Yesterday I bought my first Payperpost blog post. I was happily surprised the opportunity I created was picked up so fast-less than a day! I requested the blogger have a minimum PR 5, and their anchor text for the link, as well as a couple things they might want to talk about in the post. But when I actually visited the page I bought, I was a little disappointed. Why? 1. The link was 3/4 down in the middle of the page. 2. The link was not bolded. 3. When I checked the site's sitemeter stats, many their referrals from SE's were for semi-pornographic keyword phrases, putting my site in a "bad neighborhood" Things I wish I knew before I bought my first payperpost blog post: 1. Ask for exactly what you want and be specific. 2. Ask for a bold text link. 3. Ask they place the text link near the top of the post, in the first 20 words. 4. Ask bloggers with pornographic or semi-pornographic content to decline the opportunity. What other things do you wish you had know before buying your first PayPerPost ad?
The good news is that SE wise it makes no difference where on the page that link is placed. And you have been picked up.
The bigger lesson: If you're going to buy one post via PPP, use the PPP DIRECTory so you can choose your specific blogger up-front. That avoids any "bad neighborhood", bolding etc. concerns from the start. The PPP Marketplace is better for scalable campaigns of 20+ posts -- with segmentation for sector, traffic, influence, quality etc.
i'm buying blog posts at the end of every month .if you do this, you will get one direct link from the home page of site that you buy link
I sometimes post for pay per post. I'd generally advise advertisers to ask for fewer words rather than more. That by itself resolves any link placement issue. It's also more natural for good bloggers to write relatively short posts rather than 300 word posts. So you'll usually get a better post.
This is great information, thank you for sharing. I am getting ready to by a review within a blog and I did not think about what you had mentioned.
Pay per post is mostly for bloggers IMO. I would never consider buying the service I wouldn't mind blogging for others if pay is good. It's better to offer a blog post without the 3rd party. You can earn money directly from the advertisers. And advertisers don't need to pay much either
Has anyone experienced a definite improvement in rankings using PPP services? In theory I guess the links would be relevant and pass link juice but is there any way that Google can detect that PPP posts are paid links?
Is that fair? While you consider, for an advertiser the service is not good, it actually means that the bloggers are not providing value for money via PPP! But I agree that the best way to ensure that posts are of quality is when you deal directly with the blogger. In that way you can see a preview of the blog in question and the quality of the posts. This works for general and popular niches but when it comes to lesser known niches it becomes difficult to find bloggers directly.
That PPP Directory IS awesome. I wish I'd seen it sooner. Thanks danrua. I posted a project in the PPP Marketplace a few weeks ago. Someone blogged about my site minutes after my request was listed. Problem is the site was 100% not within my targeted audience. And yes, I had specifically listed my requirements. I stated exactly what type of blogger I wanted. This person obviously ignored my requirements. PPP did re-list my request though. And yet ANOTHER non-targeted blogger took the request again. If I would've seen the Directory, I would've gone there first.