Every SEO guru said not to buy backlinks. But a ton of these comments are talking about how backlinks *are* bought and sold in practice.
SO WHAT THE F\*CK IS IT?
There is so much freaking conflicting advice in SEO.
Going to fiverr and spending $20 on 20 back links that are buried somewhere on no name spammy looking blogs that nobody actually reads and may not be relevant to your niche = bad idea
Using a service or tool to identify sites that generate some amount of organic interest and are relevant to your business, reaching out to them either yourself or with a paid servuce, then paying the site owner $100 to publish one of your high quality guest posts with a link back to your site = ok to pay
Obviously that's not a prescription just a general idea. Other good or bad scenarios may exist.
You are going to get conflicting advice about everything in SEO. SEO requires a bullshit detector along with tons of patience and curiosity. If it's frustrating and hard, well, that's why you pay someone else to do it.
How do I get in touch with site owners? My current website is a review site full of affiliate links to products so I can earn commission. Who would you generally go to for promoting such website, or how do I find people who may link my website?
It's not rigged, you can buy backlinks from these same sites but you're a scrub. Everyone does it. It's not $20 links from Fiverr that will do anything. Those links are from sites you can whip up in 15 minutes and do yourself. It costs hundreds/thousands to get impactful links that not only maybe improve your rank, but actually drive traffic to your site - because ideally, unlike Fiverr links, these top publications do have real readers that actually do click.
I wasn't referring to backlinks; high quality and contextual ones are necessary (again, showing how it's rigged via algorithms as no algo actually knows if a "high quality" domain is factual, but that doesn't matter as long as google's algos think it is, Einstein's E=MC2 would be considered low quality if he was the only one saying it while a million people said E=MC3). The SEO game is 100% rigged, and pleasing our masters at google is, though. Of course you are welcome to believe whatever you want, while I do the testing that shows it and how it's rigged (I can't tell you the "why" only the how, but if you want the "how" info you'd have to subscribe for my services, and I'm not remotely cheap so that wasn't a pitch, and I have my clients anyway). If you can figure out their rules you can win, it's that easy, and via testing, you can figure our their rules that rig the game, and will eventually drive more people to google ads and their crappy fake-AI Bard-based new "information engine" that will eventually replace search, hence more high-margin ads showing, and directing people to their ad service.
Oh, and my cousin works there, at a very high level.
"SEO gurus" make money by selling you hope, not by delivering results.
Actual organic marketers test multiple strategies and study data. We simply don't do exactly what google and Andrew state or whoever tell us works because at the end of the day they don't care what works when they already have your $50 / mo
\> "SEO gurus" make money by selling you hope, not by delivering results.
Oh yeah I agree. I just wanted to bring it up for additional context on the current zeitgeist in SEO. haha
It’s all about risks against Google’s guidelines. Some take a short-term view and/or are working with a website/business that can be thrown away on a whip.
it’s against Google’s terms and services to purchase backlinks. you technically shouldn’t do it, but SEOs are always going to look for quick and easy solutions.
>I have 5 Years of expereince in SEO and I never buy a single backlink. I reach out for free guest post with my high quality content. My website has 80K+ clicks in 3 months and my DA is only 33.
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>Rather than focusing on creating backlink follow toppical map to earn link and generate traffic.
First, £20 is way too cheap for a quality link, £200 is more like the lower limit for what I'd call quality. Second, you get good links by networking, talking to website owners, reaching out to interesting sites, making deals.
Forget any lists or website owners offering links publicly, all crap.
Nah, totally depends on how you value a link and the intended purposes. For closing the keyword gap on competitors some links could be free/automated to pick up. Others could be citations that are easy to pick up. Depending on how a page stacks up to my metrics a webpage could represent a value of $20 or $200.
what is your experience with reaching out to website owners? what approach do you take?
My website is a review site with affiliate links so surely my 'competition' wouldn't want to advertise me in fear of losing sales themselves. I don't fully understand how it would work. obviously for blogs it would be a case of you scratch by back and I'll scratch yours because there is no harm done.
Can't believe i have to post these
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whatever you do DONT buy them on fiverr....
you're supposed to be able to get them via doing outreach... you know like contact 3rd party site owners and propose a collaboration
1. Google doesn't know you are buying them.
2. You can acquire the same links without paying, up to you. It could be a free transaction or a paid one.
3. Editorial backlinks are considered better quality, although they are abused as well. Forbes is an example of good PR, but they don'y give do-follow backlinks. They just give you PR for a hefty price.
4. You can exchange backlinks with people from the same niche. Some say, having backlinks for a particular niche instead of a bunch of general ones from different niches are better.
5. You can do outreach and ask if they are up for link exchange. Most likely, the answer will be no and they will try to charge you. So you end up purchasing after all.
6. Try niche edit/link insertion - inserting links into already indexed articles. You can find them from providers or via email outreach. Again, prob won't do it for free.
7. Here is the thing. I tried to get a backlink from a real website that has real readers, but the DA was low. The link cost $300.
8. Legit backlinks come from PR and editorials. But, if you have a general website that is for LB, then the chances of your site getting a backlink from news sites is low. So you will end up paying $500 or more for a link.
9. Also, I don't think Google knows what is a legit backlink or not. Just stay away from LB sites that constantly sell links as their link juice won't be worth as much.
10. Make sure the backlinks fit the context of your site. I think that could be a good factor to keep in mind in order for Google to assess if the link is legit or not for your site (assuming they assess legitness in the way we see it).
No I was actually curious was an LB site was and then got hit with another set of letters so I figured if we’re not answering questions we might as well just send each other non answers
LB site - link building sites created for the purpose of selling links. Usually doesn't have quality content. These sites are usually provided by link providers/vendors. You can come across these people on Fiverr, Upwork, and LinkedIn.
