Most, if not all of us, know that the secret to making money online, no matter what niche you’re in or what you’re selling, is to drive traffic. If you can drive traffic to a site, the only thing standing between you and dollars in your pocket is figuring out how to make money from that traffic. It’s really not much of a secret.
We all have lots of ideas about how to make money from the traffic that comes to our sites. That’s the beauty of the Internet. Driving the traffic can be the difficult/frustrating/time consuming/disappointing part of the process. Once you have it, it’s awesome. Until you have it, it can feel like a long process.
One of the best ways you can increase your site popularity, both in referred traffic as well as organic rankings, is inbound links from other well ranked sites. Links from popular sites and hot Web 2.0 properties such as Squidoo, LiveJournal, Jimdo, Blogger, Weebly, BlinkWeb and Blogsome can help your traffic and rankings tremendously.
The problem is it’s a time consuming process to set up accounts on each, link them properly, AND maintain them with fresh content on a regular basis.
That’s where Linkwheel.net comes in.
What is Linkwheel.net?
Linkwheel.net provides, well, linkwheels. Not sure what a linkwheel is? It’s actually pretty easy. Check out this illustration from the Linkwheel.net site:
Linkwheel.net sets up accounts for you on Web 2.0 sites and creates links pointing to your site, blog, money site, etc. This creates not only a valuable inbound link, but referral traffic from the links pointing to your site.
What sets Linkwheel.net apart?
If you’ve spent any time online, you might be thinking at this point, “So what? Lots of sites offer this service?” You’re correct. Lots of sites do offer this, many for even less money, but this is a classic example of getting what you pay for.
Linkwheel.net describes themselves as a cut above the rest of the linkwheel service provider pack. Here are a couple of points they push on their site:
- Linkwheel.net provides Enterprise Level service – They are capable of delivering 300+ linkwheel orders per week.
- Work is performed manually – Unlike other mass produced services that will provide weak results at best, Linkwheel.net does everything by hand.
- 100% human written content – Not your usual content scrape garbage.
- You receive the login info to the sites in your linkwheel – This means even if you decide to move on, you can continue to use your linkwheel.
How much is a linkwheel?
A number of different packages are offered including both one time and monthly services. Let’s say you just want help setting up a linkwheel that you will then take over and manage. Packages for this one time assistance start at $65. Here’s a sample of the recommended package for $145:
- 25 Web 2.0 properties (PR 4 – PR 9)
- 25 Unique Articles (No Spun Content)
- 1 Custom Videos (uploaded to YouTube.com & used across the link wheel)
- RSS / Feed Submission to 100+ aggregators
- All property’s are mass pinged to alert the SE bots
- 2 Links per article – Up to 8 keywords / Anchor Text
That’s a lot of value for $145. Especially when you consider just the amount of time involved in setting up each account.
If you’d like to step up your game a bit, and want some consistent growth out of your linkwheel without effort on your part, you should check out the monthly packages that start at $165/month. Here’s a sample of the base package:
- 7 Web 2.0 properties (PR 4 – PR 9)
- 21 New Articles Each Month (3 Fresh Articles / Month / Web 2.0 Property) 100% unique (No Spun Content)
- 1 Custom Video / month (uploaded to YouTube.com & used across the link wheel) – Each month we will create a unique Video for your Linkwheel
- Special Attention is paid to uploading avatars, profile information, and “tricking-out” the blog in general.
- A unique USA proxy is assigned for the management of your Linkwheel.
- RSS / Feed Submission to 100+ aggregators
- All property’s are mass pinged to alert the SE bots with each content update
- 2 – 3 Links per article – unlimited keywords / Anchor Text
- MULTIPLE MONEY SITES ALLOWED – Perfect for Niche domination.
With even a mildly successful money site or monetized blog, you would easily pay for that monthly cost multiple times over. One thing worth considering in the monthly packages is also the longer term value. You’ll feel the positive effects of that work for a long time to come.
What’s my take on Linkwheel.net?
