- What kind of network are you maintaining for this link building service?
It's a powerful mix of various strategies and resources. The core network consists of blogs we own, deployed across domains under our control, hosted on multiple servers and spanning lots of IP C classes. But we're also leveraging third party networks, some free, some commercial.
While most link building services will offer you only a minimal number of weblog sites, typically restricted to Wordpress blogs, we feel this can create a number of unwanted footprints: Obviously, the last thing you'll want to happen is the search engines' detecting what they rate and penalize as artificial linking patterns.
So we've made it a top priority to expand our link building service continuously both in terms of spread i.e. exposure and of varied publishing platforms. This is an ongoing effort you'll continue to benefit from throughout your subscription. Our declared aim is to create the world's most powerful link building network!
- How old are these sites and what PageRank (PR) value do they have?
This being an intentionally heterogeneous network, there's no uniform pattern to it. While many sites are several years old, others will be fairly fresh. We are also adding new ones to our network on an ongoing basis.
Obviously, PR value will vary accordingly. This actually helps create more variety which in turn prevents footprinting and makes it all look that much more organic.
Furthermore, the longer the network is being fed with quality content, the more individual pages' PR value will increase.
- Can I see a list of your sites before or, if need be, after signing up?
Sorry, no. We have to protect both our network and the subscribers' sites it is linking to this includes yours as a subscriber. While you will be able to check out all published articles after publication from your member account area, we will not reveal the entire network to anyone outside our company.
So the process is a rather cunning mix of transparency and protective secrecy. Yes, you'll get to see and check out all your published articles' links, so you don't have to take this on trust alone. However, only our staff will ever be privy to the full picture.
Suffice to say that your articles will be spread across our network's sites based on a complex strategy allowing for maximum distribution across enormous numbers of different IP C classes, taking into account site load balancing, topicality, posting frequency, time zones, realistic randomization, and much, much more.
All this was developed to make 100% sure you'll get as much link value out of our service as you can.
- How many sites are part of this network and at what rate are you expanding it?
Think lower to middle five digit numbers.
Beyond that, we are continuously expanding the network at a rate of several hundred sites per month.
- How many links will I get per day?
At a maximum of 600 articles per month, the average number of links you will get is 20 per day at a minimum. However, as you may include up to three links in an article, provided they are pointing to different domains, it's actually 60 links per day on average!
Note, though, that linking will seem fairly erratic: There may be days when it's considerably less, equally it will be significantly more on others.
This is intentional: Organic linking doesn't generally occur in set patterns either, so we have randomized the process for optimum effect.
- Wouldn't it be more efficient to publish hundreds of articles in one fell swoop?
Not really. The trick with efficient link building is to make it appear as organic (i.e. erratic and randomized) as possible.
While you do find occasional spikes on the Web, e.g. when some news item happens to hit it big, or in the course of seasonal topic peaks, this isn't generally the case. So it's better to avoid any easily discernible patterns.
That's why we have adopted a link building strategy that mimics the organic linking environment as closely as possible, which is entirely random.
- Will I be able to track my published articles' links?
Absolutely! After publication, you will find live links pointing to your published articles to monitor performance.
- What about domain extensions (TLDs)? Are the majority of these sites cheap Eastern European or Asian domains that shout out spam! if only you look at them?
Not at all. It's a carefully crafted blend of standard TLDs from the .com, .net, .org range, with a very few .biz, .info and .us domains thrown in for more variety. In fact, the vast majority are .com sites. No .ru, .ro or .cn domains, if that's what you're worried about.
- What about your web sites' IP distribution?
The network sites are spread across hundreds of IP C classes, with fresh ones being phased in all the time.
- Won't I risk a duplicate content penalty if my article gets published all across the network on umpteen sites?
No, because it won't be. Every submitted article is published only once within our network. So, to get 600-1800 links a month you'll submit 600 unique articles. No duplicate content allowed!
- Where will the articles come from?
You are responsible for creating your own articles.
If you don't have the time, the resources or the inclination to attend to this part of the link building process yourself, we suggest you outsource the task.
- How many projects or link building campaigns is my membership good for?
As many as you like! The number of campaigns is not restricted in any way within the limits of your monthly quota.