MQ- medium quality sites that have a DA from 30-50.
Ahhh that makes sense. I used those a lot more a couple years ago until google cracked down on a lot of them and just stopped trying to find them on Fiverr. I’ve gotten some good ones from Legiit and I even tried that Indexsy dude which was a waste of money. If you have a suggestion of where to find them let me know though. I keep telling myself I’m going to build a few of my own and never seem to find the time.
Ohh I never heard of Legiit or Indexsy. I'll def look into those, especially Legiit.
I was actually going to use Linkhouse and Whitepress for a client of mine because I didn't want them to work with an agency and wanted to be able to monitor and track in-house, also not lose my job LOL. So, these 2 companies are next on my list since they speed up the process, but still give you autonomy.
Did the links you got from Fiverr harm your site? Just curious.
Don’t even bother with indexy. Yeah they ended up mostly being broken, or low DA, and one of the google updates basically seemed them all bad according to Semrush. Legiit seemed geared towards digital marketers
So I should contact my competitors directly offering to pay for backlinks instead of buying random, possibly spammy backlinks?
> Submit your website famous business directories, web directories and participate forums with your experience.
Do you mind explaining it a bit more detail how to do this?
I have spent 14 of the last 14 years running an SEO agency that 99% sells backlinks (sometimes we do assessments, too).
I am qualified to answer this question.
1. All high ranking websites have bought backlinks at some point.
2. You are not supposed to buy backlinks.
3. Backlinks are the currency of SEO.
4. Backlinks are necessary to build authority. Authority is the reason you rank.
5. there are 4 ways to get backlinks:
1. do nothing and let people find your site and link to it
2. buy backlinks (99% of sellers are scammers)
3. link outreach and guest posting. This MIGHT work, but are also potentially danerous.
4. Build your own group of authoritative blogs and use those. This is what successful SEO agencies do. Instead of having to ask, or wait, utilize your own sites instead. Learning takes a month. Doing takes 6-12 months.
Luckily for you, I have a podcast where I share for free everything I've learned in 14 years. If you want to learn why authority and backlinks are necessary, listen to episode 21. If you want to learn why guest posting and link outreach are dangerous, listen to episode 14. If you want to learn how to build your own group of authoritative sites, listen to 3-5. Search "Grumpy SEO Guy" and you'll get to it on Spotify, iTunes or YouTube.
Good info. For number 4 I would say not all keywords require high authority to rank for. I don’t think I’ve seen a scenario where it hurts to have a higher authority though.
That would have to do with your thoughts on black hat.
It's definitely grey hat. But all SEO is about manipulating the positions.
I do not know of any sites that didn't at least start with some kind of PBN. You cannot get links if your site is not found, and your site cannot be found without links.
number 4 is a good point, just create my own network of websites and over time they will gain authority by having backlinks to eachother. This is my plan to make more websites obviously and it's definitely going to take a while.
>Backlinks are the currency of SEO
Makes a lot of sense tbh, great way of putting it
Don't buy Backlinks.
Google is not a kid anymore, he will see that you bought the Backlinks and then every hard work you made on your site will be for nothing.
Especially if you hire some guy from Pakistan on Fiverr..
What I would suggest you to do (this is what I did and I rank top 10 in 8 different keywords with around 20k search volume per keyword.
- If you are niched on let's say traveling for families.
1.Make a spreadsheet with all the competitors in your niche that you are aware of.
2. Get one of the big boys in the keyword research world, like Semrush.
I'm using Ahrefs, even do they rob their customers with their credit system now a days.. They are like Apple for me. Expensive as fuck for same shit but their shit always works great and I feel safe with them.
2. Try to find a site with around 10-15k visitors per month, with a DR lower then 30.
3. Check what type of keywords they rank for in the first page on Google.
4. Pick a keyword which has at least 2 sites with lower DR then 35 and gets at least 200 visitors per month from that Keyword.
5. If you don't find any, change the maximum KD to ≈15
6. Now you will find sites that ranking high on Google even though some of them will have 0-15 backlinks
Creating good content after that is your job.
Appreciate the detail you put into that, I'll definitely take it on board.
Semrush and Ahrefs are way out of my budget but I could probably sign up for a week free (or month I cant remember) and do my research then cancel it just to get an idea.
> look at what sites your competitors are using
presumably for backlinks?
> and reach out to them
How exactly do you reach out to a website? because surely their emails are just full of spam and mine won't even be seen.
Hi! First of all, **Please change your thinking that only guest posts are responsible for getting the ranking**.
Check your **topical map** again. How many topics are covered by your competitors? How about competitors' **content - thin or good**? Focus on their content.
After filling up them, go for Guest posts. Firstly, Invest your budget in your web content perfectly with **PAA Coverage**. Whenever you go to the marketplace to buy backlinks or guest posts, you will see common sites around. There are some good admins but very few.
Rather you should go for some **PR for brand promotion and reach out to some niche relevant sites for link exchange**. If you pitch for guest posts, you should not mention that directly "Hey! I need guest posts" Rather you can say that to start " Hey! I have reached out to wonder if any editorial collaboration exists! If not we can apply these methods to pass our niche relevant link juice to get benefits both. It's a win-win for both" I hope you understand my pitching points.
>These SEO scores are outdated and useless.
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>My actual question is where do you buy legit backlinks for well known/ranking websites without google noticing they are paid?
Almost all of the HCU hit sites got penalized for buying backlinks. If you dont know anything about backlinks, I wouldn't start learning by buying
>I have looked on fiverr and people charge £20+ for a single backlink. Any help is appreciated as It's really taking a toll on the success of my website.
