Comments on: 9 reasons why you should be very worried about Buying Links

By: Smart SEO Blog » Blog Archive » Why You Should NOT Buy Links

Smart SEO Blog » Blog Archive » Why You Should NOT Buy Links — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:38:30 +0000

[...] according to Brian: The bottom line is if you are buying links you really have to be under the radar. I know this has [...]

By: underworld

underworld — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:39:55 +0000

Cleverly done this does work – but only when essential – I prefer to build my own lynx – but some times you need that extra out of network originality.

We can’t all listen to google too much – or we will become googlised like george bush.

By: REBlogGirl

REBlogGirl — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:27:19 +0000

Ha. I am not a big fan of link buys either – not to say they are never useful- but generally they don’t make sense and certainly not overt large blocks of them which always seems to be what small businesses do. #5 is priceless. I see it all the time- crappy site buys links (all to homepage of course) and then they have the audacity to ask what happened.

By: Brian Chappell

Brian Chappell — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:11:43 +0000

@ Jack

I am def not saying that:

“Whoever has the most power is the one who’s right”

I do not agree with most things Google has done on the paid link front.

I am simply sharing specific elements that make you stand out a lot more, if you are partaking in link purchases.

Bottom line is webmasters need to become less reliant on Google. It is not easy I will admit, but it is much easier in todays market then ever before.

By: Jack Rack

Jack Rack — Wed, 28 May 2008 06:00:21 +0000

“However, it is their index and they can do what they want.” And we can create a PR disaster by calling them hypocrites every step of the way for protecting the 300+ million dollar brand names. Webmasters have more power than they might think on the surface. We have power in numbers.

But if we keep caving in and saying, “They can do whatever they want. Whoever has the most power is the one who’s right,” we’re setting ourselves up for a grim future.

By: Nate Nead

Nate Nead — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:18:09 +0000

Thanks for this particular post. Buying links is like prostitution. Why buy something you can get for free if you apply yourself?

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:55:24 +0000

Dan – Google looks at the number of backlinks a site has as one of the major factors in determining how well they rank for search terms. They see it as a link equals a vote of confidence in that site, so if your site has 1000 backlinks, it means 1000 people are saying your site rocks, so they rank you higher. If you buy 1000 links, then those links aren’t really votes of confidence in your site, they’re just votes that you’ve paid for. Google sees it as manipulating their search results, and will try to penalize you if they catch you doing it.

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63 signs you’re addicted to Google and the Church of Search — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:47:40 +0000

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By: Dan Shields

Dan Shields — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:59:04 +0000

Ok, I am a web developer and not a search marketing person so this may sound a bit noobish. Why does google penalize people for buying text links? Are you talking about the text links from various ad networks. I don’t see why people get penalized for this isn’t it the same thing that you do when buying content ads from adwords? Are they penalizing you because your not buying them through Google?

By: Buying Links for SEO - SEO Blog: Search Engine Optimization and Search Marketing :: Get Page One

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:20:25 +0000

[...] only I had read Brian Chappell’s post on buying links first, I would have simply sent her there, and told her to call back when she finished reading it. [...]