Review:
I am very honoured to receive a review copy from OP. He gave 3 reports: a ahref analysis report, onpage SEO report, and, of course, the project expendables report.
The AHREF report shows my domain's metrix, keywords and density, and so forth. The onpage SEO report shows the recommended changes needed to be made to optimize my webpages. For example, including the keyword in the title tag, changing the canonical tag value to your URL, and so forth. It turns out that there are some changes that I needed to make despite using a SEO wordpress plugin. I have to say it's very useful and I've read all the changes I am suggested to make.
And ah, finally, the Project Expendables report. OP gave me the silver package. The report is very neat: types of backlinks segregated to different tabs in the excel report. In the main tab, you can simply click on the links to jump to the different tabs.
In the Private Blogposts tab, you won't be given the direct URL to the blogposts or whatsoever. Apparently The SEO did this to hide his network. You will be given screenshots to prove that the work is done. The article is obviously spun, but readable. The backlink is dropped at the end of the article in all 3 blogs.
In the "Niche Posts" tab, there are 5 backlinks. These are web 2.0s links - AGED tumblr blogs. The content for each of them are spun too, but readable. Backlink is dropped randomly at the end of each paragraphs. No images embedded.
Now for the press releases: the content is relevant to my niche/product. It doesn't look spun, and the quality of the content is better than the rest of the backlinks. However, the backlinks do not link back to your website - it's just text.
Then there's the "Wordpress Blog" tab. The good thing is my keyword is used as the wordpress's URL. The content is spun, but readable. Image is embedded in the content to make it look natural. My backlink is dropped naturally in the content, which is a good thing. And I can see that effort is made here: an about and contact link in the menu. The lame wordpress meta box has been removed and such. This makes the overall blog looks natural and personal.
I was also given 1 edu blog backlink.
Then the best part is the Web 2.0s backlinks. All the blogs' theme are unique and different. Lots of effort were made here: in some of the blogs, there's a 'where to buy' menu link and in there it's some random Google Business listing. Every blog has a beautiful, interactive design, albeit content are spun (but readable). All these modifications and effort were definitely avoid giving red flags to Google.
For the contextual backlinks the seller made an effort to create multiple outgoing backlinks (including yours). Some are randomly linked to top authority sites, while others are linked to search sites. Apparently, this helps to avoid red flags too.
You will also be given branded backlinks. In my opinion, they are similar to profile backlinks. The only difference is these backlinks are created in high authority, and well known websites like disque, foursquare, livestream, and so on. The backlink is dropped at the user's homepage section.
Then there's business listing backlinks. Random physical and email addresses are inserted and a backlink is dropped as the business's website. The Audio Backlinks are similar in style.
Then you have the social bookmarking backlinks. To be frank, I am very confused about this part. I was assuming social bookmark sites like reddit, stumbleupon, and such. However, it seems like they are profile backlinks. But these profile backlinks are created in powerful websites like studiopress, ted, and so forth.
Next, you have the doc sharing, image sharing, and social sharing tabs. As the name suggests, your backlinks are dropped in document, image, and social (as in like pinterest, myspace, ask.fm, and so on) websites.
A video backlink is also created. What I like is the video isn't some lame one-photo for 30 seconds video. It is a text animation video that lasts about 50 seconds with your backlink at the end of the video. However, I hope The SEO will also find a way to drop the backlink in the video description. Then again, he might have intentionally omit it to avoid violating Youtube's TOS that would get the video removed.
And finally, the tier 2 backlinks. These backlinks are all created and linked to random backlinks from the first tier (all the backlinks I just explained earlier). These tier 2 backlinks are blog comments, social profiles, and blogs. At least 475 backlinks were made to pump link juice to the tier 1 backlinks.
As for ranking results my Bing and Yahoo rankings have improved. But no improvement for Google as of yet. I will update this post with the results if there's any in the next couple of days.
The only thing I suggest The SEO to improve on is to get better spun articles. Don't get me wrong... the quality of the articles are average and well spun. It's good enough, but I'm the kind of person whom is a bit over cautious when it comes to content quality. But for $95 (and for my case, getting this review copy) it is excellent enough. And another thing is you won't get any login details for the backlinks, but then again, who would want them?
Overall, I must say The SEO's service is impressive. You're getting all these for just $95 (silver package)! Lots of effort were made, backlinks were excellent, and everything is beautiful (Even the report!).
Highly recommended! Definitely one of the SEO service in BHW to bookmark.
Thanks again, The SEO!
)