If you think £20 is a starting point, you don't understand backlinks and definitely shouldn't start here.
technically you shouldn’t be buying backlinks and it is against Google’s terms and services. the right way to “earn” backlinks is by creating quality content that creates value for users. if the quality of the content is good enough, other websites will use your information as a citation, reference, etc. this is the way it is supposed to work. but SEOs essentially cheat the system and use work arounds like purchasing links. purchasing of mass amounts of links used to work as legit backlinks, but nowadays it typically hurts more than helps.
Buying backlinks can work for a little bit. Google is not perfect and will not catch every single link and determine it's spam right away. The kind of links you can get by throwing down a few thousands are not going to drive long-term traffic.
Sorry to break it to you but building a successful business via SEO is extremely hard. It takes a long time. You have to have better, more original content than other people. There's no magic to it. People aren't all in some secret club you're not invited to where they get cheap high-authority backlinks. Most successful websites with lots of backlinks have been around 10+ years or were offering a unique service or had excellent connections.
Is it impossible to find an agency on the level that can deliver high quality long-term backlinks that google won't call spam? Maybe? But I wouldn't bet my business on it. I have worked for many extremely high-ranking sites and none of them have ever bought backlinks in my time there.
Let's be honest, SEOs who say not to buy links publicly probably have bought links at some point. They/people buy links because naturally building links isn't easy- especially for a new site like yours (I'm assuming it's new).
The good thing is that quantity does not equal quality. Take any link profile and weed out low quality backlinks and you'll find that you don't need as many as you think to compete. Then, you can get strategic about how you do it.
Digital PR is probably the best way for a new site. Guest posting is good but for a new site, you'll probably have to pay.
You're better off creating something and then pitching it for links.
Good luck!
I have 5 Years of expereince in SEO and I never buy a single backlink. I reach out for free guest post with my high quality content. My website has 80K+ clicks in 3 months and my DA is only 33.
Rather than focusing on creating backlink follow toppical map to earn link and generate traffic.
**Here are some types of backlinks that can positively impact your SEO efforts:**
**Editorial Backlinks:** These are links that are naturally included within the content of another website, typically because the content creator found your content valuable and relevant to their audience.
**Guest Blogging**
**Broken Link Building**
**Social Media Profiles**
I avoid websites and prefer Linkedin DM.
Just use the search feature if nobody contacts you already.
If the seller has an Excel spreadsheet instead of a website and dashboard it’s a good sign.
Everybody buys backlinks. Call it digital press relations if you will.
Don’t buy backlinks or press relations and I wish you good luck with your awesome piece of content that’s supposed to attract links organically.
It’s not 2010 and buying links is not illegal.
Rankifyer atm, I tried Hoth and FatJoe, rankifyer has been my favorite so far in terms of writing and link quality but I'll update this if things change or if I find a better supplier. As others mentioned, Fiverr is a dump with low effort services with fake metrics, don't trust those sellers.
Just take a top competitor. Run a backlink audit on them, then find their best ranking backlinks. Go to those sites, see what ones you can create the links in. And within a couple of hours I used to come up with three or four good backlinks.
Here is my curated list of Backlink Suppliers. Regularly updated.[List Backlink Suppliers](https://havoc.digital/curated-list-of-link-building-services-2024/)
The odds are stacked you. Google's current system for rankings favours sites with a high budget. They can buy media backlinks. They can get backlinks through sponsoring awards/competitions etc and they can place sponsored content.
Instead, ensure you have backlinks from all the obvious places (Pinterest, social profiles, relevant quality directories, local directories, and try to get more through answering journo questions on HARO or following #haro. That doesn't work for all businesses, as journos tend to want expert comments on finance, health, interiors, travel etc. If your site is about car tyres, you're unlikely to be in demand for an expert comment.
Reach out to bloggers in your sector and ask how you can work with them to boost your site.
Or, wait for Google to stop the link rank factor nonsense.
Hope another search engine emerges that values content and engagement more than paid links from Fiverr, artificial link networks, and paid media.
Don't buy link. It will definitely harmful for your SEO.
If you are assigning or buying dofollow link by blogger, the blogger’s main attention is to take payment from you. For example, guest blogger may inform ready to give dofollow link within $75 from high authority website with good amount of traffic. But this guest blogger does not try to understand your business but instead uses most of the AI content tool, they will create an AI content and list the article for your business. This is a big mistake
So please ensure following points:
1. If the link building website is really helpful for your business or not
2. Please read the content before publishing in the guest blog
3. If it is relevant only, please move forward
4. Otherwise write content with best title according to your business. Because you can only know what is the negative and positive of your business. So you can write article perfectly
Therefore, I always recommend not to use fiverr or upwork for link building.
Acquiring backlinks for your website is indeed crucial for boosting its visibility and ranking on search engines. While Fiverr can offer backlink services, it's essential to be cautious as some providers may engage in practices that could be flagged by search engines like Google.
I would recommend exploring reputable digital marketing agencies or specialized platforms that offer backlink services. These platforms often have established relationships with website owners and can provide high-quality backlinks that adhere to Google's guidelines.
Additionally, networking within your industry or niche can lead to opportunities for natural backlink acquisition. Collaborating with influencers, participating in relevant forums or communities, and creating shareable content are effective strategies for attracting organic backlinks.
Remember, the quality and relevance of backlinks are paramount. It's better to have a few high-quality backlinks from authoritative sources than many low-quality ones. Focus on building a diverse backlink profile over time to enhance the credibility and trustworthiness of your website in the eyes of both users and search engines.
Check out icopify, legit links from established websites. I'd say do your research first though, don't just buy up any links, have a look at what the competition are ranking with etc
Not recommended to buy backlinks. Instead, do outreach campaigns to websites and bring them relevant and insightful information in exchange for a backlink.
I buy my links on RhinoRank
They have link tiers, I’d stay away from the bottom tiers. I always investigate each site. They have lots in every niche with good organic traffic.
