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        • The_Kiwi_Man
          The_Kiwi_Man last edited by

          Hello guys,

          Would you pay $10k for a pr9 backlink?

          Thanks!

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          • Andy.Drinkwater
            Andy.Drinkwater @The_Kiwi_Man last edited by

            Something to avoid, is the mindset of buying links / sponsoring.

            Google values a genuine link that is editorially gained, rather than a side note / footer / site-wide links. These carry very little value and in some cases, can create a big headache for you in terms of penalties from Google.

            Good SEO is actually a mix of a great user experience, easy-to-use website, interesting information and closely following Google's webmaster guidelines. This all boils down to best practice. Keep your visitors happy, social media buzzing, content well written and Google will start to value your site more.

            -Andy

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            • The_Kiwi_Man
              The_Kiwi_Man @WhiteboardCreations last edited by

              What other things with SEO would you put that money towards? More sponsored posts?? Thanks!

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              • DennisSeymour
                DennisSeymour last edited by

                Invest that in other SEO work instead. I would buy that if it's 60% cheaper and will always be on the homepage hehe 😄

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                • WhiteboardCreations
                  WhiteboardCreations last edited by

                  To answer your question bluntly. Nope!

                  For $10K, you could get a lot more for your money and would be a longer term investment. Your link on that PR9 site wouldn't be on the Home page the whole time, which I assume carries the highest PageRank. You would eventually fall into an inner page carrying much lower PageRank OR, worse, you get bumped from the site altogether.

                  Better ways to invest that same amount in organic SEO efforts. Fun question to start my day! 🙂

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                  • Andy.Drinkwater
                    Andy.Drinkwater last edited by

                    So Apartment Therapy are selling links? Tread carefully with this, because you have announced that you may pay $10k for writing an article that contains lots of links back to your site. If Google get wind of this, you could spell a whole heap of trouble for yourself.

                    Just as a side note, $10k will buy you a lot of very good organic SEO and link building that won't carry the risk.

                    -Andy

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                    • wearehappymedia
                      wearehappymedia last edited by

                      I'm not sure how Apartment Therapy would feel about you sharing that information but that aside, given your name I assume your NZ based? If that's the case I'd get some metrics on subscriber numbers in New Zealand for Apartment Therapy (I know they're huge in Australia). I'd then weigh that up against 10K worth of SEM that is focused and targeted. We do a hell of a lot for 10K for a client (that's not a pitch btw). And finally one of their strongest assets is their EDM so if you do go that way, ensure you're in a prime position on the EDM. Hope that helps but for whatever it's worth, it sounds very expensive.

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