Buy links? What prices do you pay?

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Have not sold links for a LONG time as I use my networks for more private things. For people who buy links here (and I know some purists will come on and say how bad it is but theres probably not a serp that doesn't have paid links)

What prices do you pay for

pr3,pr4,pr5 PR6 links with low outbounds per month? or per year?

Does relevancy of the site affect what you pay? IF you have the time could you break that down by PR like "PR3 I pay so much" "PR4 I pay so much" etc?

Oh I should probably say what kind of links so lets say what people call guest blogs -or contextual within an article.
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  • Profile picture of the author jimcroisdale
    Hey Mike - just sent you a PM about R.A.L. - could you check it and get back to me?

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  • Profile picture of the author rain21
    pr3 page about $ 50-100 a year
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      The economy has shifted on link buying. Normal for PR1-6, is
      anywhere from $20-30 a month. But, more link buyers
      are asking to pay $100 upfront for a year. I never leave money
      on the table. It costs me nothing to put a link up.

      PR7 and above, same niche, yada yada yada...maybe $50
      a month.

      If I were buying links, I would go for yearly deals. Some big
      name brands have paid for 2 years. Yearly because I have
      some assurance that I will get a year's worth of link juice,
      no fuss, no muss.

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    • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
      Originally Posted by rain21 View Post

      pr3 page about $ 50-100 a year
      Wow one PR3 link. I'd give an entire page for that.

      Originally Posted by GGpaul View Post

      so..........do I make my own network or what? Man..i think I'm just gnna go all out on PPC
      Now that will drain your pockets. I know the offer you are referring to but I'm not building up networks for people anymore like I used to - not that way. I've built enough PR3 and up domains that I know for a fact Google does not give a rats rear end about updating PR accurately at each update. I have pointed PR5 and PR6 links (with OBL under 15) on pages and some sites got updated while many didn't and then I would have people screaming at me even when the juice was there but Google didn't update the pR for that site.

      Word to the wise base no service on Google updating metrics that help link sellers or domain sellers. Buy no service based on that either. I have seen PR3 and up survive toolbar updates and some even TWO updates and they are worthless to have links on.

      But dude I told you by PM I would see you are set so CHILLLLLL!!!
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      • Profile picture of the author GGpaul
        Originally Posted by Mike Anthony View Post

        Wow one PR3 link. I'd give an entire page for that.



        Now that will drain your pockets. I know the offer you are referring to but I'm not building up networks for people anymore like I used to - not that way. I've built enough PR3 and up domains that I know for a fact Google does not give a rats rear end about updating PR accurately at each update. I have pointed PR5 and PR6 links (with OBL under 15) on pages and some sites got updated while many didn't and then I would have people screaming at me even when the juice was there but Google didn't update the pR for that site.

        Word to the wise base no service on Google updating metrics that help link sellers or domain sellers. Buy no service based on that either. I have seen PR3 and up survive toolbar updates and some even TWO updates and they are worthless to have links on.

        But dude I told you by PM I would see you are set so CHILLLLLL!!!
        That's why I'lll build the PR on my own but def we will talk .
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    • Profile picture of the author patco
      Originally Posted by rain21 View Post

      pr3 page about $ 50-100 a year
      I think this is pretty a big amount for a year (unless it has ONLY 1-2 OBL's)
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  • Profile picture of the author nik0
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    highPrlinks.net or .com charges $1/month for 100 links with 40 OBL (EDIT: I said 100 OBL but that's not true afaik, it's 40 OBL,sorry)

    I used to charge PR3 $4/month, PR4 $8/month, PR5 $16/month with 15 OBL.

    But let me tell you one thing, you are going to regret it! Just believe me, it's not without reason that I quit renting out links. Point 1: There is not so much demand for rented links, point 2 you get to deal with tons of crappy sites that want to rent links for 1-2 months and then they cancel again.

    I'm glad I got rid of it, and if you insist make sure to only handle request of $100+/month.
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    • Profile picture of the author Craig B
      Originally Posted by nik0 View Post

      But let me tell you one thing, you are going to regret it! Just believe me, it's not without reason that I quit renting out links. Point 1: There is not so much demand for rented links, point 2 you get to deal with tons of crappy sites that want to rent links for 1-2 months and then they cancel again.
      I completely agree with this. I rent out links on a few of my sites and this is what I have experienced.

