Comments on: Why Buying Links is NOT a Good SEO Practice

By: Link Exchange Guidelines » SEO Blog

Link Exchange Guidelines » SEO Blog — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:32:23 +0000

[...] have already stated my position on buying/selling links but realised that I didn’t mention anything about exchanging links. In my opinion exchanging [...]

By: Hannah

Hannah — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:59:52 +0000

So right. Many things about SEO is really common sense. It is funny though how they are right when they say that common sense isn’t that common. ^_^

By: Matan Media

Matan Media — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:51:59 +0000

If you truly want to rank for a competitive keyword term then you pretty much have no choice but to buy links, giving you control over anchor text etc.

All the top, recognized SEOs (Rand Fishkin, Jim Boykin, Aaron Wall etc) know this, and although they don’t state it, they too know that getting a website ranking for a competitve term needs strong inlinks with the correct anchor text.

I am not saying go out and buy a million links, but if you choose your purchases carefully, Google will not catch you and your rankings will no doubt improve!

By: Hannah

Hannah — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:50:17 +0000

Paid directories are fine but the truth is that you should still choose the paid directories you submit too. Not because it will penalize you but because you want to make sure you’re not wasting money when you can simply use it for better things that would yield clearer results.

By: Jennifer DeRosa

Jennifer DeRosa — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:23:48 +0000

I understand and agree with the concept of not buying links but its okay to submit to a paid directory, correct?

By: pollen

pollen — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:45:29 +0000

I do not agree for link buying. For me its a form of cheating.

By: Jayson

Jayson — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:59:33 +0000

The article you mentioned has some pretty good points. I’ve never thought of some of them. However, I find it hard to believe that Google or any other search engine would do more than devalue a purchased link. This is just my opinion - otherwise wouldn’t SEO and individuals companies buy sloppy or easily detectable links for their competitors?

I personally don’t think buying links is a wise decision just in case - plus there are other ways to get good links. Either way, thanks for the the article.