PR9 Link, Like Gold?

Buying a PR9 link

[nuevojefe]

Recently, my client has been offered a PR9 link from a very popular site. Al-xa 6K traffic, 500,000 backlinks on M$N, G--gle, Allthew-b, Alta and h-tbot/inkt-mi combined.

This site has countless .edu google backlinks, very solid PR.

Is this worth $2,500/month? They are even willing to link to a pharmacy link, could this be dangerous?

They will only offer 14 links on the PR9 homepage. The good part is that this is not some huge directory with 1000 in-site links on the homepage, there is about 15-20.

The whole site has only 650 or so google indexed pages, so the PR is built externally, all natural. It really doesn't get much better.

[Shak]

They are even willing to link to a pharmacy link,

could this be dangerous?

They will only offer 14 links on the PR9 homepage.

in the above lies your answer.

imo, you are about 18 mths too late.

Shak

[nuevojefe]

Shak,

Thanks for your reply. I see the most promise in them setting up a nice directory so that when their PR gets updated (and goes fairly high as a result of this link) they will have a great tool for securing countless reciprocals from webmasters dying to grasp onto a PR4-6 directory page.

Hard to say....

[howiejs]

Interesting - so "buying" your way up from one link - to then get other links from smaller site requests . . .

[1milehgh80210]

dangerous?<
I don't think a 1-way incoming link is going to harm your site. Theres always a chance that g may 'adjust' the pr of the other site though. )
Seems a bit expensive, might not be, though if it's an on-topic site with huge traffic.

[CygnusX1]

I’m curious, if a link from a webpage with a PR 9 is worth 2500.00 a month then how much is a link from a website worth a month that has a PR 8, PR 7, or a PR 6?

Does anyone know?

CygnusX1

[Chris_R]

FWIW - My rule of thumb in link buying (if I would do such a thing). Is:

It is unnatural to have a PRX page linking to a PRX-2 page. As your only PR+2 link. The distribution doesn't work that way.

If you have a PR2 site that gets 8 PR9 sites linking to it the next day - it will stick out like a sore thumb. Somre thumbs are bad.

In GENERAL - your PR is never any better than your highest backlink - or that minus 1. You should be seeking these out. If you are a PR4 - seek out GOOD QUALITY PR4s and 5s. Once you get to 5 - then bump it up a notch. Use the directory PR as well to help fine tune things if you want to be anal.

This doesn't apply for PRs less than 4. But they still shouldn't aim higher than 5 IMHO,

Just my opinion - I can't prove any of it.

[Chris_R]

Hint: A link from a PR6 site that has no other ads on it - is worth more than a PR9 site with viagra and cialis on it.

[nuevojefe]

Chris R, haha. nice

[bobothecat]

nuevojefe: "Chris R, haha. nice"

Ahh... but so painfully true :)

[beakertrail]

There are many companies, including very well known ones out there, who now offer a plain link to web sites and charge based on the PR of the site and number of links on the page.

Recently I was given a price in the region of $600 a month for a PR7 page link based on the link being on about 100 pages with that PR.

For some markets / search terms this kind of service is a make or break for SEO and I've seen extremely impressive results.

Personally I wouldn't pay $2,500 for any 1 link. Before you decide, make sure your product and cost per visitor projections have been taken into consideration.

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