      Paying a one time fee for blog posts that stay on the homepage for a month or so seems to be popular now.
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    • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
      Originally Posted by nik0 View Post

      But let me tell you one thing, you are going to regret it! Just believe me, it's not without reason that I quit renting out links. Point 1: There is not so much demand for rented links, point 2 you get to deal with tons of crappy sites that want to rent links for 1-2 months and then they cancel again.
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      YO NIK!

      Don't worry for me. I won't regret doing that because I am not planning on doing that. I was just doing some comparison pricing research comparing buying links to that white hat service you been wanting to hear so much about (so you can TRY to reverse engineer it -lol)
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      • Profile picture of the author nik0
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        Originally Posted by Mike Anthony View Post

        YO NIK!

        Don't worry for me. I won't regret doing that because I am not planning on doing that. I was just doing some comparison pricing research comparing buying links to that white hat service you been wanting to hear so much about (so you can TRY to reverse engineer it -lol)
        Setting up sites, with only content related to them and building up PR.

        Whitehat my @ss LOL

        The alternative is using it for 3 way link exchanges, oh well...
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        • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
          Originally Posted by nik0 View Post

          Setting up sites, with only content related to them and building up PR.

          Whitehat my @ss LOL

          The alternative is using it for 3 way link exchanges, oh well...
          I think you hit the booze too heavy too early there in Thailand NIk. What I was referring to as a white hat service has nothing to do with putting links on networks or three way links. Nada - try again.
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          • Profile picture of the author EdwardDennis
            Originally Posted by Mike Anthony View Post

            I think you hit the booze too heavy too early there in Thailand NIk. What I was referring to as a white hat service has nothing to do with putting links on networks or three way links. Nada - try again.
            You do like to say "nada", dont you Mike?
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  • Profile picture of the author micksss
    nik0's price structure seems right. As far as the headaches involved from buyers it really depends on where they came from/how they found you... If you are approached from a company that seeks out sites related to their client's niches, things usually go quite smoothly and long term deals work out much better. But those are not as common
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  • Profile picture of the author GGpaul
    so..........do I make my own network or what? Man..i think I'm just gnna go all out on PPC
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    • Profile picture of the author micksss
      Originally Posted by GGpaul View Post

      so..........do I make my own network or what? Man..i think I'm just gnna go all out on PPC
      Bless you if you are good at PPC. I've thrown lot's of $ away through the years attempting and re-attempting with different campaigns...
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      • Profile picture of the author nik0
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        Originally Posted by micksss View Post

        Bless you if you are good at PPC. I've thrown lot's of $ away through the years attempting and re-attempting with different campaigns...
        I just did some campaigns as well, partly PPC, partly PPV, it's damn easy to blast $1k,- in a week with hardly any results.

        You know what's most funny of all?

        0,02% CTR for my $99/monthly service at an internet marketing forum LMAO.

        I had the same banner at a web design site, less targeted visitors, and there I had a CTR of 0,3%

        At the same internet marketing forum I also had a PPC campaign which gave me around 700 clicks for $125,-. Not a bad deal, but only 2 visits showed up in StatCounter. Now I seriously wonder, is StatCounter not able to track visitors from the same domain or am I being hugely ripped off by Digital Point forum.

        I haven't received any more inquiries either, I'm completely done with any type of banner advertising and next time I go with a trusted company like Google.

        Nice to know: When people click on a banner they end up on a sales page, when people click my ad on the warriorforum they also end up on a sales page. A bump here is $20,- and that gives me between 60 and 100 views, which are in fact CLICKS on my sales thread. So that works out to be $0,20-$0,30 a click.

        Perhaps I should try that web design blog again, with the 0,3% CTR as I paid $1,25 for 1000, so that is 3 views for $0,40 click, not too terrible. However forums are worth more for me as there you have some credibility and social proof.
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        • Profile picture of the author micksss
          Originally Posted by nik0 View Post

