Is it wise to buy links from digitalpoint forums?

Well... to start with... why did you create a posting asking to buy links on DigitalPoint if you were just going to come here to ask if you should actually buy the links or not? It would have made more sense to ask about it before wasting all of those sellers time when you aren't even sure if you want to buy links on DP.

Also, nobody can guarantee permanent backlinks unless they own the website - even then, it's risky to guarantee that they will be permanent because there's always a chance of them losing the domain.

There're about 1-2% of link sell on DP (and other forums as well) are from legit sites. You'll find a few good links if you spend a few hours evaluating those links.

It sounds like you might know "too much" about SEO. Thats a problem I face myself somewhat. The more I learn, the more I become capable of doing things on my own, the LESS value I see in buying links from other people or having them do my work. Not because their value actually goes down, but because my value goes up.

But I'm still at a point where my value is low enough to continue buying links . I lose too much value trying to do it on my own. So as far as it being a "waste of money and time", that depends on how resourceful you are vs the person you're buying from. It depends on your own unique set of skills. How much the links are worth to you, vs how much your time is worth doing other things?

For me, since I'm not as resourceful as most people on here (SEO is not my main focus in life - sales is), buying links is usually a good idea. I'm not even talking about just buying high pr links, I'm talking about paying someone to do ALL my backlinks. I do tons of research beforehand, try to reduce risk as much as possible, then make a decision and keep my fingers crossed.

The way I see it, nothing is really guaranteed. A guarantee is really just a form of insurance. And insurance exists because things DO go wrong. With that said, I think its important to take risks. Because you usually learn more when things go wrong anyway. I mean crap, 90% of the stuff I do never works out how I expect, but the small % that does work out, always compensates for all those mistakes I made.

-Red

I would be careful when buying links, Matt Cutts just came out with a new video talking about what could happen if busted for it

You should focus a bit less on relevancy, no one is going to offer you like 10 links for $80-,- all coming from domains that are focused on one niche.

Let's do some simple math:

1000 different niches

To serve clients decently let's say we need 50 sites per niche, pretty small network for some of the tougher niches actually

50.000 sites, a decent domain costs $200

Talking about $1 MILLION invested

You think such people are going to sell you links for $6-10/each?

I think you should really adjust your expectations.

Besides that, links from high PR domains with solid back link profiles are effective, whether they are focused on one niche or not, how do you think I rank my 100+ monthly clients? I didn't invest 1 million, more close to $25k.

Sure I exaggarate the numbers a bit here but there are so many niches out there that it's just not doable. Today they have a lawnmower to promote, tomorrow they are a psychologist, and the day after that they come up with a tree cutting service. Go figure. Then you can say yeah but you can setup the niches more broad. Yes but fitting a tree cutting service in a Home & Garden niche is just as irrelevant as on a site with 100+ different topics (SEO wise).

What you need to do is setup your own exclusive network of private sites so that you can rank yourself if you're scared of links at sites that cover many topics.

That's why some SEO services cost $2000-5000/month, if they do it properly they set up sites with exclusive use for that client, and maybe 1 or 2 more that happen to be in the same niche, simply cause they have the budget to do that.

But you probably want such service for a few hundred dollar or less. You might be able to find it but then you will have to contact a lot of site owners and ask them / offer them money for a link to your site.

Sorry I think I didn't read your post to properly.

What you've been doing is inviting people to come up with a whole bunch of crap. You could've better browsed through the for sales sections, use the search function with kw's like: blog posts, high PR blog posts, that way you weed out all the senukex crap and such, and then contact those supplies and ask smart questions like how are they hosted etc.

That would be much more effective.

So yeah your approach to find solid back links is pretty much a waste of time.

Another general rule, any self respected SEO'er would never send you a sample of sites to review.

They get enough business to be able to say no, for you a hundred others.

I would think twice before buying from that marketplace. Most of the sellers have been openly selling links for too long.

Most links that you buy will not be that good. I would recommend spending the money on advertising or other methods then buying links. You can build tons of great links for FREE! Once in a while you might find a good deal but normally you wont.

I've noticed a lot of the sellers over at DP list the domains in there sale threads... If the domain is posted say no thanks, not even worth analyzing it's metrics, move on.

DP is a joke. I would avoid buying any links from sellers there. Who knows what types of links they will sell down the line (viagra, porn, payday loans, etc), if they will renew their registration, pull your link after the 45 day Paypal dispute period is over, etc.

Quick DP story. I sent a message to a poster who states they have valid PR2-8 domains. I ask for a list of domains to review. Poster sent over a list of 20 domains, which included several PR6-8. Not one domain had a PA/DA >20. I decided not to follow up, but the poster sent a message inquiring if I was interested. I told him no, because all of the PRs were obviously faked. The poster/snake then had the gull to ask me if I wanted real domains with PR, but they would cost more. LOL!

Find someone reputable that will sell you relevant links on real websites. If this is a churn and burn website then go hog wild and buy links where you can.

Good luck!

It's better to find a relevant niche website and ask them for Paid inclusion or a sponsored post on their site. That will be more beneficial, I think.

I wouldn't trust digital point providers, BHW and warrior forum got better providers.

Obviously do your homework before you pay for links any where. Run it through Majestic, Fake PR checker, and make sure it's still indexed, etc.

Of course you could always start buying your own PR domains and get a little more bang for your buck over the long term...Just a thought.

Manually submit your website to paid and free directories and write press releases, it can get you natural links. Natural links are better than those you buy.

you don't need much effort to build manual links, so it is better to it manually as links you buy are not good for your site, google strictly does not like unnatural links, so they can harm your site.