Your thoughts on buying backlinks?
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I think "no" is just popular answer. You should buy links if you need it, but in big business thinking about content is more important.
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Everybody always says no, no, no to this question and to be honest, it makes me feel like my head's going to explode. Show me a very competitive ecommerce category where the top of the SERPs aren't dominated by organizations buying links. I can't find one.
Or to put it differently, to those who say no, show us a competitive keyword where you've been able to outrank large organizations buying links.
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I ditto the no. If its too good to be true..............
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Take the time spent on thinking and researching purchased links and spend it on developing great content and building solid relationships.
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You might check out the backlinks to their own site in Open Site Explorer at http://www.opensiteexplorer.org/links?page=1&site=simplybacklinks.com%2F&sort=page_authority&filter=&source=external&target=domain&group=0
Here are two examples from the first few on the list:
http://www.theflyunion.com/huf-x-diamond-springsummer-2011.html
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2007/10/more_photos_of.html
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As far as SEO goes, buying backlinks is just a No-No, getting 500 high PR links in 7-14 days... when you previously didnt have even half that, Google aren't that stupid, at the end of the day, buying back links can potentially do a lot more harm than good
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Lol, can't argue with that answer, No says all that needs to be said
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That is the shortest answer i have ever seen Ryan give.
I can agree on all of it
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I thought so.
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NO
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