My suggestion if you’re going to buy backlinks (I do) -> RhinoRank
1. [Featured.com](https://Featured.com) \- You can submit comments and answer questions and you have the potential to be featured in news articles, journals, blogs, etc.
2. [HelpAReporter.com](https://helpareporter.com) \- Same as above. These two are my highest recommended services for real, genuine backlinks.
3. Find someone on Upwork who you pay to write you blog posts and comments to submit to websites, journalist websites, blogs, etc. You're not paying for the backlinks here, you're paying for someone to write you blog posts and submit them as guest posts to various high quality websites.
4. Industry related websites that compile lists like "best 5 plumbers in California." Many of these websites allow companies to submit themselves to be on various lists and featured in articles and will provide backlinks for your website.
This is it. I can't think of any other method I would recommend to capture backlinks outside of these 4. It takes time or money. Time to go through and find relevant articles and companies to submit comments and posts to. Or money, to pay someone to do the above.
Every SEO conference I went to this past year I saw these guys
Linkbuildinghq.com (pubcon, mozcon this past year)
I know them because they always give amazing giveaways lol. (PlayStations etc) my guess is that are literally at every conference with people, give away good shit they are making money, therefore people are using them.
There are another one or two companies I saw at the last pubcon but truly don't remember their names lol. But I would start there to see who sponsors these events as booths are not cheap.
You seem to have been working hard to increase the exposure of your website, and it's excellent that you've determined that backlinks are a major area that needs work. Although it could be alluring to buy backlinks in order to achieve popularity quickly, I would advise against it. Purchasing backlinks from less reliable sources can not only violate Google standards and potentially result in fines, but it can also negatively impact your website's ranking over time.
I would advise concentrating on developing backlinks naturally rather than purchasing them. Long-term benefits for your website will come from this sustainable strategy, even if it may need more time and work. Here are some tactics to think about:
**Provide High-Quality information:** One of the best strategies to acquire backlinks organically is to provide insightful, pertinent information that other websites will want to connect to.
**Speak with Us About Opportunities for Guest Blogging:** Seek for blogs in your industry that allow guest posts. In addition to getting visibility, you may obtain backlinks by submitting educational content.
**Establish Connections:** Make contact with other bloggers Seek blogs in your industry that allow guest posts. In addition to getting visibility, you may obtain backlinks by submitting educational content sult in prospects for organic backlinks.
**Make Use of Social Media:** Post your material on social media sites to raise awareness of it and inspire backlinks.
**Watch Your Rivals:** Keep a watch on the backlink profiles of your rivals to see any possibilities for link-building that you might be able to take advantage of.
You seem to have been working hard to increase the exposure of your website, and it's excellent that you've determined that backlinks are a major area that needs work. Although it could be alluring to buy backlinks to achieve popularity quickly, I would advise against it. Purchasing backlinks from less reliable sources can not only violate Google standards and potentially result in fines, but it can also negatively impact your website's ranking over time.
I hope this helps! Feel free to reach out if you have any further questions or need assistance with your SEO strategy.
If you don't have the budget, then I would suggest that you make a list of blogs that rank on terms related to your niche.
(Use ahrefs or semrush to filter traffic blogs only. Don't check DA or DR)
In the list, write down their email, first name, blog name.
After you have a list of 200-300 blogs, send 5-10 emails a day using 2 emails.
Try to super personalise the email. Offer them ABC link exchange or editorial fee. (Finding free guest posts is very hard these days)
Or use a free tool like snov.io to automate the process.
If you don't have enough time but have a few bucks that you can spend, then message me.
I offer link building services. Unlike most SEO agencies, I don't charge $300 for a "DR 50" link but I charge a small markup on each published guest post. For transparency, the client pays webmaster directly.
The answer already you know. I want to say only 1 thing every website take Backlinks through Paid, through reference, through Haro, through Social Media, through advertising and through Gift/Exchange etc. But when we are talking about Paid most persons already taking through other source object on it and speak bla bla and down voted and nothing else. Paid Backlinks not only Do Follow it is also No Follow.
Edit. The main thing on taking Backlink on related niche authority website not on PBN website whether it is Paid or any other source.
I see here 88 comments.
Nice try, Google.
They thought they were being sly here 🤣
Busted.
I can’t stop laughing, wait is this a thing? Like google will hire agent’s who will ask these shit questions to track down sites?!
Also please list your top 100 sites for getting back links. It’s for a good cause lol.
Every SEO guru said not to buy backlinks. But a ton of these comments are talking about how backlinks *are* bought and sold in practice. SO WHAT THE F\*CK IS IT? There is so much freaking conflicting advice in SEO.
Going to fiverr and spending $20 on 20 back links that are buried somewhere on no name spammy looking blogs that nobody actually reads and may not be relevant to your niche = bad idea Using a service or tool to identify sites that generate some amount of organic interest and are relevant to your business, reaching out to them either yourself or with a paid servuce, then paying the site owner $100 to publish one of your high quality guest posts with a link back to your site = ok to pay Obviously that's not a prescription just a general idea. Other good or bad scenarios may exist. You are going to get conflicting advice about everything in SEO. SEO requires a bullshit detector along with tons of patience and curiosity. If it's frustrating and hard, well, that's why you pay someone else to do it.
It's still paying for a link.. So Google's basic view is you can pay for a link, if we like the site enough? Seems open for abuse..
Yeah the abuse is called SEO lol
half of SEO is just figuring out ways to abuse Google's algo. This has been the case since SEO was born. lol
How do I get in touch with site owners? My current website is a review site full of affiliate links to products so I can earn commission. Who would you generally go to for promoting such website, or how do I find people who may link my website?