If you wish to rotate campaigns, phase in new ones while canning others, that's entirely up to you. You're in full control.
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- What type of articles can I upload to participate? Can I use PLR or autogenned content?
Articles must be unique and written in readable, grammatically correct English, free from misspellings. They must also make sense! In other words: Articles have to be human readable (no scraped gibberish, no markoved content), capable of passing human editorial muster. And of course they must not violate any third party's copyright.
While no one expects you to deliver Pulitzer prize quality content, please exert common sense in this regard: Low quality material will only hurt your link juice and may well jeopardize the entire network's integrity and its value for everyone participating. Inversely, the better everyone's submitted content is, the more the network will appreciate in terms of exposure and link power in the course of time. This will in turn boost its effectivity, lending your links even more power to drive traffic and rankings. This is exactly the kind of win-win situation we are working very hard to create, maintain and leverage.
- What size can or must the articles be?
Articles must be 200 (min) to 500 (max) words, including anchor text. This gives you sufficient leeway for creating high quality, relevant content. Merely pumping some spammy one-liners of the Here's a great cheap widget site! variety onto third party pages won't do your link building campaigns any good and may also impede our network's overall quality.
When submitting your articles, you can select up to 3 categories to which they will be posted (e.g. on weblogs). All articles must be assigned at least one relevant category.
Our quality control team will regularly review all articles. If they should find your articles to be in violation of our TOS and/or our quality guidelines, they will be removed. Repeated offenders' accounts will be terminated and all their links will be pulled.
- Can I hire you to create content for me?
Yes and no. To a large extent, this depends on our current work load and various project development schedules. While we love helping our clients in any which way, there's simply physical limits to our resources.
Among other projects, we're currently developing what will arguably be the world's most powerful and intelligent automatic content generator. We've already deployed tens of thousands of articles generated by this tool, and the results are simply fantastic. However, it's far from finished and still requires a great amount of human attendance. And no, it's not for sale, so don't ask!
This said, we do occasionally create such top quality content for select clients, so it can't hurt to inquire ever so nicely. :) Only, please don't be offended if we cannot take you on. Free slots aren't available on a regular schedule, which is why we haven't rolled out this service officially yet and may very possibly never actually do so, current under-wraps demand being what it is.
- How many links can I put in an article?
You can put a maximum of three links in any submitted article.
The links must be live (clickable) and visible. They can feature any anchor text you wish, as long as it's relevant to your article's content.
If you include more than one link, the others have to point to different domains than the first one (i.e. one unique target domain per link), else the system will reject your submission.
Note that we don't actually recommend placing the maximum number of links in each and every article you submit as it tends to dilute the link juice. On the upside, working with a varying number of links will make your articles more varied, of course. But at the end of the day this is entirely up to you to determine.
- Can I point my links to any type of site?
Basically, any valid URL will be eligible. In the interest of safeguarding network quality, some restrictions apply, however.
Specifically: You are not allowed to link to sites featuring illegal or hate content, warez, crackz, malware and pornography.
- I've discovered a typo in one of my submitted articles. Can I edit it?
If your article is still in the publication queue, you can edit it from the Management section.
Published articles cannot be edited. However, you may chose to delete a published article and resubmit it.
Please note, though, that deleting published articles won't notch up your contingent again. If you delete an article and resubmit it, this will be counted as a full second submission to be held against your monthly quota.
- I've submitted an article to category Finance. However, after it was posted on one of your sites, it was assigned to a category named Money. So is your system buggy?
The categories listed in the submission center are generic ones. Actual category names on publication sites may differ. The number of available categories may vary as well.
You've probably heard this one before, but it's truly a feature, not a bug: In efficient link building you want to avoid easily discernible patterns. Identical, schematic category lists on publication web sites may constitute one such pattern. That's why we've chosen to vary them as broadly as possible.
Moreover, third party network sites will often feature wildly varying category structures and names. Building on careful, handcrafted mapping, our system will nevertheless submit your articles to appropriate, topical categories provided you've defined them properly during the submission process. However, this is not to rule out that your finance article may actually be published on a weblog featuring only a single generic Miscellany category or similar.
- Do you recommend throwing additional links from other sites to my published articles to improve their link juice clout?
