Comments on: How Much Would You Pay For a Link?

By: Andrew Scherer

Andrew Scherer — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:09:23 +0000

@SearcH◆ EngineS WEB

Please don’t leave any more advice for anyone. You are absolutely clueless about linkbuilding – leave all the advice to your Wordpress hosted blog please.

By: Credit Card Advance

Credit Card Advance — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:09:17 +0000

I would pay up to $250 for a very good quality link from a relevant website, but would never pay $500 to a link service company, since they would only deliver crappy quality, non related links.

By: Gidseo

Gidseo — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:23:41 +0000

SEO might be maturing but given the chance I’ll still take every decent link I can get for a client.

By: Niche Traffic Tips

Niche Traffic Tips — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:16:49 +0000

There is no zero option in the poll
There are too many factors involved in SERP position and increasing website traffic to invest money in a link building campaign that I may not have control of.

By: Mendy Ouzillou

Mendy Ouzillou — Sat, 10 May 2008 04:24:10 +0000

I view this question in one of two ways:
1) Indirect: The link is responsible for keeping me in the top ranking of a natural search thus leading to increased sales.
2) Direct: The link drives quality leads to my site and that leads to increased sales.

Regardless, it’s all about revenue. One link rarely makes any difference, so there has to be be a decent ROI. I’ll pay anything, if it means I get a return which is a multiplier of my investment.

By: SEO At a Glacne

SEO At a Glacne — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:12:02 +0000

Good if you mentioned the location of the link on the website to make the pricing easier … if it is a blog post in an active blog where the post will be buried many levels down the site after few months then it doesnt worth much (unless this post will hit some social media websites or get tons of track backs)

By: SearcH◆ EngineS WEB

SearcH◆ EngineS WEB — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:43:48 +0000

Backlinks are not as important as one might think.

They do help you get pagerank – but it is the anchor text in the backlinks that count.

Sites with high PR will sometimes come under scrutiny by Google, and if suspected of selling links, will have their link juice taken away.

So before deciding what to pay, one has to be sure the site is not on Google’s list of suspects and that the site is not using the NOFollow tags.

Also, it is good to ascertain how many words will be allowed in the link. A one word anchor text does not really help as much as two or three relevant keywords.

By: CT Moore

CT Moore — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:20:50 +0000

I think that SEO is maturing, that backlinks are mcuh less important than they used to be, and am therefore very skeptical about the value of links. Consequently, I’m more likely to pay only a lot for link, because I think that a link is only really worth it if its from a seriously authoritative site — the the NY Times, etc…