Buying Links from DP Not A Good Idea!

[juna]

Have come to the conclusion that buying links from DP is not a
very good way to increase PR - at least, not for me!

Am new to link buying, but read all the threads relating to the
subject carefully, then dipped my toe in the water and bought
a few - checking the sites carefully (or so I thought!).

One PR 6 site seems to have completely disappeared. One PR5
site is now PR2. One PR3 is now PR2, another PR1.

Fortunately, had not bought many links, but unfortunately, I did
pay most of them for one year.

I guess it's now back to the drawing board for me to work out
other ways of building PR.

Also, if I do buy links again, it will be a month or two at a time!

[allout]

Most people do not buy them for PR, they buy them to advertise their site. If you are looking for just PR it will fade as soon as the signature is dropped. Look at it for advertising and it works great to promote your site or to get a new site indexed in teh Search Engines.

[WatchOut]

DP can provide great exposure of new web sites. It can bring huge traffic towards your web site, and I know that most of the users buy it for traffic, and not PR.

Meti

[soniqhost.com]

I would suggest look at sites with a lot of traffic to advertise on, not only PR.

[Matt B]

You shouldn't be buying links for PR anyway.

You should buy links for the traffic.

- Matt

[bbrian017]

Matt b said it best. When it comes down to PR I don't really think it means anything in the end. Forget pr for a sec lets look at the end goal of purchasing link. it's not for PR it's to get users and traffic. I don't care if I have a PR of -10 all I want in the end is users and traffic from the links and PR isn't going to get me either.

Screw PR and buy the links to keep your site alive and running good.

[aislandas]

One man said PR is something like love, you can't buy it for good.. :) It comes together with your traffic, when you get vistors to your site, It interests them all your job is done, because they will promote it for you..

[stokelake]

The PR in the tool bar is a waste of time, buy links from sites that rank well, then you know it has trust from google

[zingo]

Site PR to me seems good if your trying to sale it to someone that is trying to increase there site PR for sales profit. It does not bring traffic to your site.

[trichnosis]

buying links on dp is allways a good idea:D

[sultanofseo]

PR is useless in terms of ranking your site. i would not say buying link from DP is useless, i think buy sell links section of the forum is a great place to get some quality links. when i buy links, i do that not for PR, not for traffic, but for link building. more one way backlinks i have from related sites, better ranking my site gets on SE.

and when u buy links based on PR, check to see whether you are buying form a dropped domain or not. lot of scammers are selling links on droped domains and PR on those sites don;t last long. you can check to see whether the site you are buying link from is a dropped domain or not by enterring the URL on the wayback machine here http://www.archive.org/index.php

if you see sifferent page on the wayback machine than what the site currently displays, then more than likely its a dropped domain

[MeetHere]

You will not find such "low price" text/banner advertisement anywhere else than DP ;)

[bbrian017]

You will not find such "low price" text/banner advertisement anywhere else than DP ;)



Exactly and in the end who cares about Google anyways. Would you seriously consider sacrificing promoting your site and website traffic to only get page rank?

pfff I don't think so, Google is overrated anyways

[jg123]

You need to be more careful who you buy from and do more due diligence on the sites because there are many folks that misrepresent themselves. I would ask for refunds if you feel someone scammed you. Also remember you tend to get what you paid for, so if you bought high PR links at low prices that is why they were cheap in the first place.

good luck

[temujin]

I'm going to have to agree with everyone in that PR is not really important. Most people want traffic and links , not PR.

[deccanbazaar.biz]

Does the Pr rank you hihg in the search engine is is it anything else ?

[jjpmarketing]

I'm going to have to agree with everyone in that PR is not really important. Most people want traffic and links , not PR.


There is no doubt that they can definitely get that traffic from Forums, especially DP. Plus you get extra Google search results from posts in DP. If you were on a forum for a few years and racked up several thousand posts linking back to your site, then that would definitely create traffic for your site. You also don't have to pay to post on this site, so why buy a link? Just contribute valuable content to the forum and add your site to your signature. Every link you add on whatever sites that might be is a chance for a number of people to see your website every single day. But you have to do it regularly to make it worthwhile. If you stop posting after you reach say 1000 posts, then eventually your posts will fall out of view like search engine results and not generate traffic.

If you create content on your site that people want to link to for a reason, then you will create a lot natural backlinks that you won't have to pay for. Example is Adobe and their Flash Player and PDF Reader.

