In episode #701, Eric and Neil discuss what happens when you buy links. Tune in to hear why this isn’t the best practice.

TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES:
[00:27] Today’s Topic: Here's What Happens When You Buy Links
[00:35] When Eric was first doing SEO, he would peruse black hat forums.
[00:47] Wicked Fire has a lot of offers for paid tools.
[01:01] Eric would buy links for sites and his sites would shoot up in the rankings.
[01:15] He was using cheap content brokers and they would blast a bunch of links, his rankings would increase, but then go back down after a couple days.
[01:45] Neil tried this with sponsoring an online poker contest.
[02:05] Sometimes these things work, but more often than not: you get burned.
[02:27] It’s cheaper and smarter to build your own site with quality content.
[02:41] Your rankings will maintain when you build your own site.
[03:26] Always play the long game.
[03:40] Build an audience.
[03:50] Investors are burned from buying high-ranking SEO sites.
[04:00] Sites that are built just to get to the top never last.
[04:54] Don’t waste your time buying links.
[05:02] That’s it for today!
[05:06] Go to Singlegrain.com/Giveway for a special marketing tool giveaway!

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In episode #701, Eric and Neil discuss what happens when you buy links. Tune in to hear why this isn’t the best practice. TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: <ul> <li>[00:27] Today’s Topic: Here's What Happens When You Buy Links
</li> <li>[00:35] When Eric was first doing SEO, he would peruse black hat forums.</li> <li>[00:47] <a href="https://www.wickedfire.com/">Wicked Fire</a> has a lot of offers for paid tools.</li> <li>[01:01] Eric would buy links for sites and his sites would shoot up in the rankings.</li> <li>[01:15] He was using cheap content brokers and they would blast a bunch of links, his rankings would increase, but then go back down after a couple days.</li> <li>[01:45] Neil tried this with sponsoring an online poker contest.</li> <li>[02:05] Sometimes these things work, but more often than not: you get burned.</li> <li>[02:27] It’s cheaper and smarter to build your own site with quality content.</li> <li>[02:41] Your rankings will maintain when you build your own site.</li> <li>[03:26] Always play the long game.</li> <li>[03:40] Build an audience.</li> <li>[03:50] Investors are burned from buying high-ranking SEO sites.</li> <li>[04:00] Sites that are built just to get to the top never last.</li> <li>[04:54] Don’t waste your time buying links.</li> <li>[05:02] That’s it for today!</li> <li>[05:06] Go to <a href="http://www.singlegrain.com/giveaway">Singlegrain.com/Giveway</a> for a special marketing tool giveaway!</li> </ul> Leave some feedback: <ul> <li>What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below.</li> <li>Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review.</li> </ul> Connect with us: <ul> <li><a href="http://neilpatel.com/">NeilPatel.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.quicksprout.com/">Quick Sprout</a></li> <li><a href="http://growtheverywhere.com/">Growth Everywhere</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.singlegrain.com/">Single Grain</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/neilpatel">Twitter @neilpatel</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/ericosiu">Twitter @ericosiu</a></li> </ul> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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In episode #701, Eric and Neil discuss what happens when you buy links. Tune in to hear why this isn’t the best practice. TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES:  [00:27] Today’s Topic: Here's What Happens When You Buy Links [00:35] When Eric was first doing...

Here's What Happens When You Buy Links  | Ep. #701

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