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[Major US University]How much are these inbound links worth? (Top Level US EDU)

by sullx
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I webmaster a top level blog at a Major US University (around 50k students). The link to the blog is in the same format as:

h t t p : / / w w w .usuniversity.edu/blogname
It has a Page Rank of 8. I am considering selling inbound links either through text link advertisements, or by selling article space for inline links via guest posting. How much do you guys think I could sell these inbound links for on a monthly/quarterly/yearly basis?
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by sullx View Post

    It has a Page Rank of 8.
    What does? The home page of the site, or the page on which you're proposing to sell backlinks?

    I have a couple of .edu blogs of my own, which sound very similar to what you're talking about here, but the linkjuice of their backlinks isn't anything special at all. (And why would they be? Page ranks attach to pages, not to websites). I wouldn't dream of selling backlinks on them, anyway, especially not with Google on the de-indexation rampage at the moment against "bought links" ...

    But in any case, the linkjuice value of any backlink on any page of the web is going to be inversely proportional to the number of backlinks on the page, and as that increases (by selling them), their SEO benefit will markedly decline.

    That said, you may have no great difficulty selling them anyway, if you really want to, because many people don't quite appreciate that "being on a .edu site" doesn't in itself make backlinks worth anything extra.

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  • Profile picture of the author affhelper
    Originally Posted by sullx View Post

    I webmaster a top level blog at a Major US University (around 50k students). The link to the blog is in the same format as:



    It has a Page Rank of 8. I am considering selling inbound links either through text link advertisements, or by selling article space for inline links via guest posting. How much do you guys think I could sell these inbound links for on a monthly/quarterly/yearly basis?
    If the blog itself has PR8 then you will easily find people willing to hand over the money.

    If I were you though I wouldn't sell them! You can get caught, but if you
    really want to take advantage of your position, then build a relevant site for high traffic keywords and link to yourself.

    Disclaimer: I Do Not Recommend Any Of This
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  • Profile picture of the author iAmNameLess
    I personally know many people that would pay 300+ monthly for it.
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    • Profile picture of the author JustinNoel
      Originally Posted by iAmNameLess View Post

      I personally know many people that would pay 300+ monthly for it.
      PR8 in an EDU domain, guest posting. $300/month easy. That page will have a PR4 in the next update. I just hope the credibility stays though. If you do decide, put a limit on how many the site will accommodate.
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      • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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        Originally Posted by JustinNoel View Post

        That page will have a PR4 in the next update.
        Actually if Google decides that you're selling backlinks on it, that page can be de-indexed tomorrow - it doesn't have to get as far as "the next update". (Have you seen any of the recent threads about the sudden de-indexation of entire private blog networks, etc.?).
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  • Profile picture of the author david7006
    Good work dear I hope your website can earn 1000 $ Monthly, Best of Lucks
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  • Profile picture of the author nik0
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    Assuming it ends up on a pr n/a page and not knowing how much you are selling then I would pay $5 or perhaps $10 for it. Nothing monthly, we're not talking about homepage links here at pages that already have PR
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