If you had $500 for SEO today, where would you spend it?

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LondoN eXtream

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May 14, 2020

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• Sep 22, 2026

• #21

I'll spend 500$ in bulk traffic to my website generating "activity" in google eyes. This is what gave me a massive push on a project. After the campaign (of course not 500$) the website was pushed by the algo. No changes to website, no junk seo articles. Pure interest from people.

 

yalang

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Mar 15, 2021

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• Sep 22, 2026

• #22

I would spend some on parasites, and some on PR and some on links. I would stay away from 301 re-directs or expired domains.

 

KoD-

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• Sep 22, 2026

• #23

I start with site audit and spend - On page , Technical and backlinks

 

roroh

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Sep 21, 2026

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• Sep 22, 2026

• #24

WickednDivine said:

Not asking for the usual “it depends” answer

Imagine you have a decent website, some good content already published, but you need to push organic visibility over the next 2–3 months.

You have $500 total then where would you spend it?

• Content
• links
• technical
• PR
• expired domain
• parasite
• custom plans - like mixed of off page 50% and on page 50%

which is your preference ? Love to hear

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If I had $500 today:$200 - content (3-4 solid articles, not AI spam)
$150 - 5-10 quality niche edits / guest posts
$100 - indexing + tier 2 links to push the guest posts
$50 - keep for testingMost people waste the $500 on 50 cheap links. 5 good links that actually get indexed beat 50 that don't.I'd skip tools and focus 100% on content + links that stick.

 

UltraPro1

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Sep 3, 2026

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• Sep 22, 2026

• #25

If I had $500 i think i would spend it on content as well as backlinks i believe it is more sensible to develop a website slowly and gradually.

 

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watchingthefray

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Dec 28, 2025

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• Sep 22, 2026

• #26

if the sites in a restricted niche (gambling kratom thc adult) alot of that guest post/PBN advice doesnt apply since most networks wont accept those verticals. id weight it toward technical/onpage and PR wires that accept restricted niches, then only use link vendors whove actually placed in that vertical before

 

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eliezerestrada2

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Mar 11, 2024

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• Sep 22, 2026

• #27

I'll invest into the links that will provide best return other things is harder to get results unless you have a really bad content

 

arunraj.88

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Jun 13, 2010

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• Sep 22, 2026

• #28

i would split like 40% for content, 20% for niche edit & guests posts and 40% for expired domains