by seobro
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Most of you know of at least one person who got his PR reduced due to buying links over the internet. Don't do it. The search engines are not stupid and if they suddenly see ten PR9 links to a junk site they will flag the site. Anything that looks suspicious will get you flagged.

A much better technique is to trade links from similar sites. Do this face to face, not over the internet. The search engines are constantly scanning forums. If they catch you, then you are toast.

Do not use auction houses to buy links as the search engines are constantly checking them for activity. Not only do they PR0 the site you bought the link for, they can even PR0 all your sites!

Mostly the search engines check for people buying lots of high PR links as these can have a major effect on the search algo. They tend to ignore low PR links. Also getting too many high PR links too quickly triggers a flag.

Think pyramid, for every 1000 PR1 links, 100 PR2 links, 10 PR3 links, and one PR4.

When you trade links, you can swap a bunch of PR1 links for a good PR2. Go for low PR links as they do not arouse as much worry. Often I will "incentivize" a trade. Ask bloggers to "review" you site. They will often charge a fee for this service. Bigoog wants to ban reviews. They are constantly scanning so be aware of who you talk to.

Typically I will go to a conference that has big bloggers and try to get reviews of my products. You can offer a blogger free product so they become familiar with what you produce. They may eventually on a slow rainy day review an item you gave them.

Stay away from bloggers that seem too eager to do a review. Also check out their Alexa score. You want to get some traffic from the blog. There are many dofollow blogs that need to keep up with the latest and greatest products. They are often willing to talk to you.

Remember, face to face, no emails, as the search engines are constantly monitoring. When you meet up with bloggers have your wifi laptop ready. This is so they can promote your product. If your product is sun tan oil give out free samples. Get phone numbers so you can follow up. As I have said before, reviews cost money.

Blogs are great for buzz. Social networking is also important, but blog traffic converts better. Power bloggers are the secret sauce. They will lend instant street cred to your product. []
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  • Profile picture of the author gabibeowulf
    Well .. I do buy links for SEO purposes and it works like a charm for me.

    You do have to know what you're doing though when you buy a link .. You have to analyze the websites thouroughly before you buy.

    I never got banned for it :-D
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    • Profile picture of the author Dave_Kelly
      Individuals and large companies buy links all the time. You've just got to know what you are doing.. It works. it doesn't work. It all depends on knowledge..
      Dave
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  • Profile picture of the author David
    Originally Posted by seobro View Post

    Most of you know of at least one person who got his PR reduced due to buying links over the internet. Don't do it. The search engines are not stupid and if they suddenly see ten PR9 links to a junk site they will flag the site. Anything that looks suspicious will get you flagged.

    A much better technique is to trade links from similar sites. Do this face to face, not over the internet. The search engines are constantly scanning forums. If they catch you, then you are toast.

    Do not use auction houses to buy links as the search engines are constantly checking them for activity. Not only do they PR0 the site you bought the link for, they can even PR0 all your sites!

    Mostly the search engines check for people buying lots of high PR links as these can have a major effect on the search algo. They tend to ignore low PR links. Also getting too many high PR links too quickly triggers a flag.

    Think pyramid, for every 1000 PR1 links, 100 PR2 links, 10 PR3 links, and one PR4.

    When you trade links, you can swap a bunch of PR1 links for a good PR2. Go for low PR links as they do not arouse as much worry. Often I will "incentivize" a trade. Ask bloggers to "review" you site. They will often charge a fee for this service. Bigoog wants to ban reviews. They are constantly scanning so be aware of who you talk to.

    Typically I will go to a conference that has big bloggers and try to get reviews of my products. You can offer a blogger free product so they become familiar with what you produce. They may eventually on a slow rainy day review an item you gave them.

    Stay away from bloggers that seem too eager to do a review. Also check out their Alexa score. You want to get some traffic from the blog. There are many dofollow blogs that need to keep up with the latest and greatest products. They are often willing to talk to you.

    Remember, face to face, no emails, as the search engines are constantly monitoring. When you meet up with bloggers have your wifi laptop ready. This is so they can promote your product. If your product is sun tan oil give out free samples. Get phone numbers so you can follow up. As I have said before, reviews cost money.

    Blogs are great for buzz. Social networking is also important, but blog traffic converts better. Power bloggers are the secret sauce. They will lend instant street cred to your product. []
    Interesting.. how does one check someone's Alexa score?
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    • Profile picture of the author dburk
      Hi seobro,

      I have to disagree with you on the point of being penalized for buying links. I have done a lot of research and have not found a single credible case of a penalty for buying links. Google definitely goes after people selling links, but only if they are selling based on Pagerank.

      If you sell links for traffic and include a nofollow attribute on the link, Google will not penalize you.

      If you buy a link, Google will not penalize you. In fact, Google would love to sell you a link, it's called AdWords. Google embraces the concept of buying and selling links as a normal part of the economy of the web when done for advertising purposes, and not for manipulation of search results. Links purchased for advertising should be designated as such.

      When you try to sell Pagerank, you have crossed a bold, bright line. Pagerank is given, not sold, to pages that have earned it. It is not for sale and if you attempt to sell it you may get penalized. If you attempt to buy it you may not get what you paid for, but won't get penalized.

      There is a very good reason to buy links, and that's for traffic. If you buy a link you should base your price on the traffic you get not on PR. As long as you base your purchase on traffic you will be fine.
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  • Profile picture of the author jjgp80
    Hi,

    My name is J.J.

    I am just about to launch my website and considering buying 1000 links in directories. I did this last year for an client of mine and within a week saw their position rise within the search engines.

    Has anything changed since last year?

    And is 1000 links for a NEW site too much?
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