Comments on: The Paid Links Industry Needs To Go Underground

By: On Page Seo

On Page Seo — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:52:17 +0000

I really enjoyed the summary. The big problem with paid links is it almost impossible to compete without them. Most of the websites occupying the top spots have bought that many links to get them to the top, the only way to make money is by competing with them.

By: Megan

Megan — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:20:01 +0000

Great Post. I have tried to express this with other seo trainers. Glad someone else is saying it. Hopefully people will start listening http://www.PassportMentors.com/seo_training_classes.htm

By: Joy

Joy — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:09:33 +0000

I agree with you David. This is a great article. Thank you so much for posting it.

By: Arnie - Link Building Pro

Arnie - Link Building Pro — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:14:57 +0000

I think going underground is the best advice. Maybe not 100% ethical, but I would say it is pretty close if you post honest content.

Gabriel good post on Youmoz too.

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:41:00 +0000

Something that might be of interest to you, which I wrote for Youmoz: [...]
Here’s my mini-guide for people looking to protect their sites from Google if they sell text links.

(Hat tip to Matt)

Well, if you consider Google’s history and how it’s dealing with different sites, you can figure out how to protect yourself.

By: AKA "Content Girl"

AKA "Content Girl" — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:37:24 +0000

Amen. Every time someone gives away a secret, I have to slap my forehead and think: thanks, asshat, not only are you giving away your competitive edge, but you’re ruining it for the rest of us.

By: SEO Diva

SEO Diva — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:26:39 +0000

This is a very well written article, David, thank you for writing it. I agree with everything you have said.

The inventory at textlinkbrokers.com is kept confidential. I have no affiliation with the company, but I am impressed with their service offerings.

By: Brandon Drury

Brandon Drury — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:31:56 +0000

The reason why Google is waging a war on paid links is because they work. However they are not going to continue to work if we don’t begin to be a bit more secretive about our strategies.

This is the entire premise behind our new site, Text Link Center which we plan to take out of Beta mode in the next few weeks.

We will soon be offering a $500 prize to anyone who can figure out the domain name of a site in our system simply because we believe that strongly in the security of our system.

By: David Brown

David Brown — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:10:19 +0000

Great post David! I couldn’t agree more! Once you find a link broker group that is underground – life is good again

By: Luke Sample

Luke Sample — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:57:21 +0000

Wow…somebody who actually gets it! I am completely blown away that someone else is trying to point out the current state of the text link economy if you will.

This is EXACTLY what we did with our new textlink system over at textlinkcenter.com

It is completely secure so that no urls are disclosed. In fact, we will be launching a security challenge that you can read more about on the site.

Also, we are trying to push links that are high quality and undetectable…so that they don’t get discounted by Google.

Currently, the big brokers are killing buyers in two ways.

Their sites are easily found and reported.

Their LINKS themselves are easily detected by Google’s algo. and discounted.

Thank you soooo much for being one of the few to speak up for the buyer, and to better the good of the text link economy for all.