I'm curious to hear people's thoughts on what one should pay for good backlinks on quality sites with the following page ranks. Again, for the sake of this discussion, assume that the link would be on a legitimate site, with decent position in Google, with content relevant to the site being linked to. I'm not asking about directories, link farms, or sites that have hundreds or thousands of other paid links, etc. PR1 PR2 PR3 PR4 PR5 PR6 PR7 PR8 PR9 When you list your prices, please notate if they are one-time, recurring on a monthly basis, or recurring on an annual basis. I realize this information has been discussed before in other threads but I think it might be good to have everyone's focused feedback aggregated in one place. Also, as a BONUS, if anyone has thoughts on the value of DMOZ and Yahoo Directory Links, as well as .edu and .gov links after the most recent Google Ranking updates, please share those thoughts here. Thanks in advance for anyone taking the time to respond.
Yahoo, DMOZ and .edu links are very importan.. I've noticed from experience that they do mean a lot.. In regards to paying for high PR directory listings, I wouldn't pay for anything below PR4... Also, I wouldn't pay more than $300 for any PR# listing, even a PR9...
different people value their sites and links diferently. some sell permanent links while others go on monthly or long term subscriptions. could be as little as a dollar or two for low PR links and might be as much as taking out a second mortgage for PR9 links (not sure you can buy them actually). to get hands on idea, just visit the BST forum and see what are people asking for and what are people paying for
Hi sultanofSEO. I appreciate your response. I'm also curious to see some people throw out dollar values that they feel are reasonable for various PR links (again, assuming the links are on relevant sites of high quality).
most seo suites have tools that estimate a value, but i think a true value should be determined by how much effort and time you save by paying for it. If you value your time, save it by spending money.
Hi, Prices are varies from pr=1 to pr=2/3/4/etc. If you are looking for pr>=2 links, i can provide you at cheap rate. Please contact me at - texasddc at gmail dot com
In 11+ yrs of most successful web publishing I have never spent a single cent for BLs of any PR. the mathematics are simple. willingness to invest and create top unique content always will open doors to generic BLs - including high PR BLs. PR BLs have no significant influence on serps - thus no influence on traffic. however it is traffic alone that makes a site fail or succeed. high organic popularity resulting in high traffic = high $! I would never sell a link for ANY amount to any site - my own BLs always are free - but never given on request but on merit only ... for exceptional value/helpfulness and usefulness of content. no other criteria. there are many old top quality sites having same philosophy.
Hans I pay respect to what you say about willingnes to create high quality content sites but this what you say in this part is illogical from googles point of view (after all a link from a site counts as a voice on your site) and it can pass some minor traffic as well.
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yes also based on my experience, advertisers come to me instead of looking for them with delightful offer.
Ireq I fully understand the "vote" value of BLs but what I meant to say is by offering quality unique content you get ( I have ) ten thousands of unsolicited BLs from sites/forums/directories across the planet .... all this BLs replacing the need for any kind of link farming or link exchange. I also fully understand that G and other SE definitely KNOW to understand/recognize the difference of BLs from link-farming / link-selling sites vs organic links. doctorjones flower photography - particularly roses and tropical flowers of the philippine islands is my most successful contributor to adsense-$ financing almost entirely my daily ongoing charity projects and all other expenses. however - all pics are free as are all my other services. the key to success is to never do it for money but for love only. when you stop running after money - the money starts running after you ....
As little as one possibly can...which of course is countered by the Q&A of... As much as you possibly can! Look at things like traffic and page popularity, rather then page rank (which I know kind of represents the two) but it's humans you should be after not spiders and bots. Pick links that cater to the reader/end user and you should find that those links are far better.
I think, i can pay * PR1-0$ * PR2-0$ * PR3-2$ * PR4-5$ * PR5-7$ * PR6-10$ * PR7-40$ * PR8-70$ * PR9-100$ That is what i think about paying to links.
Thanks to all for the replies. For those of you who recommend link building on the merits of your content alone, what are some promotional strategies you'd recommend for initially spreading the word?