          At the same internet marketing forum I also had a PPC campaign which gave me around 700 clicks for $125,-. Not a bad deal, but only 2 visits showed up in StatCounter. Now I seriously wonder, is StatCounter not able to track visitors from the same domain or am I being hugely ripped off by Digital Point forum.
          I've been doing PPC campaigns on DP since they developed their in-house system in 2010. They updated their whole forum including the advertising system earlier this year. Since then I've noticed that it no longer shows the referral page from DP in StatCounter. I've been meaning to contact Shawn to ask him about fixing this if it's on DP's end.
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  • Profile picture of the author jfbmarketing
    never really bought links for many reason one, you never what your buying and all of sudden your site is no longer indexed in the search engine for bad links that are called "Farm Links" which can kill your efforts over night. I am very cautious with that marketing strategy, the best way to get links is by produce more quality links that are relevant to your blog or site..takes time but in the long run you will see your site being one of the few good organic search being done..
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  • Profile picture of the author kmanbloquet
    I only buy the permanent,links this way I am ensured that it is there for a long time. I don't like paying for links every month.
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  • Profile picture of the author mightygeek
    Don't prefer to sell or even buy a link from one or more source!

    It would be fine for 1-12 temporary weeks, after that, the rank for the link will be -ve which affects your webpage.

    And this scheme is against Google too! Prefer for genuine linking.

    Google Guidelines
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  • Profile picture of the author Backlinko
    Originally Posted by Mike Anthony View Post

    Does relevancy of the site affect what you pay? IF you have the time could you break that down by PR like "PR3 I pay so much" "PR4 I pay so much" etc?
    Relevancy is a HUGE value-add for me.

    In fact, I don't even buy links unless they're on a relevant site.

    Based on prices I've paid at other forums for contextual, niche-relevant links I'd pay about these prices (one-time fees):

    1. PR3: $70
    2: PR4: $95
    3: PR5: $150++
    4: PR6 (Haven't seen any of these that are niche-relevant)

    Other things I've been paying more attention to are brand signals the network sites have, like a Twitter profile, logo etc. And the link profile obviously makes a huge difference.

    Hope that helps.
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    • Profile picture of the author SEOAiko
      Originally Posted by Mike Anthony View Post

      Does relevancy of the site affect what you pay?
      For me, it would not affect the price of the link. In the first place, you shouldn't pay for a link on a site that's not, in any way, relevant to your niche. Well, at least for me, I don't see any reason to do such thing.

      When I buy links, some factors I consider are valid PR, quality of the site, traffic, OBL, time frame. These will determine the price of a link.
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  • Profile picture of the author mandos123
    I have one PR7 site. Not the strongest one, but still.. OBL is zero, I haven't managed to sell no links on it. Makes me wanna go fiverr and squeeze the hell out of it. If anyone knows some good sources where to sell/links on it, them I would be much appreciated.
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  • Profile picture of the author Hansons
    Also, know where you are going to buy link from, footer, sidebar is in question today.

    It would be good if you buy in-content links..

    And it totally depends on deals, quality of sites.
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    • Profile picture of the author nest28
      Originally Posted by nik0 View Post

      highPrlinks.net or .com charges $1/month for 100 links with 40 OBL (EDIT: I said 100 OBL but that's not true afaik, it's 40 OBL,sorry)

      I used to charge PR3 $4/month, PR4 $8/month, PR5 $16/month with 15 OBL.

      But let me tell you one thing, you are going to regret it! Just believe me, it's not without reason that I quit renting out links. Point 1: There is not so much demand for rented links, point 2 you get to deal with tons of crappy sites that want to rent links for 1-2 months and then they cancel again.

      I'm glad I got rid of it, and if you insist make sure to only handle request of $100+/month.
      Is highPrlinks.net any good?

      And your right about the link rental lol, as a customer that ordered links and than cancel the next month, I can tell you it was because they were amazon sites I didn't care about. If it had been a site I truly cared about, or a client's site than I would not have cancel.

      I think renting links can work, you just have to get 3 months payment in advance which still would be pretty low at your prices. So PR3 would be 12 up front, that's not bad and 3 months should be enough time for your customers to see some sort of results, depending on competition and how many links they rent.
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      • Profile picture of the author micksss
        Originally Posted by nest28 View Post

        Is highPrlinks.net any good?
        Just visited that site and it doesn't appear to be any good and the buy links aren't active.
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      • Profile picture of the author nik0
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        Originally Posted by nest28 View Post

        Is highPrlinks.net any good?

        And your right about the link rental lol, as a customer that ordered links and than cancel the next month, I can tell you it was because they were amazon sites I didn't care about. If it had been a site I truly cared about, or a client's site than I would not have cancel.

