Are you buing links?

[Linkfella]

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And where do you buy links?

[babrees]

urmm, that's against Google's terms and conditions so who on earth would want to buy links?

[confuscius]

urmm, that's against Google's terms and conditions so who on earth would want to buy links?

Based on who buys links on some of my sites then I would say an awful lot of well known companies want to buy links.

The interesting thing is that one of the sites that finds me people who want to buy links is a spammers haven and it never surprises me who is in the links buying market, albeit some of the companies involved have probably contracted the work out to a SEO know-it-all who may well not have told their client exactly where and through what means they are acquiring the links. Links = money = business.

Google T&C's - the world's largest link seller does not want others buying/selling real links, I wonder why?

[linktank]

Well over the years ive noticed more and more link buying

Alot of the bigger guys on this forum are at it and what makes it worse is how badly there doing it.

Google are getting better and better and finding these links so long term it wont pay off.
Some of the big companys are going to start getting called out and even big seo firms are buying links for clients.

Personally i have never bought or sold a link.

[babrees]

OK, What is the difference between buying a link and buying advertising which has a link in it?

[linktank]

buying links that pass PR is against G's t and c
Buying banner ads which is traffic based is fine, if your unsure just nofollow the link and you will be fine

[confuscius]

OK, What is the difference between buying a link and buying advertising which has a link in it?

Nothing, in my view. Just Google trying to exert undue influence and scaremongering because they know damn well that you can buy your way to the top of their search engine. Which is the better investment for a large company a one off set of costs and some maintenance costs to get to the top or paying Google massive amounts forever?

Just one simple scenario - say I employ someone to go out and find me some relevant link partners with websites that exhibit a certain complementary synergy. Let's say we exchange links BECAUSE each of our websites complements the other and we are both happy to recommend each other. Did I buy the link? YES!!! It cost me money employing someone.

Now let me NOT employ anyone specifically to look for a link exchange and let me find the same synergistic site and the owner wants money for the link. I buy it and I offer him one back and he buys from me. We both bought links BUT the links are the same regardless of whether money changes hands or not.

Just another piece of pathetic Google attempted mass control. Get on with your own business and let Google get on with theirs.

Of course, according to Google it is OK to buy links from Yahoo directory or a human reviewed place. What a complete and utter nonsensical contrived and stupid set of arguments to try to support what cannot be supported.

Link buying and selling is a free market and has nothing to do with Google and even less to do with their T&Cs.

[Top banana]

Of course, according to Google it is OK to buy links from Yahoo directory or a human reviewed place. What a complete and utter nonsensical contrived and stupid set of arguments to try to support what cannot be supported.

Link buying and selling is a free market and has nothing to do with Google and even less to do with their T&Cs.

It has everything to do with google if you want to appear in their index. Google uses links as a "vote" for a website. So in their eyes you are buying votes. The arguement for paying to be in BOTW, yahoo directory, etc is simple you are paying for a human review not for the link. Sure you can buy as many links as you link but all paid links should have nofollowed added.

If you want to be in the google index you have to play by their rules.

Having said all that if you want to compete in a competitive sector you will need to buy links, but you do risk being penalised.

[lisaanne]

I feel sorry for companies employing SEO firms who then go and "acquire" links from anywhere. Someone was telling me the other day that they had an agency on the case with link backs, getting hundreds a month. Hmm.

Quality not quantity!

I'm torn on the buy/swap issue though - where advertising becomes buying a link. It's tricky because if you're paying for a genuine advert, then you often want to get a link back too whilst you're at it! Get more for your money. But you hadn't set out to "buy a link".

So if something's hand reviewed, but you pay for it, and that's ok, what's to say every advert and directory listing in the land isn't "reviewed" by the publisher first?

Lx

[rob.co.uk]

Wierd thread - DomainState.com - News & Views - Are you buing links?

Same new user / username , same question even down to the same typo in the title.

All quite odd?!

[linktank]

even stranger

"Are you buing links" - Google Search

[Darren M]

Google are getting better and better and finding these links so long term it wont pay off.
Some of the big companys are going to start getting called out and even big seo firms are buying links for clients.

Personally i have never bought or sold a link.

It's obvious even to us it's going on and in which sectors, so Google must know exactly who's buying links, but what are they going to do to these big companies?

If they de-index a large bank or an insurance company they're just going to damage their own search results. When people search for a brand online they expect to find it at the top of the organic results. If they just drop them from the generic search results, they may lose one of the best sites for something like insurance or loans, again damaging their own search results.

IMO it's the smaller players that have more to lose through buying links.

[linktank]

Great point Darren.

What i have noticed recently is Google targetting a site's key sector and keywords when it comes to giving a penalty.

Basically dropping them from the serps for core phrases but keeping them for brand searches etc..

[rob.co.uk]

If you look at this guys profile, http://www.affiliates4u.com/forums/member.php?u=34195 he has a link there.

Going by the above massive multi post via the net I am guessing this is a big spamming effort.

Lots of ontopic chat and a relavant link....

Delete thread + user for spam?

[Top banana]

I agree with Rob.co.uk - can a mod delete the user http://www.affiliates4u.com/forums/member.php?u=34195 who is clearly a spammer and will add nothing to this forum.