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Paid links! New info and I almost blew it!

by paulgl
3 replies
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Some of you who have known me for a while know
I make money selling links on my sites. An ad
broker contacted me yesterday to buy a link.
No problem, send me the details and cash.

Lo and behold, I get a nasty email back saying
sorry, you have a link on your side bar that goes
to an "Advertise on this site" complete with rates.
They said that was a big no-no and were now not
interested in buying. Keep in mind I have that link
on most of my sites.

Well, it made me think that it would certainly be
a tipoff of a site selling paid links.

Needless to say, I took the friggin link and page down
ASAP, sent an email back saying I had.

Good news is that they bought the ad.

So, looks like one more caveat about buying links.

You want them on pages that give you a contextual
link, high up, and not global. Only one page. AND...
not a site that readily advertises they have paid links!!!!!

Whew!

Paul
#blew #info #links #paid
  • Profile picture of the author Jeannie Crabtree
    So if you don't have an advertise on this site message, how are they supposed to know they can advertise on your site? Or was the complaint that you had the rates posted?

    I am building a few directory sites, and everyone I have seen has a link that you can advertise on the site. A few you have to phone for the rates though.

    Please explain more. Thanks.
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      Via contact page or whois. Ad brokers have
      other ways as well. Like other ad brokers.

      They seemed to have an issue with posted
      rates. I assume this makes the advertise
      page look worse than just a contact page.

      Thing is, nobody ever read the advertise page much,
      I presume, because they always asked for a much
      cheaper rate!

      I never leave money on the table. Every link adds
      to the bottom line, and I actually make more on
      paid links than adsense.

      I do make tons of content, so not much trouble about
      stuffing paid links.

      Paul
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      If you were disappointed in your results today, lower your standards tomorrow.

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  • Profile picture of the author Jeannie Crabtree
    In thinking about it, we are working with two types of customers.

    I sell some article written and distributed through network type backlink
    packages to customers, so understand this type of backlink.

    Yours is advertising, mainly for the backlinks. I guess most of them won't
    want it easily available that this is what they are doing?

    My directory sites, it is out there for general businesses to advertise
    at the top of a list of like businesses. A different type of backlink.
    They are mainly looking at it as advertising, not thinking of the backlink.
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