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This is a self-diagnosis but I think I may have Backlinkaphobia. Is it really dangerous to purchase backlink packages off Fiverr? I've read so much and watch so many youtube videos about google penalizing those who purchase backlinks and I'm just curious, is this really something to be alarmed about. I realize if someone purchases a few thousand junk backlinks that it might raise suspicion with Google. but honestly, will 30 or 60 backlinks even get noticed in a detrimental way? Just curious what others think about backlinks.  

Answer 1

I had a client run a $25 Fiverr gig and it ended up costing him $30, 000.  

Answer 2

Easy, pay $25 towards a random competitor and witness what happens ;)

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Oh the joys of reaping and sowing :-)

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@apricot4454 this industry is too slow for me :D

Answer 3

I’m sure there are some legit services on Fiverr. But, when you look around and see that most people are selling individual links for $50 to $100 or more, it makes you question what your getting from the Fiverr peeps. Paying for links is against TOS but at this point it’s one of those “everyone’s doing it” type things. So, as long as you’re smart about it and treat it as an investment just like anything else then you’ll get what you need.  

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I’ve heard that good quality backlinks cost as much as $300

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Some cost much more than that too. Also depends if you are directly paying the webmaster or a link service. Some link services markup atleast 100% over the actual cost. Also you need to be aware of what you are paying for, is it genuine outreach links, or link insertions.  

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$300 is all? Fuckit put me down for keyword cars  

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@inflorescence46 I was low balling it. Point is that if a link is in the hundreds of dollars and the people on Fiverr are charging 50 there is a disconnect. I wish links were so cheap  

Answer 4

Lower quality links have a place as tier 2 and t3 links. But be very careful on where you buy from.  

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Offsetting risk onto others. Karma.  

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@boule162 I also said be careful where you buy them from. I would personally only use high quality Pbns for my T2 & T3 links. Think hatred or archs network. I wouldn't buy them off some crappy run of the mill provider.  

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@boule162 same method that diggity and others use for T2.  

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Yeah. not a fan of it. I know it works. I just have never been willing to point links at someone else's site that I wouldn't at mine (unless it's an untouchable media company site). And if I'm using sites good enough for direct linking, why pass them through elsewhere so the effects/pr/juice is getting dilluted? I've just never have been able to pull the trigger ethically. I know many people do.  

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@boule162 The only problem is a lot of my links consist of guest posts and some of those pages have little to no inlinks.  

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Yep. I'm going to go sniper focused and try to suggest internal links to the site owner.  

Answer 5

Also use Legiit over fivver, much better quality on there.  

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Found some of the links i bought on legiit and when i discovered them in the backlink profile they had hundreds of posts on the home page. Hence why i have my own now

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@popliteal as with any marketplace there are good eggs and bad eggs.  

Answer 6

I've been the guy people bought backlinks from on Fiverr. I had many repeats.  

Answer 7

Once I got back link from fiverr. It was a health website featured on Google news. Got a decent spike of traffic when published. U got to ask for sample before paying them

Answer 8

Why not build the links yourself, with your own outreach, it's cheaper, not even that time consuming and you'll be safer for it.  

Answer 9

I wouldn't worry so much about it being on Fiverr however, a large amount of links and quality I'd be worried about lower rankings vs penalties unless of course it's a large quantity.  

Answer 10

I think it depends on whether you’re linking to your site or through something else that links to what you want to rank higher. You can get away with more when you are linking to something with strong authority than a regular website. Some refer to this a cloud cover, linking so everything comes in from different properties so it blends in better with what’s around it. Good to be cautious.  

Answer 11

Yeah what if a competitor gives you bad links? Is there a way to disavow them

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@evonevonne Co check this out  
https://support.google.com/webmaste...hl=en

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@kindly82 thanks!  

Answer 12

Can someone care to explain though, that if it's so dangerous to buy links in general. What's to stop a competitor from buying links from Fiverr for your company then? Acting like they are natural by using real keywords etc.  

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@bronchiole Meacham I'm not giving names or links, but there are quite a few services and gigs that even offer neg seo.  

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@bronchiole Meacham we had a major hotel client a couple of years back that we suspected their competitors or the agency hired by their competitors did this as negative SEO. 100s of rubbish new links every day.  

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@simulated yeah, I've seen gigs like that on fiverr, and I don't plan on getting them anyways. I'm more interested in how does Google know when to ignore links and when it suspects the site owner themselves and punishes them? @gratianna5145 did you disavow them? Did it have a negative impact on their business?  

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@bronchiole Meacham Google won't give penalties for a single factor of blackhat SEO unless it's something obvious like PBN's, they'll just ignore the links and you'll get no benefit. Sites that link out a lot massively dilute the power of their backlinks til theyre useless.  

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@bronchiole Meacham yes we disavowed. Slight impact on some rankings which did come back though.  

Answer 13

I've tested thousands of backlinks from freelance platforms like Fiverr on my lead gen sites. Try it for yourself. It's fun and you'll build up a portfolio overtime of ones that really work and that you can use on more important sites.  

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@bronchiole Holgate, would you mind sharing 1 or 2 names of good backlink guys from Fiverr if I PM you, mate?  

