if it's worth it for yourself.

    The actual system I do have to say I love. It's extremely simple and straight forward. It's well organized and quick and easy to post. They do have the option of having their writers make posts for you at $2 a pop. I did that once but what I found to be better and even cheaper is using your articles. I personally belong to need-an-article.net and also have an outsourcer working for me writing my articles. I take those articles, break them all down into 100-130 word posts based on 1 to 2 paragraphs of the articles and use those for linkvana. Quick and easy and you get great mileage from your articles. Because linkvana is very strict on dupe content, I wait for those posts to be cleared thru linkvana, then I submit the full articles to ezinearticles and other article sites.

    A poster above mentioned having to be a member for 3 or so months to gain access to higher pr blogs, I was not aware of this and do not know if this is fact or not, no disrespect to the poster intended. If that is the case it'll be interesting to see if this makes a difference for me at all.

    If you decide to try it just be sure to use it fully. Making a few posts here and there won't get you anywhere and for the price, you'll definitely want to take full advantage of it or it would just be a waste of your money.
    Thank you so much for such a detailed post. I will look into free traffic system, UAW and Matt's new my article network as well. I think you might have a good point where combining these 3 may be a better option than going solely with LinkVana.

    I hope you can keep me updated with how things are going for you.

    Originally Posted by rhj12345 View Post

    Artlan,

    Go check out Brian's site. He will give you a great review of Linkvana.

    tactic tester- Find out if it's crap, or worth buying
    I checked Brian's site, and while I do trust his review, I am still skeptical about a reviewer that pushes their affilate link left and right.

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    Originally Posted by kkchoon View Post

    No, I found many new blog in their network, but they all share the same thing => it works just like a high PR link!

    Their blogs is continuing growing and it's the quality of the blog that makes them unique. Absolutely no dup content and Google loves them.

    You have to join for longer time (may be 3 months?) to gain access to more high PR blogs in the network, overall I won't be too worry about the PR, it just work very well for me.
    Thanks for your reply. The 3 months rule is kind-of-interesting. I would love some other members to echo this.
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  • Profile picture of the author rhab
    Thanks kkchoon, I actually do use a very wide range of methods for my linking campaigns. In fact I use everything you mentioned plus a bit more. With that in mind, maybe you could provide some input and actually help me decide if keeping linkvana is worth it or not.

    Having established that my linking campaign does come from many sources like you mentioned, I wonder if linkvana is really worth it in the grand scheme of things? I certainly recognize the value of having a system like linkvana, but as of late I wonder if it's worth investing $147 a month and if in fact it significantly influences my rankings with the amount of effort and resources i already use.

    Although resources like UAW, free article system and my article network may not have as many high ranked pr blogs as linkvana does(and I don't know if that is true or not), in combination I wonder if they are just as good if not better overall.

    For example, maybe that $147 is better served in having more content created or maybe allocated into several smaller services or something. If linkvana was cheaper I'm sure the OP would have no problems with joining as probably most anyone. I guess along with the OP, I have lately been questioning the overall value with so many other great and cheaper resources available now which are the same and/or similar to Linkvana's system and purpose.
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    • Profile picture of the author artlan
      Originally Posted by rhab View Post

      Thanks kkchoon, I actually do use a very wide range of methods for my linking campaigns. In fact I use everything you mentioned plus a bit more. With that in mind, maybe you could provide some input and actually help me decide if keeping linkvana is worth it or not.

      Having established that my linking campaign does come from many sources like you mentioned, I wonder if linkvana is really worth it in the grand scheme of things? I certainly recognize the value of having a system like linkvana, but as of late I wonder if it's worth investing $147 a month and if in fact it significantly influences my rankings with the amount of effort and resources i already use.

      Although resources like UAW, free article system and my article network may not have as many high ranked pr blogs as linkvana does(and I don't know if that is true or not), in combination I wonder if they are just as good if not better overall.

      For example, maybe that $147 is better served in having more content created or maybe allocated into several smaller services or something. If linkvana was cheaper I'm sure the OP would have no problems with joining as probably most anyone. I guess along with the OP, I have lately been questioning the overall value with so many other great and cheaper resources available now which are the same and/or similar to Linkvana's system and purpose.
      rhab,

      You are absolutely right in saying that my main apprehension lies in the fact that linkvana is $147/month. That is a lot of money to spend on something that does not deliver noticeable stellar results.

      As far as deciding whether to keep or leave LinkVana, let's brainstorm whether UAW, free article system and my article network combined might yield better/similar results.

      As far as I am aware, LinkVana is simply a link dispersion system in which your articles appear on their huge network of blogs, supposedly with high PR (can you not check google webmaster tools external links to verifiy the backlinks and their PR?).

      What does UAW, free article system and my article network do in terms of backlinks?

      Well as far as Matt's my article network, to me it seems a less glorified and much cheaper version of LinkVana. They do not make any bold promises about PR. I am curious to hear any feedback from users who tried this blog network.

      Unique Article Wizard (UAW) seems like an online system that simply submits your articles to various article directories, I believe that there are plenty of software out there that does just that without the monthly fee. Someone correct me if I am wrong.

      Free article system, I have never heard about. I am curious, however, to see what they offer.
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  • Profile picture of the author rhab
    I'm in the same boat with you Art, even though I am making a good income online, I still view $147 to be a high monthly cost when you weigh it's true value and benefit. So far, I'm not seeing strong or significant indications in my campaigns.

    The bottom line for all of this is that you want back links, each of these services provides that solution. One thing that I have been considering with linkvana lately is that yes, they state their network is comprised of PR2+ blogs. I will take them for their word on that. Now, I don;t believe that PR is as huge a factor as it was before, but I do still believe it lends a hand in the overall picture. So I would rather have as many PR ranked blogs as I can get compared to PR 0 blogs.

