- Jun 10, 2011
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So I’ve been on this site for quite a while now ( 8 years today to be exact), and from my time on here there is one recurring theme; buyers not knowing what they need.
I had mentioned this in passing on my journey thread which has sadly stagnated a bit. Regardless, I thought I would share today some information that I feel is crucial to newbies getting their hand into IM. Unfortunately, I’ve seen time and again that people buy service X and they’re expecting them to rank them number one in Google, only for them to write a review saying that it did bugger all for them and that the service is shit.
Link Quality is important
It’s important that anyone buying a package is fully aware of what they’re buying in the first place.
As mentioned on several threads I’ve started on parasites, when I’m building links for these properties it is always the case that I use links that are shall we say, at the lower end of the quality scale. This doesn’t mean that these links are bad, far from it. However, they are built by software, or they are spun and put on domains which aren’t exactly ‘white hat’. This is generally fine though since these parasite properties work really well when being hammered by links such as these. Two recent examples of great work provided by sellers are @berkay1907 @ATuringtest
They are provided links which quickly increase the metrics for your site, and by extension increase their presence online. These services are moderately cheap and the benefit of this is that if the parasite page is removed, you haven’t lost a huge monetary investment.
In comparison, suppose you are building an authority site and you want to have this as a long term earner. The worst thing that you could do is build these cheaper links to your domain. The reason for this is that since the domain you own won’t have anywhere near the domain metrics of a parasite such as Reddit, there’s a strong chance it won’t be able to handle this level of link building. The end result of this is that you are much more likely to be slapped by Google. Trying to get a manual action removed by Google is pretty bloody difficult, and in all honesty, it isn’t worth risking your site on it. I always think of this as having Ferrari, but instead of treating it properly you take it to a drive through car wash and also put low grade petrol and oil into it. You need to respect your own properties when it comes to building them up. In the past I have used @Parker2010 When @BassTrackerBoats raves about how good a service is in the moderation review of it, you know it’s something that you want to use a service such as this to nourish your site.
For those that aren’t sure what I’m talking about with this, imagine Arnold Schwarzenegr and Bill Gates are at a deadlifting competition. In this example, Arnie is Reddit, Bill is your own domain and the Olympic weight bar is the spam links. Who is going to be able to use these without there being a detrimental effect in the long term? Arnie, of course. Bill would no doubt end up wrecking every muscle in his body if he tried to lift the same weights as Arnie. The same is true with the link building. You can’t expect your domain to be able to withstand this kind of punishment.
It’s important to point out though that this doesn’t mean that your site can’t compete with parasites, far from it actually. Currently I have my own domains as well as parasites sitting on the first three pages. Depending on the niche involved, the parasites can come first, and in some cases, it is my own domains that are outranking the parasites for the main keyword.
A parasite can rank on its own, but it’s when it’s powered up that it really comes into its own. However, by utilising the correct links for your main domain, it can yield excellent results.
A quick word on Keyword Difficulty
One crucial factor that needs to be assessed though is keyword difficulty. The difficulty of a keyword will dictate the kind of links you need to point to your site as well as how many you need. When I’m doing work for clients, this is the first thing that I always point out that I am not guaranteeing a ranking increase. All I am guaranteeing is that I will do the work as described. For clients that have low difficulty keywords, a few links from me are all it takes to significantly increase their ranking. In contrast, I’ve had clients in the past that have had really tough keywords and they were fully aware that the links that I was providing alone wouldn’t have a huge increase in rankings. What they did appreciate though is that it would be a great way to diversify their backlink profile.
Keyword difficulty calculation isn’t something that I will be discussing here since it’s a minefield. However, @Holzr has written an excellent guide over here.
Check the reviews of all BSTs
One thing I would always look for in a BST is the amount of recent reviews that are being posted on it. Samples are always an important aspect when buying a service since these samples should be a fair representation of the quality of work you will receive. Lastly, never buy a service off of someone that is a newbie to the forum and doesn’t have a Jr Vip membership. By all means post in HAF section that you need service X, but if the person isn’t a paid member or they’re fresh on a forum, don’t waste your money on them.
