Opinion On Fiverr Blog Mentions?
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What is your opinion on people offering blog mentions on their personal blog through Fiverr? Is this a risky way to get a link. Here are examples:
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Re: $5 backlinks from a personal blogger.
The only worse than a whore is a cheap whore.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get fleas.
(Make up your own filthy variation. And keep it you yourself.)
My work here is done.
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Yeah I would still be VERY weary using Fiverr for anything related to SEO.
Link Building, Guest Blogging, Social Likes, etc. all need to be earned, have a targeted purpose and add value for a specific topic. If you are looking to use a third party source for writing, try textbroker.com or odesk.com. There are others as well but those are just a few off the top of my head that are cost effective.
Regarding guest blogging, be VERY careful how and where you do this also. You don't want to get caught pumping out guest posts on sites that are not relevant to the topic. That will most certainly get your penalized.
Good luck!
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I don't mean those gigs. I mean people who have a personal blog who are charging $5 for a guest post to get 1 link.
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Hahaha but you can get 30000 links for a $5!!
As ever if it sounds too good to be true it is and sadly for SEO $5 gigs are!
Anything of value you have to earn.
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You mean the one I bought wasn't real???
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Justin, Daniel, Bryan.... Love the responses!
Got me smilin'
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Dear g-d no!!! Unless you are using fiverr to have a funny video made to embarrass your friend on his birthday, I wouldn't use it.
Using fiverr for anything related to SEO (including blog mentions) would be considered spam, and for that reason.... I'm OUT! (Mark Cuban voice)
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I agree.
Run for the hills.
SEO for $5? It's a bit like the guy offering a genuine Bulova watch in Times Square for $5.
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To clarify
Its very difficult to obtain good links these days, generally they come as the result of creating good content, being a good brand and through a lot of hard work.
My suggestion would be to evaluate the sites you are dealing with, see what they are doing of interest to people, what they are doing which is different and try and exploit those areas. Promote that content through social channels, e-shots, good old fashioned word of mouth etc
Hopefully if the content is something that people find interesting, they will link to it, retweet and share it.
Admittedly, this is a simplistic overview but its the basis of what you should be doing.
If you are looking for further info, there is a ton of resource of Moz and other sites regarding content marketing, promoting content etc,
Hope that helps and good luck
Justin
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If i hear the words Fiverr mentioned in a conversation regarding SEO, I run.
Don't do it....
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