Links for PR or Traffic?

[Jon]

Just curious..

If you're a link buyer, do you buy for the sake of PageRank/Authority or Traffic primarily?

And how much do you spend on avg per site per niche?

 

[bubbles]

I more do link exchanges for PageRank, and then I buy traffic.

Even though I know its worth it if you buy the right link, I have trouble justifying buying a link that won't supply me with traffic.

 

[MyOwnDemon]

I always buy for traffic. PR is a secondary concern.

 

[Gyppo]

I don't buy for traffic or PR. I buy for authority & serp increases on that particular keyword/niche.

I've spent anywhere from $250 - $5000 on a site (the latter being on sites in the financial sector). But I usually see a good return on spend.

 

[kingrage]

SERPs

 

[Jon]

I don't buy for traffic or PR. I buy for authority & serp increases on that particular keyword/niche.

I've spent anywhere from $250 - $5000 on a site (the latter being on sites in the financial sector). But I usually see a good return on spend.

How do you measure for authority then?

 

[TonyCafaro]

I vote for PageRank

LinkBuying = PageRank = Traffic = Linkselling

Come full circle

 

[Gyppo]

How do you measure for authority then?

Relevancy, number of inbound links to that page & how well that page ranks for its primary keywords. I then see how many current outbounds there are & make a decision.

 

[Eli]

I buy the occasional $1 link... for no apparent reason.

I don't buy links for PR or traffic, I just exchange links or try and get free one way links to improve my SERP rankings

 

[DaveEMG]

Authority mostly. Traffic is a long-term game, and unless its a really well positioned link, the authority tends to be a better investment IMO.

 

[guysmy]

I'm more interested in the traffic. I won't buy a link if the placement is horrible, even with high PR. I just got a PR5 annual link for $100 on a highly targeted page and the placement rocks.

Single expenditures usually run under $100 but many of these buys feel like dinking around. The $100-$300 league is where I want to be.

 

[loyolabenson]

I am starting to look longterm and trying to build myself up with PR now. Bluehatseo has taught me a lot.

 

[zayd]

Authority/SERPs. Traffic and PR will come naturally if you have both of those.

 

[barman]

Depends... if the link passes good PR i might buy for page rank, but ususally its for traffic.

 

[DaveEMG]

The trouble with buying links for outright traffic is that it's hard to judge the net annual / monthly CPC if there's no supplemental verification (such as like a Blogads counter or a TLA ranking, etc). Add in the magic X-Factor of "Authority" value and eventually these transactions start to look worthwhile, especially if you control the link destination, phrasing, and placement. Purely for traffic is a gamble, and purely for Authority is too vague. Can't put "authority value" as a line item on a cost-benefits spreadsheet.

 

[nachoninja]

depends on the purpose of the link, and where its linking to

 

[sebastya]

always traffic

 

[cooluks]

Just curious..

If you're a link buyer, do you buy for the sake of PageRank/Authority or Traffic primarily?

And how much do you spend on avg per site per niche?

For me I primarily go for traffic...because the more the traffic the high percentage of conversion.... and PR will just follow...

 

[SUP3RNOVA]

Authority/SERPs as well.

I just spent about $200 on a financial site but I realized that's not going to be even CLOSE to enough.

 

[$5 Submissions]

I do mostly blog post and article exchanges, so my link buying costs tend to be on the low end.