If you've been thinking of using paid link building services to boost your site SEO and improve positions in search engine results pages, think again. It isn't a good idea. Why so? Bing.com, Google.com, YaHoO.com, and other search engines see it as an artificial means of getting '1 up' on competitors, and not providing much value to site visitors. Creating engaging and unique content for your blog or website is a sure shot means of naturally improving search engine rankings.
Quick facts about paid link building:
1. You will quickly move up in search listings but plummet when least expected
2. Your Google pagerank will suffer when search engine crawlers catch on
3. Possibility of getting kicked out of search engines and stressing to file numerous reconsideration requests
4. Gaining a bad reputation online for using Black hat SEO methods
5. Advertisers walking away from you
The list goes on.
Here's 3 simple methods to naturally build SEO backlinks:
1. Create engaging content bloggers and other websites will link to and reference in their site content "getting linked to from other sites boosts online credibility"
2. Write 1,200 word hubs and include polls, photos, and video and submit to HubPages.com
3. Use a free service like Feedburner.com to create a free RSS feed for your site and activet the "Pingshot" option inside your Feedburner control panel, so every new blog post or web page you publish will be auto-pinged to ping directories "this helps build natural back links over time"
Most importantly, it can't be emphasized enough to create unique content daily for your site. The more content you create that's informative and worthwhile, the better your chances at increasing traffic and revenue from affiliate programs. If you're looking to stay on top of your content creation game, see the advertisement from Nuance in the upper flush right corner of this thread about "speech recognition." It's a powerful tool full-time affiliate marketers and bloggers use to put their voice to work to create content, so they don't have to manually type on the keyboard.
If you stay faithful building your online business from scratch and create content daily for two to three years, you might be surprised at how much you can possibly achieve as an affiliate marketer or blogger. Never give up in the process of building your business, because this is the trial and tribulation time to see where you are made of as an entrepreneur. When you feel like quitting, keep doing the transformation entrepreneurial work.