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I’m sure all you link buyers have seen these blog networks that are selling links around but if you haven’t Ill explain them first. These networks are just basic blogs setup that will sell blog posts across the entire network of sites. You normally see anywhere from 50 to 200 blogs in the network. Well if you ever were interested in buying links in these networks or making your own then this is a must read.

I will go over what to look for when looking to buy links on a blog network so you don’t end up wasting your money on links that won’t do you any good.

1. Do the sites have PR?
Basic question but it will give you a rough idea on link popularity.

2. Does the exact same blog post go on every blog?
This is extremely important because it’s very bad if it does. If you have a post with the exact same content on 200 blogs then don’t expect anything in return. More than likely every one of those pages will be in supplemental results. Meaning you just wasted your money.

3. How many different IPs are used?
Basically more the better. Ideally you want to get your blog post on different class C IPs to get the most effect. If the blog network doesn’t have at least a unique IP for every blog then I would forget about it.

4. Do they use RSS autoposts?
If the blog network is using RSS autoposts to fill up the content you need to look very closely on how often it is used. If it is posting 10-20 posts a day then your link will be buried with a quickness, meaning it’s useless and you just wasted your money.

5. Is your post going on related sites?
Say I buy a blog post for chicken recipes and then someone buys one from new WII games. Now put those two posts back to back and tell me if the site is going to be related to your post. As you know the more related the site is that is linking to you the more useful the link will be.

6. Does it have a good linking structure?
If your post can’t be found then it’s worthless. Make sure that your post would be found in the archives or category links.

If the blog network doesn’t fit those basic guidelines then you are probably wasting your money with them.

I’m not going to point out any bad ones for examples because I think that’s wrong, but you can use your judgment from the info that I gave.

Then there are the basics that apply to similar link building methods like directory submissions.

• Are the blogs properly indexed;
• Do inner pages get cached often;
• Do inner pages get bookmarked or does only the homepage have links?
• Is the domain dropped and unrelated to the blog?
• Do any blogs follow a niche? Or just general junk?

Thanks for posting this, I would have just threw my money away. I never put much thought into where all the blogs came from nor how they are maintain. Knowing this information I can do seo much better.

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I would not advise buying links from blog networks.

I am in the midst of developing a blog network, it has unique C-Class IPs spread across it and all are indexed well in Google. Useful pointers you have there to improve my own blog network, thank you!

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I know that there are legitimate blog network admins there working their butts off to truly give their customers a good result. However, the majority of the admins don't and often do practice the things that Aaron mentions here. Exactly why I NEVER buy links, posts, reviews, and such from blog networs. 50-200 link backs are cool, but I don't want to be penalized!

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Advice - To avoid C class blogs user different blog providers . Mike is correct . One link from one domain would do the trick !!!