All in all, I have to say, the Linkwheel.net service looks very promising. They definitely are not the cheapest service of their kind, but I would expect the quality to be among the top in the industry. The fact that they are doing the work by hand rather than just running a crappy script to create the accounts and scrape content off of other sites is key. I can’t speak firsthand about the service since I haven’t tried it though.
There’s definitely no denying the value of what Linkwheel.net is seeking to provide. In order to gain traffic, you need to be investing in creating inbound links to your site and Web 2.0 properties that search engines love to index are a great place to start.
Even if you don’t plan on using the Linkwheel.net service immediately, you really need to jump out to their site, grab the free Link Wheel Explanation Guide and bookmark the site. At some point, you will realize how valuable it is to have someone else complete mundane tasks like this for you at a nominal price.
For those of you who are already aware of how valuable your time is and are looking for a very cost effective way to get things rolling for a project, give Linkwheel.net a shot. It’s a pretty minimal cost to try out the service.
Chcek out Linkwheel.net today here: Linkwheel.net.
November 13th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
Thanks for the heads up about this service. I have paid my link builder to create similar link wheels. It would be interesting to see how their service compares. I'm sure it would help with traffic and rankings.
November 14th, 2009 at 12:36 am
I'm thinking about using their service, and I really liked your review. Most of the sites out there claiming to solve our problems don't really work as well as they promise.
November 14th, 2009 at 12:46 am
I saw LinkWheel.net get reviewed on another blog. The reaction was pretty good. The blog owner was going to try it and post the results, perhaps it can be done here too. Cheers
November 14th, 2009 at 6:37 am
Hey! Ryan your ideas for making money online are fabulous. They make great profit for me and my friends. Thanks.
November 14th, 2009 at 6:40 am
I am writing the content my own way and maintaining the two blogs and two squidoo lens to promote clients who are in the business of real estate in UK.
November 14th, 2009 at 9:35 am
This is some information! Thanks for sharing, I will give it a try. Links are so important you can never have enough. BTW, did you manage to measure the traffic or ranking increase directly linked to the use of linkwheel?
November 14th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Interesting information and I am sure that it is very useful for sites like yours. I do not need such services at present nor can I afford it! Perhaps when I do!!
November 15th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Thanks for the great information about this service.
November 15th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
yeah you are right
November 16th, 2009 at 5:22 am
Great article with very useful information. Link wheel seems really important for out busyness niche.
November 16th, 2009 at 10:47 am
+1
it's not about what they say it does, but about results. Maybe you should test it with a few keywords with different competition levels and share the results.
For that price my first thought is: I'd rather go with http://www.10linksaday.net. Of course that doesn't include the written articles, but you can outsource that.
November 16th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
First of all, thank you for sharing such valuable information. The service definitely carries a price and as you've said it yourself, the fact that all job done is human, it can be very encouraging trying them for at least a month. For the time being, affording such a service is out of sight for me, but with time I might be able to try it.
November 16th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
It is definitely worth investing some money in services like this. If you try to do all of your marketing work on your own, it can be a very slow process. It helps a lot to outsource some of the work.
November 17th, 2009 at 1:20 am
Haven't heard of this service that LinkWheel.net had but I'm trying to read more. It might give me an alternative way and use their service for future purposes.
Thanks for sharing this information!
November 17th, 2009 at 6:11 am
You are right that traffic is only thing between your site and dollar and link wheel is a most effective way to drive traffic to your site.
November 17th, 2009 at 7:11 am
Thanks for sharing information
November 17th, 2009 at 9:00 am
Every Web 2.0 link wheel that we develop is done so with 100% unique content. We do not spin, scrape or try to manipulate the content posted to the link wheels that we develop for our clients.
November 17th, 2009 at 9:32 am
Thanks for this informative post. I am going to check this link. Its nice review.
November 17th, 2009 at 11:03 am
First of all, thank you for sharing such valuable information. Link wheel seems really important for out busyness niche.
November 17th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
I hadn't heard of Linkwheel.net before but I am familiar with the concept of a link wheel. I recently joined a similar service that has a very clever twist on this linkwheel concept. This one is more expensive but I do like that they include unique articles here. For 25 articles you would normally pay more than $150 so just for the articles alone this is worth it.
