lfgoal - 6:40 pm on Feb 26, 2007 (gmt 0)

An individual who has recently purchased some contextual blog links has graciously allowed me to report on his experience:

1. The link order took about 3-4 days to complete and, to the purchaser, the link seemed to be placed like any other link on the page. He said there was "nothing in the code that could identify my link from any other link on the page".

2. Regarding the quality of the blog from which the links were obtained, the individual said this: "the quality of the site I got was quite low. No PR, not even on the home page. The site did have a lot of IBLs but they came mostly from three different sites, not much diversity.

3. Regarding the "footprint" left by the blog that sold these contextual links, the individual said: "The thing that annoyed me the most though is that the site seems to have sold a lot links through NAMEOFCOMPANYWITHHELD..within 3 days my blog post was pushed off the front page.

4. Regarding this individual's perception regarding his purchase: "the links are almost certainly undetectable but the quality of the sites is suspect. I might have paid about $5 for the link I got, not $20.