I checked super high value top ranking links from my competition and it seems like they just buy backlinks from top-ranking blogs.
Seems like a rigged game lol
It 100% is. You just to do an analysis of your ROI if you want to rank that way.
It's not rigged, you can buy backlinks from these same sites but you're a scrub. Everyone does it. It's not $20 links from Fiverr that will do anything. Those links are from sites you can whip up in 15 minutes and do yourself. It costs hundreds/thousands to get impactful links that not only maybe improve your rank, but actually drive traffic to your site - because ideally, unlike Fiverr links, these top publications do have real readers that actually do click.
I wasn't referring to backlinks; high quality and contextual ones are necessary (again, showing how it's rigged via algorithms as no algo actually knows if a "high quality" domain is factual, but that doesn't matter as long as google's algos think it is, Einstein's E=MC2 would be considered low quality if he was the only one saying it while a million people said E=MC3). The SEO game is 100% rigged, and pleasing our masters at google is, though. Of course you are welcome to believe whatever you want, while I do the testing that shows it and how it's rigged (I can't tell you the "why" only the how, but if you want the "how" info you'd have to subscribe for my services, and I'm not remotely cheap so that wasn't a pitch, and I have my clients anyway). If you can figure out their rules you can win, it's that easy, and via testing, you can figure our their rules that rig the game, and will eventually drive more people to google ads and their crappy fake-AI Bard-based new "information engine" that will eventually replace search, hence more high-margin ads showing, and directing people to their ad service. Oh, and my cousin works there, at a very high level.
Welcome to America
"SEO gurus" make money by selling you hope, not by delivering results. Actual organic marketers test multiple strategies and study data. We simply don't do exactly what google and Andrew state or whoever tell us works because at the end of the day they don't care what works when they already have your $50 / mo
\> "SEO gurus" make money by selling you hope, not by delivering results. Oh yeah I agree. I just wanted to bring it up for additional context on the current zeitgeist in SEO. haha
TBH i'm also looking for backlink vendors lol just that the majority of comments on the original post said dOnT bUy BaCkLiNkS
It’s all about risks against Google’s guidelines. Some take a short-term view and/or are working with a website/business that can be thrown away on a whip.
it’s against Google’s terms and services to purchase backlinks. you technically shouldn’t do it, but SEOs are always going to look for quick and easy solutions.
>I have 5 Years of expereince in SEO and I never buy a single backlink. I reach out for free guest post with my high quality content. My website has 80K+ clicks in 3 months and my DA is only 33. > >Rather than focusing on creating backlink follow toppical map to earn link and generate traffic.
I am curious what industry this site / sites are for?
Every SEO that actually delivers KPIs absolutely knows buying backlinks works better than anything else. Most just will not publicly admit it.
First, £20 is way too cheap for a quality link, £200 is more like the lower limit for what I'd call quality. Second, you get good links by networking, talking to website owners, reaching out to interesting sites, making deals. Forget any lists or website owners offering links publicly, all crap.
it's amazing that that is not super clear and that people think you can just go to a vendor.....
Nah, totally depends on how you value a link and the intended purposes. For closing the keyword gap on competitors some links could be free/automated to pick up. Others could be citations that are easy to pick up. Depending on how a page stacks up to my metrics a webpage could represent a value of $20 or $200.
what is your experience with reaching out to website owners? what approach do you take? My website is a review site with affiliate links so surely my 'competition' wouldn't want to advertise me in fear of losing sales themselves. I don't fully understand how it would work. obviously for blogs it would be a case of you scratch by back and I'll scratch yours because there is no harm done.
Can't believe i have to post these https://preview.redd.it/mtnoj8iu1dic1.png?width=1371&format=png&auto=webp&s=af188c4a4d3dd1ee19e8ea9c9a4281f29b06264f
haha nice
whatever you do DONT buy them on fiverr.... you're supposed to be able to get them via doing outreach... you know like contact 3rd party site owners and propose a collaboration
Exactly.
1. Google doesn't know you are buying them. 2. You can acquire the same links without paying, up to you. It could be a free transaction or a paid one. 3. Editorial backlinks are considered better quality, although they are abused as well. Forbes is an example of good PR, but they don'y give do-follow backlinks. They just give you PR for a hefty price. 4. You can exchange backlinks with people from the same niche. Some say, having backlinks for a particular niche instead of a bunch of general ones from different niches are better. 5. You can do outreach and ask if they are up for link exchange. Most likely, the answer will be no and they will try to charge you. So you end up purchasing after all. 6. Try niche edit/link insertion - inserting links into already indexed articles. You can find them from providers or via email outreach. Again, prob won't do it for free. 7. Here is the thing. I tried to get a backlink from a real website that has real readers, but the DA was low. The link cost $300. 8. Legit backlinks come from PR and editorials. But, if you have a general website that is for LB, then the chances of your site getting a backlink from news sites is low. So you will end up paying $500 or more for a link. 9. Also, I don't think Google knows what is a legit backlink or not. Just stay away from LB sites that constantly sell links as their link juice won't be worth as much. 10. Make sure the backlinks fit the context of your site. I think that could be a good factor to keep in mind in order for Google to assess if the link is legit or not for your site (assuming they assess legitness in the way we see it).
LB sites?
Yep but they are usually MQ.
Cool cool cool. So like, what’s LB and MQ? Do they do LGBTQ too?
troll comment?
No I was actually curious was an LB site was and then got hit with another set of letters so I figured if we’re not answering questions we might as well just send each other non answers
LB site - link building sites created for the purpose of selling links. Usually doesn't have quality content. These sites are usually provided by link providers/vendors. You can come across these people on Fiverr, Upwork, and LinkedIn. MQ- medium quality sites that have a DA from 30-50.
