Build My Rank Closed...Good Alternatives?

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Hi Guys

Well, as I am sure some of you will know, BMR have closed their doors to new members.

I was actually planning to sign up with these guys as I like the fact that they only need 150 words per post and give good results.

Does anyone know of an alternative to this service...basically something simple and effective.

Thanks in advance
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  • Profile picture of the author MarketingChad
    In addition to BMR I use Blog Blueprint. It's similar as you only need 150 word posts and they are more lenient about spun content. I don't know if it's quite as effective as BMR but it's a good alternative in the meantime until/if they open it back up.
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    • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
      Originally Posted by MarketingChad View Post

      In addition to BMR I use Blog Blueprint. It's similar as you only need 150 word posts and they are more lenient about spun content.
      Unfortunately most people seem to think that is a plus but its actually a huge negative. Spun content is one of the things that make a site opened to being deindexed.

      never mind - at the top of their sales page there is this notice

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      Sorry... The Doors To Blog Blueprint Are Closed... But, ENTER YOUR EMAIL BELOW To Claim Your Free Report & Be Added To Our Waiting List"
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  • Profile picture of the author Cataclysm1987
    I've heard nothing but good things about ALN.

    Don't join a public network unless it's top notch. Otherwise try to find private, low risk networks with very little footprint.

    Not worth the risk to waltz into traffic planet and buy every high PR network in the site any more. Too many penalties. That's why BMR closed.
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  • Profile picture of the author marketinguk
    I have gone through all these kind of programs, such as bmr, backlinks genie, linxboss etc. and can tell you that recently google is being very punishing if they trace you and think you've been paying for automated links. I am not just saying what's going around on forums like here i can tell you from personal experience where i got slapped suddenly after doing really well on some of my sites. All i would say is be very careful what you go for and like cataclysm says go somewhere where there is minimal footprints!
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  • Profile picture of the author Fernando Veloso
    The amount of money some people invest to use "a" network, they could use same money to create their own safe, private and profitable network.

    Food for thought.
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    • Profile picture of the author Letsurf
      Originally Posted by Fernando Veloso View Post

      The amount of money some people invest to use "a" network, they could use same money to create their own safe, private and profitable network.

      Food for thought.
      Can you explain how to do this? If there is a better and more safe way than BMR I'd love to hear it.
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    • Profile picture of the author joetheseo
      don't give them ideas :rolleyes:

      Originally Posted by Fernando Veloso View Post

      The amount of money some people invest to use "a" network, they could use same money to create their own safe, private and profitable network.

      Food for thought.
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      • Profile picture of the author cssitkt
        OP - do a little research. A PBN is an extremely dangerous link building option at the moment; thousands of blogs have been deindexed recently. Matt Cutts even tweeted last week that he and his team are well aware of PBN's and are dealing with them accordingly.

        At the very least stay away from the ones you see advertised with large banners and thoroughly check out the quality of any PBN you may be considering.

        Does anyone know of an alternative to this service...basically something simple and effective.

        Simple and effective is not enough criteria to choose a PBM; it needs to appear natural.
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      • Profile picture of the author Letsurf
        Originally Posted by joetheseo View Post

        don't give them ideas :rolleyes:
        As if this is some complicated secret process and you're one of the only few who knows it LMAO. This is a thread about BMR alternatives and the majority are saying stay away from blog networks because they are bad news. I'm sure there are people here who could benefit from a safe and effective alternative...
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  • Profile picture of the author seococonuts
    Hmm, some interesting thoughts here. I think blog blueprint also closed to new members recently.
    I actually already have a medium sized but expanding network of high PR blogs in the health niche and it works wonders for my clients and I but I was planning to use something more automated for people outside of this niche.

    A friend of mine uses BMR and seems to still be ranking well for his keywords using this alone so I wonder how strict Google really are...maybe they just haven't got round to him yet!
    Thanks for your response guys, I still might try a few so keep the thoughts and comments rolling.
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    • Profile picture of the author Fernando Veloso
      Originally Posted by seococonuts View Post

      Hmm, some interesting thoughts here. I think blog blueprint also closed to new members recently.
      I actually already have a medium sized but expanding network of high PR blogs in the health niche and it works wonders for my clients and I but I was planning to use something more automated for people outside of this niche.

      A friend of mine uses BMR and seems to still be ranking well for his keywords using this alone so I wonder how strict Google really are...maybe they just haven't got round to him yet!
      Thanks for your response guys, I still might try a few so keep the thoughts and comments rolling.
      Best regards
      The main issue with these networks is Google chasing them, shutting them down, and in the end, killing all your (his, their) rankings.

      Who wants to rely on such a dangerous and volatile system?
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      • Profile picture of the author seococonuts
        Yes, very valid point. I might just stick to my own network then and build this out. I did actually get an email from Highpr society a couple of hours ago saying they are also shutting the doors but I have an account with them anyway.
        If Google are deadly serious about all this then it might be "goodnight" for these public networks then...time will tell I guess
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      • Originally Posted by Fernando Veloso View Post

        The main issue with these networks is Google chasing them, shutting them down, and in the end, killing all your (his, their) rankings.
        Do you have any proof of this? Or is this speculation?

