Comments on: Should I Buy Text Links For SEO?

By: Ewan Kennedy

Ewan Kennedy — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:58:40 +0000

I think the question is open to interpretation. If by “SEO” you mean to improve your rankings, then my answer would be no, don’t bother. But buying text links to deliver traffic may still be considered part of SEO by some and may still be worthwhile, depending of course on the site that is selling them. If the site that is selling them does not nofollow those links, then they are running a penalty risk not the buyer. The buyer’s risk is that the links will be discounted for ranking purposes and therefore wasting his money if improved rankings were his objective.

By: NickD

NickD — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:05:53 +0000

Buying links is SEO russian roulette – If google catches you theres big penalties for your trust and rankings. Why jeopardise your site like that? There are plenty of great free links available if you put a few hours into it.

By: TV Stands

TV Stands — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:13:21 +0000

I don’t think you can get penalised in the sense that you are marked down because we could just go out and buy links for our competitors then report them. I believe the links value are just removed from the equation thus rendering them null and void. So if you you are doing it for yourself it’s to risky and potentially a waste of money

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:33:16 +0000

So, what if I buy links for my competitors? they will get penelize and drop ranking?

By: medyum

medyum — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:34:31 +0000

thank you
nice article…