Answer 14

Just to clarify, Google’s guidelines is against buying “links”, not buying Fiverr gigs (that do link outreach).  

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What a loophole!  

Answer 15

Backlinks on Fiverr are a no no. However there are some other reputable SEO gigs on there just stay away from buying of links there.  

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@stent @meretricious any specific ones that are good and you don't mind sharing? :)

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@stent @meretricious i've actually found some quite cheap outreach specialists on Feverr, not everyone sells the 1500 links for $5

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@oval62 yeah I was talking about those bulk link sellers in particular. Very spammy links with little or no value. I have tried and tested these in the past.  

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@stent @meretricious I've only used the bulk ones for tier3/4 and there they do their job. Otherwise there's some really specialized people that you can negotiate with to keep em on a very affordable retainer.  

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Buying links are as weed. Illegal but socially accepted. Still, don't go over and buy links from Fiverr. I suggest to outreach your local niche related bloggers that have a 100% trusted website on which they are very active. Gigs from Fiverr are bad because the links are from spammy websites, and too much at one time. Try to leave some space between links that come to your website. Seo si now more about patience than it ever was.  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Erv...P6Fzc

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Bad comparison. Buying links is not "illegal". It is only a violation of Google terms, and they may take action if they catch you doing it in a wrong way.  

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Good content + keyword variations which will move the niddle. Do not add targeted keywords in the content forcefully. Also track the activities of a blog & blogger before choosing a website for sponsor guest post or placing link. Example: content quality, traffic, social media activities etc.  

Answer 18

Backlinkaphobia = New term to translate to "Link Angst" in German :)

Answer 19

PureKana. com has purchased about 800, 000 backlinks and now ranking #1 on the most difficult keywords and they seem to be doing fine ‍♂️

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@palatal op?  

Answer 20

After the Google Penguin updates penalized thousands of webmasters for their cheap and spammy link schemes they are now in an often pathologic fear to acquire new links. This also, especially in Germany for ca. the year 2015 led to the even more dangerous opinion, that links don't need to be monitored or taken care of at all. In Germany a whole culture of "not talking about links" developed, where all link-related activities are re-labelled even in contracts and invoices.  
https://twitter.com/cemper/status/1...19362

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@kissinger yeah worked with some German companies and apparently backlinks are a big nono. It's like a mantra burned into the collective mind of the marketing community. Everyone is afraid to both sell and buy links.  

Answer 21

Of course links are important for SEO rankings still, and building links is mandatory in many industries, still in 2020 If you think you suffer from Backlinkaphobia, then be aware that * You can simulate all inks before building them with LRT. * You can always disavow potential problematic links and use Link Detox Boost (BOOST) to make that disavow work in days. * You can use Link Detox Boost (BOOST) to make the built links work faster, with a reliable crawl time stamp, anyways. * Google supports re-evaluation of your links in "real-time", which refers to the time the link is crawled, since Google Penguin 4. 0 (September 2016). So any kind of problematic link you can fairly quickly undo these days.  

Answer 22

Too many of you are just regurgitating what Google has said about buying links and have not done any real world tests. and it shows. It's a classic "Google says don't do this but it still works. " Fiverr backlinks have made me a lot of money over the years. But like anything, you have to know what you're getting. I always ask for the url of the website where my links will be placed. If they won't provide them, I move on. Make sure you're buying dofollow links. Some Fiverr gigs will start out as dofollow and eventually go to nofollow. You have to routinely check on that. If they do go to nofollow, then you have to contact the Seller and remind them the gig was for dofollow.  

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@ubald got any links/names for good gigs you've used in the past and don't mind sharing? Would love to expand my pool of resources! :)

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@tadpole not really. I just have the ones I'm interested in send me a list of their URL's. It seems that some good ones on there leave after a year or so.  

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Yeah it's a weird hive mind thing. same with duplicate content getting you penalized.  

Answer 23

Don't buy back links. From Fiverr?! OMFG. Unless you'r doing churn 'n burn, stay clear!  

Answer 24

There's a few hidden gems every now and then but the problem is that one person with a good link also has a bunch of trash blogs they'll try to push on you after your first purchase. I don't believe the nonsense that buying one 25$ gig cost someone $30k. Complete BS.  

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I don't buy that either. unless it was one of those "300, 000 backlinks for $5" deals ;)

Answer 25

If you want to play it safer - lnk to your blog that links to your money page or etc. if shit happens remove the blog

Answer 26

Blackhatworld. com

Answer 27

You could use a buffer site to check quality or pass juice or both

Answer 28

"Is it really dangerous to purchase backlink packages off Fiverr? " That's an understatement. You'd be lucky if it doesn't hurt your rank. Might not happen right away, but will eventually.  

Answer 29

You need a test site or two.  

Answer 30

Backlinkophobia, whew! Just writing the word gave me a headache . I wrote about the Distance Graph patent in the Semantic Mastery blog in December of 2015. Get to know that patent well so you know the types of links you should be targeting and why . and bye-bye backlinkophobia and hello spamiliciousness.  

Answer 31

While I disagree with most that say it’s so bad . The better question is it doing jack ? If it was that toxic I would spend 5. 00 on each of my competitors and baaaam I would be number 1 . That being said go spend it on a beer and sit and watch your rankings likely the beer will do more for you