How many links do I buy?

[NameNick]

Hi,

I am about to buy a text link on a PR 7 site for $100 per month. Can I expect to get a link on every page under that website for that price or is it just the single link on the page that has the PR 7?

NN

[briggidere]

it might be worth checking what you are about to buy before spending your money. ask a couple of questions

[vincevincevince]

If you are buying a link, you are not buying links. I'd not expect more than the one.

[NameNick]

If you are buying a link, you are not buying links. I'd not expect more than the one.

I thought so. I only wanted to be sure that "buy a link for $100" at those link trading sites means buy ONE link.

NN

[goodroi]

Do you think the search engines would value 1000 ROS links with identical anchor text MUCH more than 1 link on the home page? What about 1 home page link on 10 related sites with different anchor text?

[Justilien]

Why not buy 10 cheaper links on sub-pages of 10 different sites?

Just my opinion, buying links on sub-pages will appear more like editorial links (real votes) to search engines than homepage links. This is especially important for companies focused on long-term results and not just short-term gains.

[sugarrae]

>>>link trading sites

Make sure you check out the other advertisers and how they are ranking before you buy anything. Get traffic logs too and ask for CTR of the links (though it sounds like you're only considering it for pagerank).

[CainIV]

Traffic - and only relevant - should be the biggest determining factor when buying a link.

Pretend you are a visitor at that site. Ask yourself if you would follow your link.

If you choose to follow through purchasing the link, write a really compelling anchor as opposed to writing some more 'se friendly'

[Jesseo]

Is the pr7 on-topic? Does it get much traffic?
Negotiate to have your link appear above the fold, if possible.

[Kufu]

You certainly don't want to have a run-of-the-site links, as it easily stands out as an advertisement, and will get zapped by Google.

Spend the $100.00 on content, and in the long run you'll get a much better return on your investment.

[jdancing]

The current rate for a home page PR 7 link is $50 to $70 per month. However, Gambling, Hosting, RX, Adult PR7s can get over triple that amount. Still, if the PR7 your looking at is 'spot on' for your site and will bring you a few targeted clicks a day, $100 per month is not a bad deal.

In regards to how many....one PR7 is not going to help much; you need to buy more on-target links each month. Personally, I think the best bang for the buck is PR5 and PR6 links. You can find some nice packages and very affordable rates.

Run of site links are ok if your site is established and has lots of links already. If your site is new, stick to packages that offer no more than 5 or 10 links from the same domain.

Adding content is also a good idea, but without good links pointing to your site, no one will ever find that content. Content+links are two things that you must do together.

[Kufu]

without good links pointing to your site, no one will ever find that content.

Not really true. It will just take longer for your site to get small traffic and start generating natural links. Of course if the site is doesn't offer anything useful that will cause people to want to link to you then there is a more fundamental problem.