[Hidden-tech] LinkBuilding.Net

[Fred Levine]

I appreciate everyone¹s advice. It¹s true, $20 isn¹t much. The main draw to
me is having a brand name on the site, related to our business, which might
enhance our credibility. What I still don¹t understand is why Google would
consider a paid link like this to be any different from selling advertising
on your site. 

Fred
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Private Publishing of Personal Histories

Fred Levine
Trisha Thompson
493 S. Pleasant St.
Amherst MA 01002
413.230.3943
smallbatchbooks.com



From: Val Nelson <val at valnelson.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:12:49 -0400
To: "B. Kimo Lee" <bklee at azurelink.com>, Fred Levine
<fred at smallbatchbooks.com>, "hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net"
<hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net>
Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] LinkBuilding.Net

Hi Fred and Kimo,
I agree with others who have said run away, especially because of what Jeff
Rutherford said about Google penalizing your ranks if you sell links. Search
engines will usually figure it out. I've seen it happen.

The only scenario in which you should ever sell a link is if they will still
pay you if you put a "nofollow" attribute on the link and an ad disclaimer
notice near the link, because that will keep Google's trust in your site.
However most ad link brokers won't allow that.

If you want to make money with links on your site, check out affiliate
options. I wrote about various do's and don'ts for putting ads on your blog
(or website) here:
http://www.valnelson.com/blogging/should-i-put-ads-on-my-blog/

Good luck,

Val


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On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 9:49 PM, B. Kimo Lee <bklee at azurelink.com> wrote:
>    ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
>    ** If you did, we all thank you.
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Fred,
> 
> I saw the replies from the others, and despite the company's name, the offer
> you mentioned was basically wanting to place an ad link on your site ‹ not
> increase your pagerank by giving you an inbound link. If they're willing to
> pay you at the start of each month for the ad link, and the payment method
> leaves you secure, why not? Check the code they supply you with and make sure
> it doesn't give them any access to your server. They can pay you straight to
> your PayPal account. You can set them up as a subscriber with a recurring
> payment. Can't hurt to see what their terms are. If you have the time, of
> course.
> Of course, their real goal might be to get you to place an ad on one of their
> sites and pay them. 
> 
> Google them and see what experiences other site owners have had with them. BBB
> could be a source of info, too. I read somewhere that they're in Arizona.
> 
> Oh, another question is whether $20 / month is enough money for your
> particular site. Depending upon your traffic, you could get a whole lot more
> per month for an ad on a home page.
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> Kimo
> 
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> On Mar 17, 2010, at 1:38 PM, Fred Levine wrote:
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>>    ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
>>    ** If you did, we all thank you.
>> 
>> 
>>  Has anyone heard of an outfit called LinkBuilding.Net? We were approached by
>> them to place an advertising link on our homepage for a major retailer. In
>> return, we get $20. The pitch, however, sounded suspect to me, and their
>> website doesn¹t really identify who they are. Apart from that, I¹m not sure
>> that linking out does anything to help our page rank, etc. Any advice would
>> be appreciated, since the whole SEO thing is still somewhat mysterious to me.
>>  
>>  Thanks,
>>  Fred
>>  -- 
>>  
>>  <image.png>
>>  Private Publishing of Personal Histories
>>  
>>  Fred Levine
>>  Trisha Thompson
>>  493 S. Pleasant St.
>>  Amherst MA 01002
>>  413.230.3943
>>  smallbatchbooks.com <http://smallbatchbooks.com>
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