mrjohncory - 2:17 pm on Nov 14, 2006 (gmt 0)

I'm looking at a top "text link ads" selling site.

Now I'm looking at a site that they're listing as $15/month for ten links to your site. (lowest price I've seen on the site)

Now I'm looking at a site that is linked-to by that $15/month site.

Now I'm using Google's "link:" operator to see how many text link ads this site bought.

Oop, Google does not show this $15/month site as linking to the site. Google only shows one site linking to the site . . . and that link looks like a legitimate "industry friend" link.

Is this a good method of checking the reliability of link purchasing programs?