        I think renting links can work, you just have to get 3 months payment in advance which still would be pretty low at your prices. So PR3 would be 12 up front, that's not bad and 3 months should be enough time for your customers to see some sort of results, depending on competition and how many links they rent.
        I edited my thread to that, like minimum so much links for so many months and got hardly any response.

        Later on I build a new network of 75 sites and offered 75 high PR links for $99/month (mix of PR2/PR3/PR4/PR5) with only 20 OBL, again got close to zero response.

        Then I figured there is not too much market for rented links.

        Wonder how those SAPE providers get clients those as that's a similar deal and there they get links on hacked sites LOL.

        Oh well whatever, turns out I need those 75 domains for my current network harder then I thought as my domain broker seems to quit, a new google PR update not to far from now and a huge increase of clients the last 4-6 weeks so they bring in the cash anyway.

        Back on topic: You were definitely not the only one who rented and cancelled.

        Have to say that the clients that rent links for $100+ do seem to stick, most of them rent them for many months already.

        About highPRlinks, I don't know, they place 40 links at the homepage and then the network is full and those homepages never change afaik so quite an easy target for Google.
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        • Profile picture of the author Lilacor
          I think you got the SAPE info wrong. This Russian network doesn't offer links only on hacked sites. There are hacked sites, of course, but the really quality SAPE links, if your provider is good, are only on perfectly normal, good-looking websites. For example, this particular SAPE provider is offering a quality SEO service at affordable prices: SAPE Links | SAPE.RU Network Solutions. No spammy links, only non-footer links that are not hidden and not placed on hacked sites.
          Originally Posted by nik0 View Post

          Wonder how those SAPE providers get clients those as that's a similar deal and there they get links on hacked sites LOL.
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          • Profile picture of the author nik0
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            Originally Posted by Lilacor View Post

            I think you got the SAPE info wrong. This Russian network doesn't offer links only on hacked sites. There are hacked sites, of course, but the really quality SAPE links, if your provider is good, are only on perfectly normal, good-looking websites. For example, this particular SAPE provider is offering a quality SEO service at affordable prices: SAPE Links | SAPE.RU Network Solutions. No spammy links, only non-footer links that are not hidden and not placed on hacked sites.
            I got nothing wrong as I tested SAPE more then a year ago before anyone knew of the existence of that network. At least more then half of the sites on that network are hacked. Same like Linkfeed.ru, that probably also no one ever heard of yet.

            Nice advertisement btw. :rolleyes:

            ps: The links that appear to be on the totally normal looking sites ARE sites that are hacked as those links end up on the strangest places on those sites. Completely out of line of the rest of the site. Not a single website owner would place the links in such way. Yeah not hidden, no tiny font, so it must be legit, uhu.
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            • Profile picture of the author Lilacor
              This is good, but I have been using this service for 3.5 years now, so I think I know it a bit better then you do. I don't mean to disrespect, I'm just saying. It took me a year to become an intermediate SAPE user, I read lots of tutorials, spoke to several SAPE experts asking for pieces of advice, experimented with over 100 different projects... did lots of stuff to learn this network from A-Z. And even now, more then 2 years after this, I have changed maybe 80% of my methods due to the Penguin update. One have to constantly improve himself in order to survive and to be competitive to the market. Lots of things that worked just great with SAPE 2 years ago don't work anymore or can even endanger your projects. That's why BHW has so many topics devoted to sinking competitors' websites via SAPE links. But still, after so many changes, I still have over 90% of my projects ranked by using this Russian network. So it works, but only if you know how to use it properly.
              Originally Posted by nik0 View Post

              I got nothing wrong as I tested SAPE more then a year ago before anyone knew of the existence of that network.
              I also suspect there's lots of hacking involved, but if you filter the links you purchase well you should be fine. However, there are tons of sites that use SAPE voluntarily to increase their profit. Most of them use the iSape plugin for Wordpress as it is very easy to use and places your links within seconds.
              Originally Posted by nik0 View Post

              At least more then half of the sites on that network are hacked.
              Thank you, didn't mean to spam Just wanted to be useful to people who want to read more about SAPE in English, as 99% of the info is in Russian and the other 1% is of companies who simply promote their SAPE based services and don't share any valuable info about this network. In my site I have written 17 articles on SAPE which explain the main benefits and options of this system and how users and customers can benefit from it if they are interested. Lots of spamming & speculation on the topic and I want to say things for what they are in my blog.
              Originally Posted by nik0 View Post

