Paid links are scams

bruce4seo said:

I know paid links has value. But some one said that paid links can harm your site to get organic rankings we need to do only free links. Is it true?

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Spammy PBN links or footer/sitewide links can be a problem but in general, paid links are better than free links. I myself focus on legit PR placements only for my sites

Paid links are not all scams but low quality ones will hurt you google hates obvious paid links natural looking links from real sites still add value.

Paid links aren't bad, they're still extremely good. I see the issue as being about how they're bought and their quality. Backlinks from spam systems are easily penalized, but paid links from reputable, contextually relevant websites still help increase credibility and sustainably improve organic rankings.