Are These Paid Backlinks?

Looks like a part of a blog network (paid backlinks).

It seems that these sites exclusively link to the marketers product websites. Does this indicate they are owned by the marketer?

And if not, where can I buy such relevant, quality (?) backlinks?

Take a look at the sites with the links. If they look like cheap blogs with poorly written/spun posts than you can be pretty sure that this is part of a blog network.

Since they are your competition you could report these links to Google and get them deindexed!!! LOL ~~ only kidding , do NOT really do this!

I see this a lot more often and yes, they commonly look like cheap blogs with poorly written/spun posts.

Any advice on where to buy relevant, high-quality backlinks?

Unfortunately almost everyone uses paid backlinks. It seems to be the way of the land nowadays.

Any advice on where to buy relevant content backlinks?

While almost everybody in this business does use paid links of some sort or another - there are those who are extremely successful with only QUALITY CONTENT.

Check out Universe Today
This site is owned by a fellow Warrior, gets over 100k hits a day, and pulls in over 20k a month from AdSense. And he did it without backlinking at all. There are a bunch of blogs about how he accomplished if you can be bothered to dig them out.

Here's my take. Many will not agree... but this is how I feel about paid links.

For most small niche sites in moderately competitive niches.. >50 posts altogether.. you are most likely never going to create a blog that is recognizable/established enough for others to 'voluntarily' link to it... especially in a competitive niche. Your site will be lost in the deep somewhere so you really need a little something to boost it. IMO, this is where paid links come in.

Also... if you are targeting a product name keyword, the fact is, virtually no one will want to link to you regardless of how spectacular your content is. Why should they? And also, your competition will definitely be using paid links.. that you can count on. A LOT of the dominant sites in lucrative niches are part of some sort of network... I've done the back-link checks so I know this for a fact.

AND... those who recommend you write killer content and blindly hope someone stumbles upon it and spreads it across the web are established names in their chosen fields.. with a loyal following (no disrespect). So it's easy for them to say that because whatever they write (good or mediocre) is eagerly waited upon. I tried this approach and it did not work for me. I can only speak from my own experience.

I always strive to write good content... how it's perceived by others is beyond my control. Some may find it brilliant and some may not care for it... but to assume that someone will stumble upon it and start sharing it when you are ranking outside the top 100 for your chosen keyword is a little optimistic.

Even if you decide to put it on stumbleupon/digg or do a few guest posts.. the truth is.. unless you are extremely lucky and the post goes viral (which if you're writing a product review.. it definitely won't).. you wont accrue the requisite link volume to even enter the top 20.

Maybe you could do some article marketing to promote your content that way. How is that different from a high quality blog network? It is replicating the syndication effect that a good article receives. By doing the leg work yourself, you are spending hours upon hours of time. How much is your time worth?

Yes it should be your goal to get to that level of 'respect'.. to get a following e.t.c.. but you need results now.. or yesterday.

So while you should be doing everything you can to get your name out there.. guest posting.. blog commenting and the like.. joining a high quality blog network could give you the boost you need to get there quickly...

Also, if you are vehemently opposed to paid links for whatever reason, I have found article marketing to work very well in my experience. A lot of the articles I write are getting republished over and over again. Still, it's not enough to be competitive.

To keep up with the competition in some niches.. paid links are pretty useful... perhaps even paramount.

Just my opinion.

Very clear explanation! I think you are spot on. Thanks a bunch! (the others as well).

Now I still would like to know where to buy quality, relevant, content backlinks or how to join a high quality blog network?

The backlinks are important if you know how to get relevant ones with high PR.

I pay someone for creating backlinks for my sites but not pay sites for keeping my link in them.

Yes, they are likely paid backlinks. You can get some good deals if you pay for them monthly. That way, you don't invest as much money in them if they go down.

I consider to buy a few relevant contextual backlinks from pages with PR with relatively low OBL's. This for one website of mine in order to see how that turns out.