Contextual lInks from blogs

[amythepoet]

HI,

what's the story with buying contextual links that appear in blogs?

Good idea? Bad? and why?

thanks

[David9527]

I think it will be effective very much

[amythepoet]

Good to know, any drawbacks?

[wheel]

If one was to be buying blog posts, I'd think there's some very good and some gotchas to watch out for.

The very good is that it seems you can get some very nice contextually embedded links. Nice anchor text from within a full page of relevant text, across a wide variety of sites. Isn't that what we want to be looking for these days?

On the flip side, if you're dealing with a blogger who's agreed to take money for posting, you're not the only one who's paying them. That would lead me towards two gotchas to watch out for:

First, I'd be wary of any type of network. Are there any links on the blogs that define a network? Any sort of footprint on the blog that make it easy to sort them out as paid bloggers via an algorithm? If so, I'd tread carefully. We know G's got wood on for paid links, and if it was me, looking for network footprints would be the first place I'd be looking.

Secondly, consider the future posts by the blogger. Could you end up in a bad neighbourhood as a result of bloggers monetizing their blog by taking on blog posts from more unsavoury sites? Personally I wouldn't think too hard about that one. If it happened I think it would only be on isolated blogs, and even then the effect could possibly be nil or negligible. Something to think about though.

If it was me, I'd be reviewing the blogs to watch for this stuff.

[amythepoet]

I will review it and thank you

[worlddom]

I've tried this method of link building using both private sellers and brokers such as PPP. It may well have had an effect on serps (hard to deterine) however when checking my indexed backlinks they don't appear to show up often.

Obviously when a post leaves the homepage, which may have a higher PR, it can then be stuck in low PR archive pages as well as the post page itself which may or may not achieve a PR over time.

The good thing is that they are usually permanent links and tend to be quite cost effective.

[new_seo]

buying contextual links

I don't think buying links is a good idea.Google prefer natural link and giving less importance to artificial links.

[wheel]

>>>>I don't think buying links is a good idea.Google prefer natural link and giving less importance to artificial links.

Bullpucks. I've seen absolutely no indication that what you're suggesting has any truth, and I've seen plenty of indication that what you're pointing out as fact is completely wrong - I've seen paid blog posts rank a site.

In fact, I've just noticed a site in a competitive field rank using what looks to be nothing more than thousands of directories and blog links.

[jdancing]

If you can get a paid blog post that is not in one of the many paid blog networks that is much safer.

Find an independent blog you like and send them an offer to write a post on your topic. They'll make more money for the post (you will probably still pay less) and you'll not be at risk of being in a blog post link network that crumbles.

Better yet get contextual links on non blog websites. Since bloggers are notorious outbound linkers, I would guess that a contextual link on a standard website would be more effective then a blog link.

[jdancing]

I don't think buying links is a good idea.Google prefer natural link and giving less importance to artificial links.

I think I read that on Matt Cutts blog? :-) Well whatever Google prefers I will do with my site... as long as they pay all my websites expenses.

Aren't contextual links about as natural as you can get? They are natural enough for me.

[new_seo]

I think I read that on Matt Cutts blog? :-) Well whatever Google prefers I will do with my site... as long as they pay all my websites expenses.
Aren't contextual links about as natural as you can get? They are natural enough for me.

You are right.See normally webmasters are buying links from irrelevant sites,google doesn't prefer that link.Mainly people are doing this,for PR.In place of spending money on links it would be better to go for adwards.