Buying backlinks?

[techgal128]

So, I always see advertisements online to buy backlinks for your site. Can anyone explain to me exactly how this works and if it's really worth the money? When these ads say "buy backlinks on (some crazy number) of sites!" where do these sites come from?

Thanks!

 

[Traveler]

I'll give you 4 examples of white hat paid links that I was alluding to in my earlier post:

- Sponsor a charity, get listed on their "sponsors" page. Backlink from high authority, high trust flow site. ($100 and up one-time cost)

- Buy a listing in an established, high authority, high trust rank directory. Like the Yahoo directory ( $299/year), There are a few smaller ones that are less pricey, you're more likely to get useful traffic from Y!.

- Buy ad space on a relevant, established authority site or blog. It will be nofollowed, but that's OK - if you choose wisely, the traffic you get will be worth far more than a bunch of crap links.

- Join your local Chamber of Commerce (dues usually $100-$250/yr ). The ones with a clue (not all of them!) have a directory of members with followed links. Again, high authority, high trust AND potentially useful traffic from the link.

Would you really classify these as "don't bother?" If so, I'd like to hear your reasoning...

What I would classify as "don't bother" is the vast majority off link building offers, period.

As far as those examples, those are not in any of the buy these backlinks now, "guaranteed results" sort of offers you see everywhere.

 

[enlytend]

As far as those examples, those are not in any of the buy these backlinks now, "guaranteed results" sort of offers you see everywhere.

True. The posers' repetoire is pretty limited.

You get what you pay for

 

[BODISS]

Don't buy automatic back links, it's such as spam!