Shoemoney had an interesting video a while ago, here it is (watch it before i carry on)
Paid links aren’t all bad, there are several types of paid links going around and just a few of them are:
- Sponsored reviews
- Sitewide links
- in-context links
- Sponsored wp themes
- Spam comments
- ..etc
Its not all bad , on every pagerank update at least 78% of the people using paid links as their main advertising method end up with a website with a higher pagerank then before , doing a few shady things once in a while does not get you slapped by google.
One thing you should probably know or already may know is that your website is for people not search engines, search engines only provide you with the traffic needed. It’s the people, the readers who actually power your website and help you gain revenue.
Any upgrade to the website means an attraction to a considerate ratio of visitors, in my case PR is what attracts visitors here, how i did it, how they can do it, things to do, things to avoid…etc. You can’t preach something you can’t do. A good pr can make upto 60% of your revenue and if paid advertising seems like the easiest way to go about, then what the heck?
Shoemoney talked about how johnchow is not found on google anymore, i agree, hes not there. But he uses google adwords now, that gives him even more coverage over relevant traffic! Chow’s blog is even growing at a faster pace then before without even being in google’s index!
The paid advertising, how ever shady it might’ve been, paid off for john at the end.
If you think about it, it’s not that bad really..Losing google listings in return for 40k+/month from one blog..
