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Between clients for a month. Been buying links since 2014, ask me anything23

old_growth_seo · 13 Jan 2026 · 10:22

301'd six expired domains into one site over a month. Two moved, four did absolutely nothing

old_growth_seo · 12 May 2026 · 10:41

Expired domain 301s — dead tactic or did I pick a bad domain?

byte_broker · 09 Feb 2026 · 10:14

Nine months of nothing but branded anchors — posting what actually happened2

MetricsOverMagic · 13 Jan 2026 · 10:26

Paid a seller in January for six placements. No links, no replies, and I feel like an idiot

d_marchetti · 26 Feb 2026 · 19:12

I've talked myself into building a PBN again. Someone talk me out of it

PipelineRat · 08 Apr 2026 · 13:19

Manual action landed on a client site - has anyone actually traced one back to a specific seller

hexforge · 24 Feb 2026 · 10:38

What a link ACTUALLY costs in 2025 — post your last invoice, not your last quote23

hexforge · 06 Feb 2025 · 09:14

Parasite is over and half of you are still paying rent on it23

old_growth_seo · 04 Mar 2025 · 11:27

What exact-match percentage are people actually running right now, going into next year

byte_broker · 06 Nov 2025 · 09:16

Rented a link at $180 a month for six months — what happened when I stopped paying

d_marchetti · 29 Sep 2025 · 17:36

Separate country domain or just a folder on the main site — which one actually moved first for you

paulofrz · 19 Aug 2025 · 21:36

Eight of my sites are on one box. Is anyone actually getting caught for this or is it folklore

PipelineRat · 19 Aug 2025 · 09:33

SolvedBought 8 links on the Monday, traffic down 30% by the Friday. Talk me out of the obvious conclusion

PipelineRat · 14 Jul 2025 · 08:52

Post what you actually paid for a homepage link — real sites only

Marta_K · 18 Jun 2025 · 10:52

Guest post I paid 400 for is gone at month six. Does anyone actually get money back for this

PipelineRat · 17 Jun 2025 · 13:08

SolvedFound out the domain I bought had a manual action in 2021 — is that a write-off

d_marchetti · 22 Oct 2024 · 17:38

SolvedWhat do you actually ask a link seller before you send the money?

d_marchetti · 12 Nov 2024 · 18:07

Paid $600 for an aged domain and six months later it still does nothing

d_marchetti · 17 Sep 2024 · 13:41

Thirty sites to host and I still don't know what actually counts as a footprint2

PipelineRat · 16 Apr 2024 · 08:37