Comments on: Buying Text Links – Good or Bad?

By: Jayne

Jayne — Sun, 20 May 2007 01:16:56 +0000

I’ve used text link ads, and found some good ones that I purchased. They worked well after about 2 or 3 months but the costs just kept going up and had to ditch them after about 8 months. I aimed to ensure the link was not on a page with many others and that it was close to the top and of course it was relevant to the site I was working on.

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 16 May 2007 19:37:20 +0000

I’ve used text link ads, and have found some good links. (Yes, there have been a few bad ones, but you just have to be careful about which ones you pick.) One nice thing is that they offer are complimentary custom proposals. Basically, you tell them the types of websites you want (industry, pr, etc.), and they’ll put together a list of recommended sites. From this, I pick and choose which ones will work best for me. It’s all about doing your homework to make sure you get good quality relevant links.

By: nishan

nishan — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:52:18 +0000

Great article, easy to read and to the point. Useful and bookmarked !

By: Alex McArthur

Alex McArthur — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:03:47 +0000

Great stuff, Eric. I appreciate you taking the time to put all of this together. I’ll be interested to see the results of your follow-up post.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:36:21 +0000

Yes, I would agree that 80% or so of their websites are ‘junk’ and too spammy, however I did find a few that I had high hopes for. I also did notice that some industries had better websites for links than others. I’ll post a blog entry in a month or so with the results of how well it worked or didn’t work.

By: Jordan Kasteler

Jordan Kasteler — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 06:22:07 +0000

Eric, I didn’t actually try Text Link Ads so maybe you’ll have a good experience!? I just found out what they had to offer and didn’t like the looks of it one bit. I’d be curious to see if you found satisfaction in their service though.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 04:26:48 +0000

Jordan, that is interesting you tried Text Link Ads and found them to be of very poor quality, I was just in the process of trying them out myself, its good to have a heads up though so I don’t waste too much money on them if it doesn’t work out. I do agree it is very difficult to find good text link brokers. Thanks for the comment.

By: Jordan Kasteler

Jordan Kasteler — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:19:17 +0000

Wow, another article landed in Search Engine Land’s newsletter…impressive.

I recently dealt with Text Link Ads out of curiosity. The sites they offered were pure garbage. They were completely saturated with tons of outgoing links, some lacking any great content, and not to mention their prices were outrageous. Sad thing is I bet they make good money as well.