Comments on: Link Building Scams: The Dangers of Outsourcing http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/link-building-scams-the-dangers-of-outsourcing/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:34:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Frank giancarlo http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/link-building-scams-the-dangers-of-outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-6127 Frank giancarlo Sun, 29 May 2011 19:06:50 +0000 http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/?p=654#comment-6127 Hi i must admit I've been in the SEO business for a few years, and i'm doing link building for some of my clients, However i'm building links after this formula links a day = N * 4, where N is the sites age, i don't know if this is the right way to do it, but it certainly got my clients some great results. but honestly in my 2 years of business, I've seen like 5 scammers for every real SEO person out there. So now I've decided to do something about the problem by publishing a free E-book,in which i will teach the reader the basics about seo. By the way to the author of this blog I'm using a fake name for this comment and the reason being, that i'll got the tax Authorities of my country up my ass. even though I've only earned like 250£ by doing SEO for website owners in my country. Hi i must admit I’ve been in the SEO business for a few years, and i’m doing link building for some of my clients, However i’m building links after this formula links a day = N * 4, where N is the sites age, i don’t know if this is the right way to do it, but it certainly got my clients some great results. but honestly in my 2 years of business, I’ve seen like 5 scammers for every real SEO person out there.
So now I’ve decided to do something about the problem by publishing a free E-book,in which i will teach the reader the basics about seo.
By the way to the author of this blog I’m using a fake name for this comment and the reason being, that i’ll got the tax Authorities of my country up my ass.
even though I’ve only earned like 250£ by doing SEO for website owners in my country.

]]> By: alland http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/link-building-scams-the-dangers-of-outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-5592 alland Fri, 06 Aug 2010 05:38:31 +0000 http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/?p=654#comment-5592 Link building is like a double-edged sword. Swing it the wrong way and it'll be like cutting your internet traffic short. It is best for business owners who wants to try SEO outsourcing know at least a thing or two about how the concept of SEO and link building really works. I hope your client gets her money back. Link building is like a double-edged sword. Swing it the wrong way and it’ll be like cutting your internet traffic short.

It is best for business owners who wants to try SEO outsourcing know at least a thing or two about how the concept of SEO and link building really works.

I hope your client gets her money back.

]]> By: Martha http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/link-building-scams-the-dangers-of-outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-5590 Martha Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:07:11 +0000 http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/?p=654#comment-5590 Thanks for this awesome article. You've probably saved the reader a great deal of money. Thanks for this awesome article. You’ve probably saved the reader a great deal of money.

]]> By: John http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/link-building-scams-the-dangers-of-outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-5239 John Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:53:13 +0000 http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/?p=654#comment-5239 THANK YOU for posting this very informative link. I've never outsourced linkbuilding (I prefer to do it myself), but I have several clients who have. In every case, they've gotten hosed by poor links like the one you mention. As the designer for several high-traffic sites with blogs, it's amazing how much comment spam and other C-R-A-P is put out there in the name of linkbuilding. People looking for these deals just don't "get it". One prospective client I'm talking to who sells corporate gifts has over 23K links built to his site and gets like 300 organic visitors a month. Over 5K of the links are coming from some news blog in the Middle East. He hired a US company that offshored the link building. A TBPR of 1 says it all for this site. Another client I'm helping with an eCommerce site has less than 600 incoming links that she built meticulously herself. She has 17K unique visitors per month in less that 2 years online and ranks #1 or top 3 for several moderately competitive terms. Your opinion is dead-on. I'm going to share your post with a few of my clients. Take care, John THANK YOU for posting this very informative link. I’ve never outsourced linkbuilding (I prefer to do it myself), but I have several clients who have. In every case, they’ve gotten hosed by poor links like the one you mention. As the designer for several high-traffic sites with blogs, it’s amazing how much comment spam and other C-R-A-P is put out there in the name of linkbuilding. People looking for these deals just don’t “get it”.

One prospective client I’m talking to who sells corporate gifts has over 23K links built to his site and gets like 300 organic visitors a month. Over 5K of the links are coming from some news blog in the Middle East. He hired a US company that offshored the link building. A TBPR of 1 says it all for this site.

