Link Placements - Are these links from a 'middle man' backlink provider?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by m1ck78, Nov 4, 2010.

  1. #1
    Hi,

    I was carrying out some backlink research on a competitor and noticed many pages containing links to their site that had the same format.

    I think maybe they are using a 'middle-man' link provider to acquire these links on many different pages as they seem to be in the same format on many different websites. Sort of a feed, in a similar way to TLA links.

    It's a long shot I know as the format is pretty generic - looks like a listing directory format. But does anyone recognise the format? As I would be interested in maybe employing the services of the link provider as it seems to be working for the competitors.

    I wasn't sure whether to put the URL of the site that they appear on as I thought that may be bad etiquette (this is my first post here on the forum), so I have attached a screen grab for reference.

    Many thanks for any help with this

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    m1ck78, Nov 4, 2010 IP
  2. LinkSupermarket

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    Possibly. It could well be from the SEO agency they are using - it could even be teh Agencies own link network.
     
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  3. mbochon

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    Is there any contact info on the site? If not, check whois for an email address. Then email them directly and ask about the links :)
     
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  4. steers82

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    Could be anything, because even automated link building software can be formatted this way. One of the most popular is link market, but there are others out there that do the same thing.
     
    steers82, Nov 4, 2010 IP