              Nice advertisement btw. :rolleyes:
              As for the "strangest places" where links are put - this may not be because they are hacked at all costs. Each webmaster can choose where on their site to implement the SAPE code. Most of them (probably over 80%) have chosen the footer section or are hiding the links they sell as they don't want their users to see them (all kinds of crappy anchors there). But hidden & footer links don't work since Google started sending the first Webmaster Tools warnings of unnatural links last summer. So, I quit buying them too. But the majority of SAPE users continue buying them as 99% of them don't know how to filter them out.
              Considerably small number of users know how to use the Wink plugin for Mozilla properly. They even don't know how to set it up which reflects in purchasing tons of non-working, dangerous backlinks.
              Have you heard of CS Sape Master tool? Probably not. Without it your chance of filtering the great links your site needs is less then 5%. This is a tool for secondary filtering and lots of weak, spammy links cannot be found by the Wink plugin itself. And then, finally, I check all the links I buy by hand. Even then I reject approximately 30% of the already filtered links by Wink and CS Sape Master. This means that SAPE is full of spammy links and in order to get the really good ones you need to be experienced enough.
              Yesterday I was purchasing links for a client of mine and I end up buying just 50 out of 2500 links that I initially intended on buying. This is just 2%! So, in conclusion, SAPE works only if you know how to use it. To all others it's just a spammy, hackers' tool that doesn't work at all.
              Originally Posted by nik0 View Post

              ps: The links that appear to be on the totally normal looking sites ARE sites that are hacked as those links end up on the strangest places on those sites. Completely out of line of the rest of the site. Not a single website owner would place the links in such way. Yeah not hidden, no tiny font, so it must be legit, uhu.
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              • Profile picture of the author nik0
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                Originally Posted by Lilacor View Post

                Have you heard of CS Sape Master tool?
                What a bunch of nonsense are you posting, especially the part where webmasters chose to mess up the layout of their site completely. If you don't know what I mean then you should read my post again, ain't gonna explain it twice.

                Besides that you have totally no idea what you are talking about cause links in tiny fonts and in a hidden format work just as well too rank a site.

                Anyway, if you like to use SAPE for private purposes to rank viagra / payday niches, be my guest. Selling it as a service almost equals scamming people.

                Footer links and sidebar links still work great when not using exact anchor text, again proof that you have no clue at all.
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                • Profile picture of the author Lilacor
                  Originally Posted by nik0 View Post

                  What a bunch of nonsense are you posting, especially the part where webmasters chose to mess up the layout of their site completely. If you don't know what I mean then you should read my post again, ain't gonna explain it twice.
                  I don't know what you mean by saying "mess up the layout of their site completely". Nobody messes anything unless they want to make some money by selling links via SAPE. It's their decision and a voluntary act! I know Russian guys that live only on selling links through SAPE as they make $2000+ per month only from this. When you decide to implement your SAPE code you decide where to do it, so I don't know what nonsense about layout you're talking about.
                  Originally Posted by nik0 View Post

                  Besides that you have totally no idea what you are talking about cause links in tiny fonts and in a hidden format work just as well too rank a site.
                  Well, yes, sure they do. If you don't care if you'll get penalized by the next Penguin update. I don't build footer and hidden links or links in tiny fonts for 1 year now. How am I sure of this? I simply check all the links I'm about to buy by hand. I open all the pages that are left after I have applied the Wink filters and the CS Sape Master filters and choose only those that look natural to me and that are not hidden in the code, placed in the footer or that look suspicious in any way.
                  Originally Posted by nik0 View Post

                  Anyway, if you like to use SAPE for private purposes to rank viagra / payday niches, be my guest. Selling it as a service almost equals scamming people.
                  I never work on viagra, porn, sex, casino, etc. niches and never buy links placed on pages that have OBLs pointing to such places. So you're the one that's talking rubbish here.
                  Originally Posted by nik0 View Post

                  Footer links and sidebar links still work great when not using exact anchor text, again proof that you have no clue at all.
                  Sure they do! It's a part of SEO. Google knows sites can be linked naturally with footer & sitewide links so it's not a crime. But these kinds of links can't help rank in top positions, so they can be used only to diversify your link profile. So they work, yes, but won't get you anywhere near the top in any serious niche.

