How to Find the Right Paid Links
When you’re investigating your competition’s backlinks (usually through a Yahoo! link search), it pays to be very aware of labels like “sponsors,” “partners,” “contributors,” and other nice ways of saying “these folks paid me for a link.” When you find sites like that, get the email address of someone there (an admin or support or marketing email) and shoot them the following:
Their name,
I was checking out your site today and wondering about the “sponsors” list on this page (link XYZ) – is that through a broker or should advertisers pay you direct?
All the best,
Your Name
You can find some very, very valuable and achievable links in this fashion. Over the past few weeks, I’ve identified not only some good link providers, but also a few link brokers with what appear to be excellent quality networks.