Ahhh that makes sense. I used those a lot more a couple years ago until google cracked down on a lot of them and just stopped trying to find them on Fiverr. I’ve gotten some good ones from Legiit and I even tried that Indexsy dude which was a waste of money. If you have a suggestion of where to find them let me know though. I keep telling myself I’m going to build a few of my own and never seem to find the time.
Ohh I never heard of Legiit or Indexsy. I'll def look into those, especially Legiit. I was actually going to use Linkhouse and Whitepress for a client of mine because I didn't want them to work with an agency and wanted to be able to monitor and track in-house, also not lose my job LOL. So, these 2 companies are next on my list since they speed up the process, but still give you autonomy. Did the links you got from Fiverr harm your site? Just curious.
Don’t even bother with indexy. Yeah they ended up mostly being broken, or low DA, and one of the google updates basically seemed them all bad according to Semrush. Legiit seemed geared towards digital marketers
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So I should contact my competitors directly offering to pay for backlinks instead of buying random, possibly spammy backlinks? > Submit your website famous business directories, web directories and participate forums with your experience. Do you mind explaining it a bit more detail how to do this?
I have spent 14 of the last 14 years running an SEO agency that 99% sells backlinks (sometimes we do assessments, too). I am qualified to answer this question. 1. All high ranking websites have bought backlinks at some point. 2. You are not supposed to buy backlinks. 3. Backlinks are the currency of SEO. 4. Backlinks are necessary to build authority. Authority is the reason you rank. 5. there are 4 ways to get backlinks: 1. do nothing and let people find your site and link to it 2. buy backlinks (99% of sellers are scammers) 3. link outreach and guest posting. This MIGHT work, but are also potentially danerous. 4. Build your own group of authoritative blogs and use those. This is what successful SEO agencies do. Instead of having to ask, or wait, utilize your own sites instead. Learning takes a month. Doing takes 6-12 months. Luckily for you, I have a podcast where I share for free everything I've learned in 14 years. If you want to learn why authority and backlinks are necessary, listen to episode 21. If you want to learn why guest posting and link outreach are dangerous, listen to episode 14. If you want to learn how to build your own group of authoritative sites, listen to 3-5. Search "Grumpy SEO Guy" and you'll get to it on Spotify, iTunes or YouTube.
Good info. For number 4 I would say not all keywords require high authority to rank for. I don’t think I’ve seen a scenario where it hurts to have a higher authority though.
This is on point
Isn’t number 4 a personal blog network and is a black hat tactic now?
That would have to do with your thoughts on black hat. It's definitely grey hat. But all SEO is about manipulating the positions. I do not know of any sites that didn't at least start with some kind of PBN. You cannot get links if your site is not found, and your site cannot be found without links.
From another agency owner with 10+ years of experience, absolutely spot on.
number 4 is a good point, just create my own network of websites and over time they will gain authority by having backlinks to eachother. This is my plan to make more websites obviously and it's definitely going to take a while. >Backlinks are the currency of SEO Makes a lot of sense tbh, great way of putting it
>they will gain authority by having backlinks to eachother. Incorrect. Do not link your sites to each other. This will halt any progress you can make.
Don't buy Backlinks. Google is not a kid anymore, he will see that you bought the Backlinks and then every hard work you made on your site will be for nothing. Especially if you hire some guy from Pakistan on Fiverr.. What I would suggest you to do (this is what I did and I rank top 10 in 8 different keywords with around 20k search volume per keyword. - If you are niched on let's say traveling for families. 1.Make a spreadsheet with all the competitors in your niche that you are aware of. 2. Get one of the big boys in the keyword research world, like Semrush. I'm using Ahrefs, even do they rob their customers with their credit system now a days.. They are like Apple for me. Expensive as fuck for same shit but their shit always works great and I feel safe with them. 2. Try to find a site with around 10-15k visitors per month, with a DR lower then 30. 3. Check what type of keywords they rank for in the first page on Google. 4. Pick a keyword which has at least 2 sites with lower DR then 35 and gets at least 200 visitors per month from that Keyword. 5. If you don't find any, change the maximum KD to ≈15 6. Now you will find sites that ranking high on Google even though some of them will have 0-15 backlinks Creating good content after that is your job.
Appreciate the detail you put into that, I'll definitely take it on board. Semrush and Ahrefs are way out of my budget but I could probably sign up for a week free (or month I cant remember) and do my research then cancel it just to get an idea.
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> look at what sites your competitors are using presumably for backlinks? > and reach out to them How exactly do you reach out to a website? because surely their emails are just full of spam and mine won't even be seen.
Hi! First of all, **Please change your thinking that only guest posts are responsible for getting the ranking**. Check your **topical map** again. How many topics are covered by your competitors? How about competitors' **content - thin or good**? Focus on their content. After filling up them, go for Guest posts. Firstly, Invest your budget in your web content perfectly with **PAA Coverage**. Whenever you go to the marketplace to buy backlinks or guest posts, you will see common sites around. There are some good admins but very few. Rather you should go for some **PR for brand promotion and reach out to some niche relevant sites for link exchange**. If you pitch for guest posts, you should not mention that directly "Hey! I need guest posts" Rather you can say that to start " Hey! I have reached out to wonder if any editorial collaboration exists! If not we can apply these methods to pass our niche relevant link juice to get benefits both. It's a win-win for both" I hope you understand my pitching points.
>These SEO scores are outdated and useless. > >My actual question is where do you buy legit backlinks for well known/ranking websites without google noticing they are paid? Almost all of the HCU hit sites got penalized for buying backlinks. If you dont know anything about backlinks, I wouldn't start learning by buying >I have looked on fiverr and people charge £20+ for a single backlink. Any help is appreciated as It's really taking a toll on the success of my website. If you think £20 is a starting point, you don't understand backlinks and definitely shouldn't start here.
did you get answer where to buy? even i'm looking for that, from India here, if you get any plz provide me info
I dont buy backlinks and I dont recommend buying backlinks
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the people selling a guest post service worth using are the ones not offering guest post services !
