Would you buy a no follow link?

I'm really new to link building so apologies if this is stupid.

I messaged this site that's probably on the top 5 of my niche if I could buy a link from him. He said he likes the my contents and agreed to my request but it will be a no follow link with a price.

This site is an authority in my niche with published books and stuff. Their content is really really good. They are probably my most used reference when writing my contents.

Do you think its worth it to pay for a link like this? Is it useless in terms of SEO?

yeah it will be good if its a authority site in your niche, you will get some referral traffic if the content rank

It good for relevancy and your backlink profile !

If the backlink is relevant and has high authority then probably I would go for it.

nofollow links don't pass authority (link juice), so if you get this link your domain's DR (or DA if you're a MOZ fan) won't increase for sure as a result of this backlink.

But, if the text surrounding the backlink is related to your niche (actually, to the page on your site that the backlink points to) then it will increase that page's trust (and traffic if people click on that backlink), Besides, having nofollow links in your backlinking profile is good because this tells google that your links are acquired organically and that you're not chasing after d0follow links only, so you can increase your site's authority. Of course, google don't know that you ARE building links, but until they can prove this they will assume that you're a nice guy who doesn't build links, so they won't de-index your site

Anyway, if the price is right and the content relevance is there I'd say go for it!

Price?

zona said:

I'm really new to link building so apologies if this is stupid.

I messaged this site that's probably on the top 5 of my niche if I could buy a link from him. He said he likes the my contents and agreed to my request but it will be a no follow link with a price.

This site is an authority in my niche with published books and stuff. Their content is really really good. They are probably my most used reference when writing my contents.

Do you think its worth it to pay for a link like this? Is it useless in terms of SEO?

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That really depends...

The factors that I would take into consideration are:

How much traffic does his site get?

What page would the link be on ? Would it remain in a static place? or is it part of a blogroll that will ultimately go into obscurity as he creates more content?

How much traffic does the page your link will be on get?

How much of the traffic that comes to that page is ORGANIC?

What type of link will it be? (contextual, author bio, sidebar, footer, nav bar, profile, resource page, citations / sources, a section marked "sponsored" "partner links" or anything that remotely implies paid or in exchange for something/ non-editorially given

and how will the link appear? (where on the page, what text will be surrounding it, is it placed in a way that would encourage people to click on it without asking them to click on it?

If the answers to the above questions are satisfactory, go for it. If it's just for extra traffic, if it's an evergreen topic and you are confident it will give you a little bit of traffic every day for the life of the page your link is on, and the price is worth it to you go for it

If this is one of your first MAJOR influencer links, maybe go for it, becasue if one links to you it's easier to get another to link to you

Google has become ambiguous about how they treat no-follows, going from "not counting it" to taking it "as a hint" that can "sometimes influence rankings and sometimes not" and "won't hurt your rankings, might potentially be considered to bolster your rankings but might be disregarded" (mealey mouthed crap) - so ultimately it's up to you...

Me personally, if it's a good authority site and tons of traffic and the link is $50 or less as a permanent link, if I thought I would benefit from that I would go for it.. I f theuy're asking hundreds or more and/or it's in a constantly changing location or somewhere it'll never be seen, screw that....

THat's just me though

Depends on how longer the post would last and its da pa !

Think referral traffic and relevancy. Depends on the price, I would do it. Links aren't all about passing PA, DA or DR.

Yes you can get it if it's affordable! It also help your site backlinks profile looks naturally. Don't allow only do-follow sites in your backlink profile!

Yes. It's authority site in your niche, so you can got for it. It's just won't pass the authority or any link juice. But it will send some referral traffic. Having no follow links from relevant authority is really great and it's good for diversity as well.

Yeah, It will be good for you If it is affordable.

If the price is reasonable and also permanence of links, please go head. Because those links will increase your trustworthy of your site and also good to google too.

If It is a high authority, Traffic site definitely it is worth buying. Also, Depends upon the price.

Mix up of do-follow and no-follow links will always work. If the site is relevant, has high authority and the price is affordable then go ahead with that link.

No, I would not buy a no follow link.