I found a site selling monthly PR9 text links - would you buy one for your directory?

Yes, a number of people have done this. It gets a little tricky at the top though, so be prepared to lose the money (by not getting the pagerank you expected). At the same time, be prepared to gain a lot of money too (by getting a pr 7 or 8 site and selling lots of links).

 

I already know that site selling links -. There is another highly recognised PR9 site selling links -- http://linux.org (check footer --wanna gamble or be s....y)

I am of the opinion that Google manually monitors these sites and check if they are selling direct link. Please check Matt Cutts blog --he gives nice examples. He also mentions that a site selling links does not loose its credibility or PR. Just that those links are useless in terms of passing PR juice

My strategy is to maintain PR6 over a long period of times --and so I am interested in just PR7 links.

 

Google algorithm has changed recently. John is right be careful and be clever on inbound links. Just an advice.

 

I think before spending that on a link you need to be aware what pagerank is and how the link may benefit you. As dvduval mentions you might not get the PR you expected, be prepared to lose the money.

I think there is a lot of misunderstanding in what Pagerank actually means.

 

There are many PR9 sites selling links, but I believe it is a waste of money...but who knows....

This one as well: http://www.accessify.com/

 

Well it's a good thing they just liked my directory enough to have a listing in it.

 

Of course, I agree

 

I was late for that. They did not like me.

Anyway another one did. But its a secret for the moment.

 

http://www.linux.org/ - lol thats the one thing Matt Cutts commented on! They are cracking down on links for such sites with random links on.

By all means, go and buy a PR9 link. But if Google has already given less "juice" for these links. Won't you be abit annoyed?

Play cool, and keep it safe

 

Personally, I would not buy any link over PR6...
The price is far too high and I believe those links are watched closely by the powers that be. Its simply not worth it...

 

I couldn't justify those prices for MY purpose. YMMV.

 

Never. Why not spend 1 month's pay on 1500 worth of quality content. For 1500 you could get EVERY CATEGORY in your directory a 300-500 word summary of the category. Only god knows how many applications you could build to generate links as well for free , organically.

Spending big money on links isn't a smart idea. Build stuff that make people link t you. Also when you STOP paying a link, you STOP getting the power. Typically people who ink to you for free are there for life.

My 0.02$. - Save your Money! (Said in the tone of that dude from ING commercials!).

 

IMO, PR 9 is too hot to pass link juice.

 

Well since you guys are spilling the beans on which sites are selling links I'm almost willing to bet that none of these sites will pass any juice to the ones listed. I perdict that these sites will drop by one or two points because of this.

 

Ditto.
I believe Google already knows this site and the links on the site are devalued.

 

Yep, it's like statcounter.com, links from their were devalued quite some time ago. But i'm sure it's not hard for them to keep track of PR8-10 websites to monitor

 

yes google knows these sites selling links as 1 link is mentioned in matt cutt blogs.
so it is better not too go for risk rather go for more safer things like content which is now gaining popularity in directories also.
and i have spent $$$ that much to get content in my main categories of directories.

 

i got em' on! i got em' on!

ohhh yeah...

 

Here is a tip for you guys before you start selling the farm to get a high page rank. Make sure one you check cache dates, moreover make sure you investigate the other sites listed to see if they have gained any pr from it. I run across alot sites selling high pr links so I watch them for awhile to see if they are passing any juice and most of the time they do not. Sometimes you get lucky and find one that is untouched and those would be the best to go for, just make sure you keep your mouth shut when you find it.

But keep in mind that sometimes those links are only good for one update, after that they normally tank.