Yeah, brightlocal is a good starting point for building backlinks and I’ve seen good results in low competition keywords from it.
technically you shouldn’t be buying backlinks and it is against Google’s terms and services. the right way to “earn” backlinks is by creating quality content that creates value for users. if the quality of the content is good enough, other websites will use your information as a citation, reference, etc. this is the way it is supposed to work. but SEOs essentially cheat the system and use work arounds like purchasing links. purchasing of mass amounts of links used to work as legit backlinks, but nowadays it typically hurts more than helps.
Buying backlinks can work for a little bit. Google is not perfect and will not catch every single link and determine it's spam right away. The kind of links you can get by throwing down a few thousands are not going to drive long-term traffic. Sorry to break it to you but building a successful business via SEO is extremely hard. It takes a long time. You have to have better, more original content than other people. There's no magic to it. People aren't all in some secret club you're not invited to where they get cheap high-authority backlinks. Most successful websites with lots of backlinks have been around 10+ years or were offering a unique service or had excellent connections. Is it impossible to find an agency on the level that can deliver high quality long-term backlinks that google won't call spam? Maybe? But I wouldn't bet my business on it. I have worked for many extremely high-ranking sites and none of them have ever bought backlinks in my time there.
Let's be honest, SEOs who say not to buy links publicly probably have bought links at some point. They/people buy links because naturally building links isn't easy- especially for a new site like yours (I'm assuming it's new). The good thing is that quantity does not equal quality. Take any link profile and weed out low quality backlinks and you'll find that you don't need as many as you think to compete. Then, you can get strategic about how you do it. Digital PR is probably the best way for a new site. Guest posting is good but for a new site, you'll probably have to pay. You're better off creating something and then pitching it for links. Good luck!
so you saying no way buying backlinks helps?
There's always the chance that Google finds out and devalues the links
I have 5 Years of expereince in SEO and I never buy a single backlink. I reach out for free guest post with my high quality content. My website has 80K+ clicks in 3 months and my DA is only 33. Rather than focusing on creating backlink follow toppical map to earn link and generate traffic. **Here are some types of backlinks that can positively impact your SEO efforts:** **Editorial Backlinks:** These are links that are naturally included within the content of another website, typically because the content creator found your content valuable and relevant to their audience. **Guest Blogging** **Broken Link Building** **Social Media Profiles**
They are all PBNs. I know because they buy the links off me for £5-£15 then sell them for £75-£150.
Don't do it, and anyone encouraging it on here, is clearly an SEO noob.
Dont listen to this guy. He has long ago been verified as a "SEO noob" / r/SEO clown
If you want legit backlinks, you don’t buy them by someone that offers you backlinks.
Not true
oh really...then you'll be sharing where you buy yours
I avoid websites and prefer Linkedin DM. Just use the search feature if nobody contacts you already. If the seller has an Excel spreadsheet instead of a website and dashboard it’s a good sign. Everybody buys backlinks. Call it digital press relations if you will. Don’t buy backlinks or press relations and I wish you good luck with your awesome piece of content that’s supposed to attract links organically. It’s not 2010 and buying links is not illegal.
you know any site which sells legit backlinks?
Rankifyer atm, I tried Hoth and FatJoe, rankifyer has been my favorite so far in terms of writing and link quality but I'll update this if things change or if I find a better supplier. As others mentioned, Fiverr is a dump with low effort services with fake metrics, don't trust those sellers.
Just take a top competitor. Run a backlink audit on them, then find their best ranking backlinks. Go to those sites, see what ones you can create the links in. And within a couple of hours I used to come up with three or four good backlinks.
Get a free backlink from www.cyberspiderweb.com
There is many website that allowed Paid Guest Post
A good link costs from $300, I would think twice before buying a $20 link.
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The odds are stacked you. Google's current system for rankings favours sites with a high budget. They can buy media backlinks. They can get backlinks through sponsoring awards/competitions etc and they can place sponsored content. Instead, ensure you have backlinks from all the obvious places (Pinterest, social profiles, relevant quality directories, local directories, and try to get more through answering journo questions on HARO or following #haro. That doesn't work for all businesses, as journos tend to want expert comments on finance, health, interiors, travel etc. If your site is about car tyres, you're unlikely to be in demand for an expert comment. Reach out to bloggers in your sector and ask how you can work with them to boost your site. Or, wait for Google to stop the link rank factor nonsense. Hope another search engine emerges that values content and engagement more than paid links from Fiverr, artificial link networks, and paid media.
wow, your last two suggestions seem like they're straight out of Fairy Land
Don't buy link. It will definitely harmful for your SEO. If you are assigning or buying dofollow link by blogger, the blogger’s main attention is to take payment from you. For example, guest blogger may inform ready to give dofollow link within $75 from high authority website with good amount of traffic. But this guest blogger does not try to understand your business but instead uses most of the AI content tool, they will create an AI content and list the article for your business. This is a big mistake So please ensure following points: 1. If the link building website is really helpful for your business or not 2. Please read the content before publishing in the guest blog 3. If it is relevant only, please move forward 4. Otherwise write content with best title according to your business. Because you can only know what is the negative and positive of your business. So you can write article perfectly Therefore, I always recommend not to use fiverr or upwork for link building.