                  P.S. And here is a small read for you as you obviously need to learn what Cs Sape Master is: http://seofen.com/cs-sape-master/ and stop spreading nonsense, please.
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        • Profile picture of the author Fraggler
          Originally Posted by nik0 View Post

          Then I figured there is not too much market for rented links.
          The market is there but it has shifted. The Google updates over the last few years has culled a lot of the successful and wannabe affiliate marketers so the usual market places have dried up. You need to connect with the people providing complete SEO/SEM services to real businesses. Many affiliate marketers still look at PR while the more serious customers are more educated in the power of a page/domain regardless of TBPR.

          Personally we have seen a drop in small orders but a climb in larger orders and those larger customers keep coming back for me. The in demand niches have also shifted because of this change in customer-base.
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          • Profile picture of the author nik0
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            Originally Posted by Fraggler View Post

            The market is there but it has shifted. The Google updates over the last few years has culled a lot of the successful and wannabe affiliate marketers so the usual market places have dried up. You need to connect with the people providing complete SEO/SEM services to real businesses. Many affiliate marketers still look at PR while the more serious customers are more educated in the power of a page/domain regardless of TBPR.

            Personally we have seen a drop in small orders but a climb in larger orders and those larger customers keep coming back for me. The in demand niches have also shifted because of this change in customer-base.
            I don't know, I still get tons of business from the IM forums, just not in the shape of rented links and that was never a significant part of my business btw, maybe 3% of my total revenue so I can't be too bothered about it, it just amazed me a bit.
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  • Profile picture of the author ChevyCam
    Just remember that the perfect backlink includes a link which gets clicked a lot, not just placed on some place on which one basically no one clicks that link.

    So just high PR isn't good if no one clicks on your link. That's why you need to look at websites with good traffic and good PR. Even PR2 with good traffic can be worth a lot, compared to PR4 website with tinny traffic.
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    • Profile picture of the author Lilacor
      That's absolutely true! Links that generate traffic and real visitors are the future. In connection to co-citation.
      Originally Posted by ChevyCam View Post

      Just remember that the perfect backlink includes a link which gets clicked a lot, not just placed on some place on which one basically no one clicks that link.

      So just high PR isn't good if no one clicks on your link. That's why you need to look at websites with good traffic and good PR. Even PR2 with good traffic can be worth a lot, compared to PR4 website with tinny traffic.
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    • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
      Originally Posted by ChevyCam View Post

      Just remember that the perfect backlink includes a link which gets clicked a lot, not just placed on some place on which one basically no one clicks that link. So just high PR isn't good if no one clicks on your link.
      Where do you people come up with these theories. Do you dream them at night and then post?

      Google has no way of knowing how many times a link on a site is clicked.

      I'll take a PR9 link from a solid site on a page that few people click any day of the week as long as googlebot follows it.

      Originally Posted by Lilacor View Post

      That's absolutely true!
      Thats absolute nonsense!
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  • Profile picture of the author Bambu
    Sape has really changed the link rental landscape for those people who have access and can stomach the risk Sape.ru presents. PR1-PR5 backlinks can be had for <2 USD a month (with PR3/4 as little as .20-50 USD a month). Link resellers jack up prices from Sape 3-10X. I can rent out 200 PR3/4s for as little as 50 bucks a month. Perfect for churn and burn properties.

    For legit in content links, the price depends on if the link is contextual, if the links generates traffic, the difficulty of getting the link placement, etc.

    I have paid up to 1,000 USD for a permanent backlink on a PR6 page (PA in the 70s) (on a high authority PR8 domain with <5,000 Alexa) with low backlinks.

    I have passed up permanent placements on PR6 pages with 50 OBLs for as little as 30 USD, because the link was junk, e.g., low PA, non-niche relevant content, spammy OBLs, etc.

    For a run of the mill website, with no traffic, and about 10-15 OBLs, you can expect to pay per month around 80-200 for a PR7 and 40-60 for a PR6.

    I wouldn't really bother with anything below PR5 unless it is in a package deal, because these domains are cheap and easy to come by as are permanent placements on domains with internal pages with PR, e.g., I can buy aged PR3 internal contextual links with 1 OBL for about 50 bucks a pop (or just buy an expired domain with PR3 for even less (of course hosting will cost more over the long run)).
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