[Loco.M]

You should be links for advertising and traffic, not for PR ;)

[joshhrob]

One man said PR is something like love, you can't buy it for good.. :) It comes together with your traffic, when you get vistors to your site, It interests them all your job is done, because they will promote it for you..

If PR is like love, than traffic is like sex, and you certainly can buy sex.

[theanand]

Well, if you have unprotected sex...everyone knows what going to happen! :P

[jjpmarketing]

That is just too funny. So is a google slap an STD?

[Kharkorry]

i don't know about that but buying link from me is a great idea

[bbrian017]

That is just too funny. So is a google slap an STD?


Actually it's STI's now Sexually transmitted Infections but that was a waste of post on my part like it matters we all get the point :/

[Alexander the Great]

You need to be more careful who you buy from and do more due diligence on the sites because there are many folks that misrepresent themselves.

And of all the irony, the link seller I'm quoting ( jg123 ) is one of those who misrepresents himself when there's profit involved.

[etali]

If you buy long term placements on a site with good traffic, related to your subject, then I think it is worthwhile, even if the pagerank drops during the term you have the link.

Buying for PR won't do you much good if the link is hidden away at the bottom of the page, or on a site that is barely related to yours, but if you can get a link that sends you good traffic, then it's a different matter.

[marcusa007]

try to buy permanent links and as everyone already said for traffic purposes. Look at the PR juice as a bonus that you may or may not receive with the traffic it is generating.

[mr-net]

You should never buy links

[bbrian017]

You should never buy links

HAHAHAHA.... yeah... this makes no sense. what kind of website owner wouldn't purchase direct links to his her website :P it's like saying no no get away traffic you make my website slow noo, seriously cmon what are you going to take PR or traffic. pfff end of conversation :)

Traffic FTW!!

[machinecontroller]

Incoming links can't hurt your ranking...the PR drop must have been caused by other factors.

[live-cms_com]

You don't need to buy links to build PR. My newest websites all received PR5 with the update with no link purchasing.

[bbrian017]

yeah and I seen this cool blog about how they might be re doing the PR due to mistakes. I don't think it's mistakes I think it's Google pissing of everyone with the money and now they have to make things better.

[indianseller]

must be buying for advertise

[sultanofseo]

And of all the irony, the link seller I'm quoting ( jg123 ) is one of those who misrepresents himself when there's profit involved.

Alexander, just wondering why your account shows banned? i have see few other profiles with banned status and was thinking that could be one of the status like peon, grunt, etc but come to think of it, i have seen accounts with various diff post levels having banned on their profile. for sure its not banned account otherwise posrs would be taken off. anyone else knows?

[jjpmarketing]

Alexander, just wondering why your account shows banned? i have see few other profiles with banned status and was thinking that could be one of the status like peon, grunt, etc but come to think of it, i have seen accounts with various diff post levels having banned on their profile. for sure its not banned account otherwise posrs would be taken off. anyone else knows?

I was curious about that as well... I have seen a number of profiles like that. I don't think it is a good thing though... because a few of the profiles that I have seen like that were posting questionable content, or do something of a questionable nature.

[TroyM]

Link buying does require some homework.........

[funkymario]

when you buy links dont go for home page sitewide links, look for internal content pages that are very relevant to the subject of your website, and forget about the pr, relevancy is the key.

good luck.

[Qryztufre]

One PR 6 site seems to have completely disappeared. One PR5
site is now PR2. One PR3 is now PR2, another PR1.


Many directories, blogs and forums took PR hits in the last update. I'm unsure of what you bought, but if it was one of those, then you are not alone in the losses. Think of how the site owners feel ;)

Though, the PR6 site is a different story, and one I can not explain unless I know the site (and the story behind the site)...

Another thing I have noticed in the last PR update, is how you are looking at the link.

Take a look at the PR here: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/
Now take a look at it here: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/index.php

On several sites I visit daily all used to match between / and /index.php now they are all different. Google diddled their numbers and I'm unsure if it will correct itself, or if this is a correction. Honestly I liked the other way better.

[GreenGambler]

I havnt' bought any.. yet. But I know that you do have to be smart about it, choose your sellers carefully and read Itrader feedback. Also be sure to look over the persons account, there previous posts and topics. See how often and what the quality of their postings are. I don't see anythin wrong with buying or selling links on DP myself.

[narenderpalsingh]

I don't think its a bad idea..but I think if you want to buy links then you should mix it up with some organic links. Paid links is only a temporary solution if that. I am pretty sure that if a site took up a very aggressive paid link building campaign Google may well penalize them by removing indexed pages from their SERPs....

Narender Pal Singh
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