    However, when people talk about having PR links, with blogs your posts end up being moved off the main index in a very short period of time i'm sure with so many members making posts. So to say you actually have a true PR 2,3,4 etc... link isn't entirely true. I'm not trying to debate or discuss the level of juice on this topic, just noting an aspect of an element to consider with linkvana vs. the rest.

    So let's look at the other services, FTS, UAW, and My Article Network. These services are all basically the same. You post articles and each service submits your articles to blogs within their network. In my opinion these are ideal links as you have your keywords surrounded by relevant content on relevant blogs within your niche.

    So in answer to your question, I personally think these systems create great back links for your overall linking campaign. These links will be spread over a variety of PR 0 - PR whatever blogs.

    For UAW, they not only submit to directories, but they submit to relevant blogs which are on topic to your niche. UAW does very well for me and I've never seen a negative review of UAW either. Plus, I know of a few marketers who I highly respect who back up what they preach and they use UAW with great results.

    As I've written my replies and discussed this with you a bit, I would say maybe put linkvana on hold termporarily and instead of going on reviews here, use these other free and cheaper services and see if you can achieve the results you need and are happy with. Then if you feel like you could use a boost, possibly give linkvana a try.

    This might serve two purposes, 1. You avoid a high cost monthly membership. Good especially if you're not bringing in an online income yet to cover it's cost. 2. You find out that the use of these other services does the trick and you avoid having to pay for linkvana all together.

    I'm considering dropping linkvana myself to do the above. I can always go back to it if I notice a drop in my current rankings and efforts. I don't want to influence you one way or another, but I know for a long time I battled overthe decision to join linkvana and if you can save some money, all the better for you.

    I am about to start a new niche. Competition numbers are good. I think what I'll do is not use linkvana this time around and only use the other systems we've discussed. I'll see how it does and over the course of the next few weeks or so will keep you updated on how well it goes. Then after a while I'll start using linkvana again and see if it improves from wherever I find myself in the serps.
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    • Profile picture of the author artlan
      Originally Posted by rhab View Post

      I'm in the same boat with you Art, even though I am making a good income online, I still view $147 to be a high monthly cost when you weigh it's true value and benefit. So far, I'm not seeing strong or significant indications in my campaigns.

      The bottom line for all of this is that you want back links, each of these services provides that solution. One thing that I have been considering with linkvana lately is that yes, they state their network is comprised of PR2+ blogs. I will take them for their word on that. Now, I don;t believe that PR is as huge a factor as it was before, but I do still believe it lends a hand in the overall picture. So I would rather have as many PR ranked blogs as I can get compared to PR 0 blogs.

      However, when people talk about having PR links, with blogs your posts end up being moved off the main index in a very short period of time i'm sure with so many members making posts. So to say you actually have a true PR 2,3,4 etc... link isn't entirely true. I'm not trying to debate or discuss the level of juice on this topic, just noting an aspect of an element to consider with linkvana vs. the rest.

      So let's look at the other services, FTS, UAW, and My Article Network. These services are all basically the same. You post articles and each service submits your articles to blogs within their network. In my opinion these are ideal links as you have your keywords surrounded by relevant content on relevant blogs within your niche.

      So in answer to your question, I personally think these systems create great back links for your overall linking campaign. These links will be spread over a variety of PR 0 - PR whatever blogs.

      For UAW, they not only submit to directories, but they submit to relevant blogs which are on topic to your niche. UAW does very well for me and I've never seen a negative review of UAW either. Plus, I know of a few marketers who I highly respect who back up what they preach and they use UAW with great results.

      As I've written my replies and discussed this with you a bit, I would say maybe put linkvana on hold termporarily and instead of going on reviews here, use these other free and cheaper services and see if you can achieve the results you need and are happy with. Then if you feel like you could use a boost, possibly give linkvana a try.

      This might serve two purposes, 1. You avoid a high cost monthly membership. Good especially if you're not bringing in an online income yet to cover it's cost. 2. You find out that the use of these other services does the trick and you avoid having to pay for linkvana all together.

      I'm considering dropping linkvana myself to do the above. I can always go back to it if I notice a drop in my current rankings and efforts. I don't want to influence you one way or another, but I know for a long time I battled overthe decision to join linkvana and if you can save some money, all the better for you.

      I am about to start a new niche. Competition numbers are good. I think what I'll do is not use linkvana this time around and only use the other systems we've discussed. I'll see how it does and over the course of the next few weeks or so will keep you updated on how well it goes. Then after a while I'll start using linkvana again and see if it improves from wherever I find myself in the serps.
      Hi Dave,

      I really appreciate you taking the time to personally address my question. Unfortunately, I cannot reply to your PM since I do not have 15 posts so I would post my reply below.

      I think I will follow your astute advice and try the smaller services first to see how well or not they work before opening up my wallet for LinKVana.

      As far as free traffic system, UAW, and my article network are concerned, would you be able to provide me a tad more info on these 3 services?

      free traffic system I have heard absolutely nothing about. What is the url?

      UAW I thought was just a site that submits your articles to a bunch of article directories. You mentioned in your last post that they also have blog networks. Care to elaborate on the usage of UAW and how it helped you achieve higher SERP positions?

      my article network is just linkvana but $100 dollars, correct? Anything else you could add in regards to this service?

      I would really appreciate if you keep updating me on LinkVana and my my article network to keep up with your progress.

      Finally, send me your affiliate links so if I decide to sign up, you can earn some commission =)
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