November 17th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
This is first time I'm listening about LinkWheel.net. But, first sight i impressed with this post. Once i read this post i just felt its really pretty easy and very useful for the blogger s, and who deals business with internet.
November 18th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
This sounds very interesting. I tried setting up a link wheel myself for one of my websites but the results weren't great – in fact the website dropped out of Google for a week or so when I closed the wheel (I've since read that you Google is getting wise to linkwheels and it's best not to close one). I may try this service though it's a little more expensive than I would like ;-}
November 19th, 2009 at 2:55 am
Thanks for this review. It help people to easy to understand more.
November 18th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
As Long as everything points back to your site the Link Wheel is a great concept.. Making sure every "spoke" on the wheel has relative interesting content is also important.
November 19th, 2009 at 7:18 am
It will definitely going to improve the results if you are using it properly. Doing internet marketing is a tough job if you are not using certain SEO tools and services. This could make your marketing process fast and give you good results.
November 19th, 2009 at 9:12 am
If only I had the money to join this linkwheel, I would consider it.
Actually, there are cheaper alternatives out there. I'm not sure if the backlinks compare, though.
November 22nd, 2009 at 2:14 am
Thank for sharing. It a good information.
November 23rd, 2009 at 12:58 pm
it costs a lot of money in here.
November 23rd, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Thanks for the warning.I was thinking to order one package.I don't want to hurt my Google traffic.
November 23rd, 2009 at 8:12 pm
A link wheel is a great way to build up some backlinks from high PR domains. There are a lot of people/companies that provide this service. So be sure you use someone who will produce quality work.
November 28th, 2009 at 8:10 am
Lovely
November 28th, 2009 at 11:19 am
LinkWheel Now is a website setup in order to teach you the advantages of using a linkwheel.
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:13 am
I don't use linkwheels as much as I used to, but I think linkwheel.net's prices are reasonable and they might be worth trying. Thanks.
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:33 pm
It's amazing that I hadn't even heard of a link wheel a few months ago. Now it seems like it is the current hot link building method. It does produce some decent links, but it definitely isn't all you need to get good rankings.
December 3rd, 2009 at 9:58 am
Thanks for sharing the review of linkwheel.net. I have been searching for it since long time. Thanks again for the help.
December 4th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Nice Review about Linkwheel.net. It will be helpful in doing my SEO.
December 8th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Thanks for sharing information
December 9th, 2009 at 12:27 am
Link wheeling… dangerous.
December 11th, 2009 at 11:33 am
Yes, Link wheel is one of the best service to gain backlinks.It is cheaper and effective method next to blog commenting.
December 13th, 2009 at 2:50 am
As a Newbie, I am always searching online for articles that can help me. Thank you
December 13th, 2009 at 3:14 am
Keep working ,great job! Helpful Informational.
December 17th, 2009 at 9:26 am
A link wheel creates natural looking portion of the Internet. Its one great way to get a ton of traffic to your websites is to build a link wheel.
December 22nd, 2009 at 9:41 am
Thanks for the heads up about this service.
December 29th, 2009 at 8:51 am
Would you please elaborate a little bit more on how dangerous is this practice? We always need second opinion to get confident, don't we?
January 1st, 2010 at 2:26 pm
I set up my own 6 spoke linkwheel about 2 months ago. To be honest I can't see any significant change in my Google rankings (assuming that the ranking would have remained steady without a linkwheel !)
January 7th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
Link wheel i m very new to this topic but it does sound great and i have observed from this post about its importance that it really stands in valuable way.
January 12th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
thanks for sharing perfect
January 13th, 2010 at 1:14 am
I believe your deals are generous enough for the clients. In generating the traffic and obtaining the needed juice to your money site, you really need to make sure that your wheels are executed properly.
January 28th, 2010 at 6:08 pm
Thanks for great info. Will try it surely.
February 2nd, 2010 at 2:52 am
Good information. Thansk for sharing
February 25th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
From what i've been reading link wheels aren't working any more, at least not closed link wheels. Google is onto it. If you're going to build a link wheel make sure part of it is open i.e. direct links to somewhere other than properties in the site or the main money site.