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        • Profile picture of the author nateall
          One of my sites received this type of filter a week ago - I use BMR.
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        • Profile picture of the author salegurus
          Originally Posted by fluffythewondercat View Post

          Do you have any proof of this? Or is this speculation?

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        • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
          Originally Posted by fluffythewondercat View Post

          Do you have any proof of this? Or is this speculation?

          fLufF
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          Its a fact. The reports of networks getting piles of sites deindexed is all over the internet if you know where to look and one owner even did a video stating that rental networks are dead
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  • Profile picture of the author J0hnnycl1ckz
    You can use Fiverr and for $5-$10 you can get ALN/UAW/BMR/Linkvana posts to your site. That's what I'm doing right now until BMR opens their gates back up. I just missed registering by a few days...
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    • Profile picture of the author LilBlackDress
      Originally Posted by J0hnnycl1ckz View Post

      You can use Fiverr and for $5-$10 you can get ALN/UAW/BMR/Linkvana posts to your site. That's what I'm doing right now until BMR opens their gates back up. I just missed registering by a few days...
      Well you shouldn't be able to get BMR posts on Fiverr to your sites as it is against BMR's TOS to use BMR on sites you don't own. All those posts could potentially get deleted. So watch out for that gig.
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  • Profile picture of the author roomservice
    You might start using authority link network.
    At least even efficient, but much cheaper!
    And: a much wider variation of blogs. (around 20.000 at the moment!)
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  • Profile picture of the author petkanov
    I am registered with BMR, but canceled the two week trial. Do you think they will let me upgrade to paid membership?
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  • Profile picture of the author petkanov
    I just activated my inactive account. I am really happy, because I was planning to start using BMR from next week.
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  • Profile picture of the author wrbeckett
    rankjumpers is doing well for us. they limit # of customers, require high quality content and hide their sites. they do limit posts though if you push only a few keywords. also will only accept customers pointing links back to established and aged sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author Charanjit
    this is why link diversity and a link wheel is a must, and the phrase dont have all your eggs in one basket comes to mind.
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    • Profile picture of the author seococonuts
      Originally Posted by Charanjit View Post

      this is why link diversity and a link wheel is a must, and the phrase dont have all your eggs in one basket comes to mind.
      I totally agree actually. I do some pretty big link wheel projects for my clients each week and being as it's all manual with quality content, I think these kind of links are the one's that will come out victorious after Google does it's next clean up.
      Dare I say it, but I do actually agree that Google needs to sweep up and give rankings to the people that deserve it. Yes, blasting tons of xrumer links to a site is easy but given that "white-hat" SEO's such as myself spend literally hours building manual links and doing quality content to actually contribute to the internet makes me think that people on this side of the fence should be rewarded.
      However, blogging services such as the one's mentioned above for me are simply one tier of links in backed up and used to boost other platforms that again, I manually create and will not be punished.
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  • Profile picture of the author TopBackBuilder
    There are a ton of great services right here on this site by fellow warriors, they actually have testimonials from other warriors to prove their worth!
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  • Profile picture of the author caesarpullo
    I'd suggest fiverr, though it's more expensive in the long run. There are work arounds if you know someone with an account hit me up if interested...
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  • Profile picture of the author HKSEO Jonbones
    Just because it's a completely private network doesn't mean it is safe.

    A friends of ours private network ( no names ) recently had more than 50% of his 2000+ site network nuked, and is watching sites get dropped day by day.

    It would seem that from conversations with other SEO services the hits going around are from an automated run from google picking out SEO hosting sites...

    SEO is a way to rank sites unnaturally, and that seems to be the basis of the recent de-indexing that many services are having to deal with.

    Google would seem to be targeting Class-C hosting companies due to the fact that these hosts offer their services for SEO style blog networks, and Google is trying to combat that. Services that are using only this style of hosting are thus getting hit pretty bad. Its the old addage, all your eggs in one basket. Networks that were just on services offereing SEO hosting to get around having an IP footprint inherently gave themselves the footprint of being hosted on IPs owned by that seo hosting company.
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  • Profile picture of the author RayW
    LinkAuthority may be a good alternative. It's also much cheaper than BMR b/c they charge by # of posts, not by # of domains.
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    • Profile picture of the author Letsurf
      Originally Posted by RayW View Post

      LinkAuthority may be a good alternative. It's also much cheaper than BMR b/c they charge by # of posts, not by # of domains.
      Looks interesting. So you think this is safer since it is made up partially of user submitted sites?
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      • Profile picture of the author RayW
        Originally Posted by Letsurf View Post

        Looks interesting. So you think this is safer since it is made up partially of user submitted sites?
        People have reported good results from it. And only about half of their blogs are user-submitted, others are owned by LA. I don't know if it's safer but I just started using it yesterday and the first 2 posts from my writer were actually declined (with BMR, I have almost never had posts from this writer declined. I also got real comments and exactly which lines I need to fix in the posts! So obviously they care a lot about the quality of the posts that get published, which is a very good sign). They also do manual reviews and spot checks on the user-submitted sites. I'm sure every now and then, there will be some user who does something shady like not renewing their domain or deleting older posts, but that will probably happen very rarely.
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        • Profile picture of the author seotothecore
          I know of a couple others, namely rank jumpers and serp gold private network you can look into
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