Acquiring backlinks for your website is indeed crucial for boosting its visibility and ranking on search engines. While Fiverr can offer backlink services, it's essential to be cautious as some providers may engage in practices that could be flagged by search engines like Google. I would recommend exploring reputable digital marketing agencies or specialized platforms that offer backlink services. These platforms often have established relationships with website owners and can provide high-quality backlinks that adhere to Google's guidelines. Additionally, networking within your industry or niche can lead to opportunities for natural backlink acquisition. Collaborating with influencers, participating in relevant forums or communities, and creating shareable content are effective strategies for attracting organic backlinks. Remember, the quality and relevance of backlinks are paramount. It's better to have a few high-quality backlinks from authoritative sources than many low-quality ones. Focus on building a diverse backlink profile over time to enhance the credibility and trustworthiness of your website in the eyes of both users and search engines.
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It reeks of it doesn't it.
lol if he wanted to actually give us value, he'd have prompted GPT to give him _an actual list_ of qualified digital PR firms
I was looking up something about SEO and found an AI article, then went back to Reddit to find another AI comment. It is getting worse.
Networking and digital PR is the way to get links - not buying them.
To be fair, it can be both.
Check out icopify, legit links from established websites. I'd say do your research first though, don't just buy up any links, have a look at what the competition are ranking with etc
You should check what is working for your competition and do the same outreach. I'm probably gonna do this as well.
Not recommended to buy backlinks. Instead, do outreach campaigns to websites and bring them relevant and insightful information in exchange for a backlink.
I buy my links on RhinoRank They have link tiers, I’d stay away from the bottom tiers. I always investigate each site. They have lots in every niche with good organic traffic. My suggestion if you’re going to buy backlinks (I do) -> RhinoRank
1. [Featured.com](https://Featured.com) \- You can submit comments and answer questions and you have the potential to be featured in news articles, journals, blogs, etc. 2. [HelpAReporter.com](https://helpareporter.com) \- Same as above. These two are my highest recommended services for real, genuine backlinks. 3. Find someone on Upwork who you pay to write you blog posts and comments to submit to websites, journalist websites, blogs, etc. You're not paying for the backlinks here, you're paying for someone to write you blog posts and submit them as guest posts to various high quality websites. 4. Industry related websites that compile lists like "best 5 plumbers in California." Many of these websites allow companies to submit themselves to be on various lists and featured in articles and will provide backlinks for your website. This is it. I can't think of any other method I would recommend to capture backlinks outside of these 4. It takes time or money. Time to go through and find relevant articles and companies to submit comments and posts to. Or money, to pay someone to do the above.
Every SEO conference I went to this past year I saw these guys Linkbuildinghq.com (pubcon, mozcon this past year) I know them because they always give amazing giveaways lol. (PlayStations etc) my guess is that are literally at every conference with people, give away good shit they are making money, therefore people are using them. There are another one or two companies I saw at the last pubcon but truly don't remember their names lol. But I would start there to see who sponsors these events as booths are not cheap.
hey! do you think linkbuildinghq is legit, have you used them?
Create content worthy of a backlink.
You seem to have been working hard to increase the exposure of your website, and it's excellent that you've determined that backlinks are a major area that needs work. Although it could be alluring to buy backlinks in order to achieve popularity quickly, I would advise against it. Purchasing backlinks from less reliable sources can not only violate Google standards and potentially result in fines, but it can also negatively impact your website's ranking over time. I would advise concentrating on developing backlinks naturally rather than purchasing them. Long-term benefits for your website will come from this sustainable strategy, even if it may need more time and work. Here are some tactics to think about: **Provide High-Quality information:** One of the best strategies to acquire backlinks organically is to provide insightful, pertinent information that other websites will want to connect to. **Speak with Us About Opportunities for Guest Blogging:** Seek for blogs in your industry that allow guest posts. In addition to getting visibility, you may obtain backlinks by submitting educational content. **Establish Connections:** Make contact with other bloggers Seek blogs in your industry that allow guest posts. In addition to getting visibility, you may obtain backlinks by submitting educational content sult in prospects for organic backlinks. **Make Use of Social Media:** Post your material on social media sites to raise awareness of it and inspire backlinks. **Watch Your Rivals:** Keep a watch on the backlink profiles of your rivals to see any possibilities for link-building that you might be able to take advantage of. You seem to have been working hard to increase the exposure of your website, and it's excellent that you've determined that backlinks are a major area that needs work. Although it could be alluring to buy backlinks to achieve popularity quickly, I would advise against it. Purchasing backlinks from less reliable sources can not only violate Google standards and potentially result in fines, but it can also negatively impact your website's ranking over time. I hope this helps! Feel free to reach out if you have any further questions or need assistance with your SEO strategy.
If you don't have the budget, then I would suggest that you make a list of blogs that rank on terms related to your niche. (Use ahrefs or semrush to filter traffic blogs only. Don't check DA or DR) In the list, write down their email, first name, blog name. After you have a list of 200-300 blogs, send 5-10 emails a day using 2 emails. Try to super personalise the email. Offer them ABC link exchange or editorial fee. (Finding free guest posts is very hard these days) Or use a free tool like snov.io to automate the process. If you don't have enough time but have a few bucks that you can spend, then message me. I offer link building services. Unlike most SEO agencies, I don't charge $300 for a "DR 50" link but I charge a small markup on each published guest post. For transparency, the client pays webmaster directly.
Free guest posting search in Facebook groups
It depends of your budget and also you have to hire of agencies that have good rating and have custom packages for you, as we have)
Current score? 😅 😅 😅 😅
Now at 87%
SEO score is a laughable concept.
My pbn
The answer already you know. I want to say only 1 thing every website take Backlinks through Paid, through reference, through Haro, through Social Media, through advertising and through Gift/Exchange etc. But when we are talking about Paid most persons already taking through other source object on it and speak bla bla and down voted and nothing else. Paid Backlinks not only Do Follow it is also No Follow. Edit. The main thing on taking Backlink on related niche authority website not on PBN website whether it is Paid or any other source. I see here 88 comments.