Another client I’m helping with an eCommerce site has less than 600 incoming links that she built meticulously herself. She has 17K unique visitors per month in less that 2 years online and ranks #1 or top 3 for several moderately competitive terms.

Your opinion is dead-on. I’m going to share your post with a few of my clients. Take care,

John

]]> By: Bart http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/link-building-scams-the-dangers-of-outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-4863 Bart Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:08:34 +0000 http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/?p=654#comment-4863 Great Article, Thank you Great Article, Thank you

]]> By: Irene Dorang http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/link-building-scams-the-dangers-of-outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-4862 Irene Dorang Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:16:12 +0000 http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/?p=654#comment-4862 Hey there Jill, As the subject of this blog post I wanted to say thanks again for your help, professional advice and yes, the heartfelt sympathy too. :) I just wanted to make clear, in case anyone reads the article and thinks I was trying to take a shortcut on SEO, that this was really about trying to (for once) successfully delegate something that I was hoping to not have to become an expert in. I've done plenty of studying up on SEO over the past few years, enough to ask this company beforehand whether or not they were going to do certain things the right way, and I heard enough to feel like they were going to use good content to do a decent job. After a certain point you have to decide if you're going to go ahead and delegate, or rip the project out of the person's hands and do it yourself (which is what usually happens.) Delegating always involves a risk, as was proven here. As an entrepreneur, the cry I hear coming up from the ranks of my fellow business owners is the same as mine - how incredibly hard it is to find good help, no matter how carefully you try to filter the people you hire. Jill is one of those few, rare people who as soon as you start talking to you realize is truly competent and determined to provide every bit of the value you were hoping for. It's like lying down on a couch after a rough train ride. So thanks, Jill. I'd write more, but I'm off hyper-tasking on a hundred do-it-myself projects, including (now, again) SEO. :) Hey there Jill,

As the subject of this blog post I wanted to say thanks again for your help, professional advice and yes, the heartfelt sympathy too. :)

I just wanted to make clear, in case anyone reads the article and thinks I was trying to take a shortcut on SEO, that this was really about trying to (for once) successfully delegate something that I was hoping to not have to become an expert in.

I’ve done plenty of studying up on SEO over the past few years, enough to ask this company beforehand whether or not they were going to do certain things the right way, and I heard enough to feel like they were going to use good content to do a decent job. After a certain point you have to decide if you’re going to go ahead and delegate, or rip the project out of the person’s hands and do it yourself (which is what usually happens.) Delegating always involves a risk, as was proven here.

As an entrepreneur, the cry I hear coming up from the ranks of my fellow business owners is the same as mine – how incredibly hard it is to find good help, no matter how carefully you try to filter the people you hire. Jill is one of those few, rare people who as soon as you start talking to you realize is truly competent and determined to provide every bit of the value you were hoping for. It’s like lying down on a couch after a rough train ride.

So thanks, Jill. I’d write more, but I’m off hyper-tasking on a hundred do-it-myself projects, including (now, again) SEO. :)

]]> By: Jill Olkoski http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/link-building-scams-the-dangers-of-outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-4861 Jill Olkoski Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:31:13 +0000 http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/?p=654#comment-4861 Hi Kate, Thanks very much for the feedback - I was worried it might be too long, but really wanted to explain in detail the rationale for my opinions and help others hopefully avoid this in the future. I too hope that she gets some, or all of her money back. Again, thanks for reading the article and giving me the feedback. Hi Kate,
Thanks very much for the feedback – I was worried it might be too long, but really wanted to explain in detail the rationale for my opinions and help others hopefully avoid this in the future. I too hope that she gets some, or all of her money back. Again, thanks for reading the article and giving me the feedback.

]]> By: Kate Phillips http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/link-building-scams-the-dangers-of-outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-4860 Kate Phillips Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:27:34 +0000 http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/?p=654#comment-4860 Thanks Jill, you explained that well enough for a non-techie like me to "get" it! I hope she can get her money back. (And maybe avoid anything that sounds too good to be true, which that did - 700 quality links for $1,000.) Thanks Jill, you explained that well enough for a non-techie like me to “get” it! I hope she can get her money back. (And maybe avoid anything that sounds too good to be true, which that did – 700 quality links for $1,000.)

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