Nonsense

[John Scott]

http://www.seobook.com/archives/000183.shtml

Some people believe that linking alone is all you need.
John Scott (of Internet Marketing Research) & Phil Craven (of Web Workshop) are some of the major proponents behind this line of thinking.

Um, yeah, for search engine rankings, all you need is inbound links with the right anchor text. Old news.

The problem with this idea is that buying links does not ad value. If one were exclusively focused on buying links then their site would not be operating as efficiently as it could be.

Buying links serves one purpose - search engine rankings. Nobody ever said not to create powerful marketing copy that converts. That's a no-brainer.


Also, a link to a very well-thought out article by Chris Ridings:

http://www.searchguild.com/tpage7545-0.html

I like Chris. He's cool.

[Johan007]

True but I did like this:

Originally Posted by http://www.seobook.com/archives/000183.shtml

Some people use different terminology for different things. Some people register sites. Some people buy or rent links. When you buy a Yahoo! listing at $299 / year, are you doing any more than renting links? Because Yahoo! is collecting that money is it any more honest than getting a link from Freds Farm Equipent? Why?

You should not be able to buy PR then links from Yahoo should not count towards PR?

Originally Posted by http://www.searchguild.com/tpage7545-0.html

Good Content Attracts Links
Not true.

I wish it was true. Content sites just cant make money and people dont link to them as much as I would like. I run a content movie site with friends as a hobby we enjoy but deep down I bet we all wish we could leave our jobs and do this for a living

[webmastery]

I have a great number of 250-400 word essays on many subjects across many sites for months now and I have only seen one or two "natural links".

The trouble with the natural links is that they are usually from website run by non-pros. So they are generally from low traffic websites with no PR.

The links you need are generally run by website owners who are crafty little buggers and will want something in return for the link.

An even better idea, which I gleaned from JS and PC was to manufacture links. Nothing beats a self-propagating 24x7 Link Factory set to full blast.

[Johan007]

....until you get banned via http://www.google.com/contact/spamreport.html

[John Scott]

Originally Posted by Johan007

....until you get banned via http://www.google.com/contact/spamreport.html

Google has NEVER banned anyone for inbound links. NEVER.

[webmastery]

Banned for what? Being my own best friend? If you don't love yourself, know one else will either.

[Johan007]

Sure John - I was thinking the site would link to the link farm in order to work.

Originally Posted by webmastery

Banned for what? Being my own best friend? If you don't love yourself, know one else will either.

lmao, have faith mon, get some relationships/partnerships going with another site. Then in your serverside footers swap links.

[webmastery]

The only problem with these relationships is that they're unstable and can end in divorce. Sometimes your partner is just no good and can't be counted on. Like any relationship.

You have to have links from people you can trust. And who do you trust the most?

[RonHollingsworth]

Originally Posted by webmastery

You have to have links from people you can trust. And who do you trust the most?

Why is this? I could care less who links to me as long as they link to me. I'm refering to one way links here.

[anthonycea]

Phil Craven is a class A ASS, he censors his forums big time, Search Guild is also guilty of Censorship Big time, facts they do not accept. Anyone who censors contributors is Bush League........By the way Prince William over at Phil Shit forum Webworkshops really does not like our wonderful host here. And I don't like that fricking weasel Phil, site admin over there. As far as Search Guild is concerned Chris is alright, but he has some moderators who are real A R S E' s

[John Scott]

Phil Craven is a class A ***

That may be true, Anthony, but until he gets even a fraction of the traffic IMR gets, I really couldn't care less.

And this kind of post doesn't nothing for the value of my forum.