InterestingIt depends, if your entire backlink profile is that PBN network, you probably going to get penalised.
If it's a small percentage, then probably nothing, as it would make SEO attacks on sites too easy. Either find a good PBN seller who hides their PBN extremely well, or just make it a small part of your backlink portfolio.
Interesting
What does small part equate to?
Say I have 100 backlinks.
10 are web 2.0s, 10 are social, 20, guest post, 30 pbn, 30 etc?
Another question
If a pbn is of high quality, it wouldn't matter how many of it you'll acquire because it's better disguise isn't it?
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I tend to judge marketplace sellers this way :There is no definite answer, the lower the percentage the lower the risk.
If a well disguised PBN got busted, and your profile is 100% that network, then yes you will probably be penalised.
Every PBN is risky, it's up to you to determine whether it's disguised well or not, since every PBN owner will say it's "high quality"
I tend to judge marketplace sellers this way :
If the mod approving the thread makes a review like:
-yeah its like advertised
-yesh the metrics match
-yeah the content is readble
My conclusion is that this mod has seen countless of these.
However if if I see a sslesthread with a mod review like:
"I'm impressed"
"Very good quality"
"He over delivered"
"You can't expect bad from him"
You know you better tend towards the latter than the first
Thats my way Anyway.
I am using his service, cannot expect more for his excellent job.Money sites get caught for using PBN not PBN itself.
For as long as money site is not rankings high, search engines don't care about your PBN.
Once money site gets reviewed and "caught" for using PBN, it might get a penalty, yes, and PBN units will get de-indexed.