Generally, this won't be necessary. You are, however, free to promote individual articles via other link conduits at your disposal, e.g. weblogs you own, social networking sites, etc.
But again: This isn't required in any way and we don't actually recommend it as it just might interfere with those linking efforts we conduct regularly to increase out network's link juice power. Besides, it would be rather pointless signing up for a link building service such as ours, if you're required to throw links at it from other places, wouldn't it?
Nevertheless there may be some conceivable special scenarios in which this could actually make sense, so if in doubt please check with our customer service team via the Support tab.
- I've detected a spam post in your network that's clearly in violation of your TOS. What do you want me to do about it?
Please snitch, the more, the merrier!
Seriously, we appreciate every input we can get that helps us safeguard and improve the network's quality as this is in the best interest of all participants.
So if you happen to detect a spammy post violating our guidelines, please don't hesitate to let us know about it at your earliest convenience via our Support helpdesk.
- How long will my links stay live?
Generally speaking, they will remain functional for the lifespan of the sites they're published on. While we obviously cannot issue any guarantees for third party sites, we for our part will do our utmost to keep your links live as long as this entire service.
- If I submit less than 600 articles in any given payment period, will the balance be carried forward to my submission quota the following month?
Unfortunately not: This might seriously impact our network's meticulously finetuned volume restrictions and scheduling policy. The ensuing publication spikes could create telltale blueprints, possibly causing the search engines to view them as unnatural linking patterns to be penalized.
- Your software is so cool. Can I license it?
Guess what we think it's cool, too! It has also taken us ages to develop.
While it's not on offer as a stand alone retail product, we're open to any interesting proposals that are mutually beneficial, including joint venture partnerships. So if you're serious about it, please contact our team via the Support helpdesk.
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- Where can I UPGRADE my account so I can upload articles in bulk?
To upgrade from Standard Account to Premium Account, simply login and go to your My Account section: You'll find an upgrade link there.
You can upgrade anytime you choose.
- What's the difference between a Standard Account and a Premium Account?
The Standard Account lets you submit your articles on a one-by-one basis. You can either write them on the fly using our powerful online editor, or you can cut and paste material from your offline word processor.
You can either submit articles yourself, assign your staff to the task or outsource it, whichever you prefer.
A Premium Account allows you to create your articles offline, following our prescribed syntax (some simple tags you will need to add to each article so they can all be assigned properly to your campaigns, the pertinent categories, etc.). You can then upload up to 600 articles i.e. one month's worth to our system, either bundled in a single flat text file or spread across multiple such files.
From there, they will be distributed automatically across the network at a randomized rate of appr. 15-25 per day upload once and forget!
This helps you save time and resources you can devote to your core business instead, while the system runs on auto pilot in the background, boosting your promotion efforts.
- I would like to try out your Standard Account first. Will I be able to upgrade to Premium Account status later?
Yes, all Standard Account subscribers can upgrade to Premium Account status anytime they wish to do so.
- I'm a Premium Account subscriber and would like to upload my monthly quota of 600 articles via the bulk submission process. These articles are spread across 28 campaigns. Will I have to define each and every campaign manually via my account interface before I can actually upload the content files?
Gosh, no! In Bulk Submission mode (Premium Accounts only), you define your articles' campaigns via our dedicated markups.
If the system detects a campaign you haven't defined yet, it will simply create it for you.
Obviously, this won't include any detailed customized campaign definitions, but those are optional anyway, and if you want to add or edit them later, you can do so anytime via the Campaigns tab.
- What is your cancellation policy?
You can cancel your subscription any time, ending with the current payment period. There will be no refunds, however.
If you wish to cancel, please notify us via the Support helpdesk to prevent excess payment when monthly renewal is due.
- Will I lose all my links if I cancel my subscription?
Your links will stay up and running provided your account was in good standing. (I.e. no payments due, no chargebacks, no fraudulent credit card charges etc.)
Please note, however, that manually reinstating a canceled account at a later point (assuming there's a free slot available in the first place) may incur an extra handling fee. Signing up for an entirely new account will not be charged extra, of course.
- I have a big link building network of my own. Are you interested in cooperation?
Sure, why not? So make us an offer we cannot refuse! :)
You are welcome to do so via our Support helpdesk.
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