Welcome to the Q&A Forum

It depends how quick you want to get a penalty.

Any link you can go out and get in numbers is very unlikely to be off any value, and may get you penalized now or in the future.

Search Engines are simply not interested in these sort of links.

I recommends, before to pay for the work, the link-company should sent you the list of the domains where they will put your links, and you should check:

1. The IP where the linking domain is hosted (prevents link farms or other networks, Google knows that).

2. The owner of the domain "attention with hidden registrants", several companies collect hundred of blogs and forums to use for link building and of course Google know that.

3. These links should be included in a natural way (no all links in the same week).

Be carefully, last year I bought a pack of 50 links (PR/3/4/5/6) and for my surprise, no one improvement in ranking ... SO Google knows these people.

Hope it helps

If you have a high quality site, a good linkbuilder might be helpful.

If you have a crap site then you really need a magician.

So, look at your site before you place any blame for doing a poor job.

Hi there!

Unfortunately, it really is about quality vs quantity. A single killer editorial link from an authoritative domain within the body and with good anchor text is much more valuable than a dozen nav links from fairly unknown domains. It is also important to recognize that Good Link Building is hard work! It great link can take lots of researching, establishing/nurturing relationships and perseverance.

Proper link building is about good balance. This is why awesome rich content is so powerful. A single piece of well-written content can get you links from authoritative blogs as well as smaller links and/or mentions from the Social community. Now, this is a winning combination!

Cheers,

~by

I actually request a number of inquiries (with parameters). I want to see that the attempt not only is made, but the follow ups are there, the outreach is righteous, and it's quality. Most great links are really hard to get, so I'm happy that the best foot was put forward. Easy to track in something like Buzzstream.

That number is estimated based on the talent of the builder and the vertical and/or past experience. It's raised as the team member gets better... like weightlifting.

To expand a bit on what Claudio has said, it's not really about a dead-set number of links. If you give them a metric, they will attempt to hit that metric. Even if hitting that target will result in a net negative for the client.

For instance, I can probably get you 10 .edu links right now. Between security vulnerabilities and un-moderated comment sections, it's entirely possible. But you definitely don't want those links, especially if you get them in that way.

You should probably reward them based upon how they reach out and what the results were. It may not necessarily be a link. The results could be more valuable than a link. Treating them like your low-pressure sales team/brand ambassador will probably better align their interests with those of your company and external stakeholders.

Though there's some big IFs here. That will only work IF you give them something to sell/represent that somehow adds significant value for everyone involved. IF that doesn't happen, they'll end up trying to push the same crud a million others peddle every day. Basically put, Garbage In - Garbage Out.

Instead of setting a hard and fast number, focus on how well they build relationships and how creatively they market your brands.

Hello,

The amount of links depends of different things, so the best is get these links in a reazonable quantity, so all sites has a ratio of links gained and losed by month.

If you get 1000 new links in a week, it is suspicious for Google and "penalty" is comming.

At this time the only secret about links is:

1. Natural links (most possible natural).

2. Authority sites and related to your niche.

3. Get these links in a reazonable basis.

Hope it helps

Claudio