I hope that this is helpful to newbies that are joining the forum, and if there's anything I've missed, please feel free to post it underneath.
I had mentioned this in passing on my journey thread which has sadly stagnated a bit. Regardless, I thought I would share today some information that I feel is crucial to newbies getting their hand into IM. Unfortunately, I’ve seen time and again that people buy service X and they’re expecting them to rank them number one in Google, only for them to write a review saying that it did bugger all for them and that the service is shit.
Link Quality is important
It’s important that anyone buying a package is fully aware of what they’re buying in the first place.
As mentioned on several threads I’ve started on parasites, when I’m building links for these properties it is always the case that I use links that are shall we say, at the lower end of the quality scale. This doesn’t mean that these links are bad, far from it. However, they are built by software, or they are spun and put on domains which aren’t exactly ‘white hat’. This is generally fine though since these parasite properties work really well when being hammered by links such as these. Two recent examples of great work provided by sellers are @berkay1907 @ATuringtest
They are provided links which quickly increase the metrics for your site, and by extension increase their presence online. These services are moderately cheap and the benefit of this is that if the parasite page is removed, you haven’t lost a huge monetary investment.
In comparison, suppose you are building an authority site and you want to have this as a long term earner. The worst thing that you could do is build these cheaper links to your domain. The reason for this is that since the domain you own won’t have anywhere near the domain metrics of a parasite such as Reddit, there’s a strong chance it won’t be able to handle this level of link building. The end result of this is that you are much more likely to be slapped by Google. Trying to get a manual action removed by Google is pretty bloody difficult, and in all honesty, it isn’t worth risking your site on it. I always think of this as having Ferrari, but instead of treating it properly you take it to a drive through car wash and also put low grade petrol and oil into it. You need to respect your own properties when it comes to building them up. In the past I have used @Parker2010 When @BassTrackerBoats raves about how good a service is in the moderation review of it, you know it’s something that you want to use a service such as this to nourish your site.
For those that aren’t sure what I’m talking about with this, imagine Arnold Schwarzenegr and Bill Gates are at a deadlifting competition. In this example, Arnie is Reddit, Bill is your own domain and the Olympic weight bar is the spam links. Who is going to be able to use these without there being a detrimental effect in the long term? Arnie, of course. Bill would no doubt end up wrecking every muscle in his body if he tried to lift the same weights as Arnie. The same is true with the link building. You can’t expect your domain to be able to withstand this kind of punishment.
It’s important to point out though that this doesn’t mean that your site can’t compete with parasites, far from it actually. Currently I have my own domains as well as parasites sitting on the first three pages. Depending on the niche involved, the parasites can come first, and in some cases, it is my own domains that are outranking the parasites for the main keyword.
A parasite can rank on its own, but it’s when it’s powered up that it really comes into its own. However, by utilising the correct links for your main domain, it can yield excellent results.
A quick word on Keyword Difficulty
One crucial factor that needs to be assessed though is keyword difficulty. The difficulty of a keyword will dictate the kind of links you need to point to your site as well as how many you need. When I’m doing work for clients, this is the first thing that I always point out that I am not guaranteeing a ranking increase. All I am guaranteeing is that I will do the work as described. For clients that have low difficulty keywords, a few links from me are all it takes to significantly increase their ranking. In contrast, I’ve had clients in the past that have had really tough keywords and they were fully aware that the links that I was providing alone wouldn’t have a huge increase in rankings. What they did appreciate though is that it would be a great way to diversify their backlink profile.
Keyword difficulty calculation isn’t something that I will be discussing here since it’s a minefield. However, @Holzr has written an excellent guide over here.
Check the reviews of all BSTs
One thing I would always look for in a BST is the amount of recent reviews that are being posted on it. Samples are always an important aspect when buying a service since these samples should be a fair representation of the quality of work you will receive. Lastly, never buy a service off of someone that is a newbie to the forum and doesn’t have a Jr Vip membership. By all means post in HAF section that you need service X, but if the person isn’t a paid member or they’re fresh on a forum, don’t waste your money on them.
I hope that this is helpful to newbies that are joining the forum, and if there's anything I've missed, please feel free to post it underneath.
