I am looking to buy signature links from forum posters posting in different forums. Interested member please PM me.

Moderator please inform me if such type of posts are not allowed here.

Thanks!

Ingenious idea and the kind of stuff that keeps the google folks awake at night trying to assure that their search product does what people expect of it.

I don't think you would ask about the appropriateness of this approach if you didn't suspect that it was a little out of line.

The best way for you to get people to link to your site is not to pay them to do so. The best way is to redirect that time and energy and money toward producing the content on your site that will cause them to eagerly volunteer to do so.

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I guess I look at this a little different then James does on this. I don't know if this is the right forum for this as most people here are looking for ways to promote their own site. But I guess I look at this as really doing a different form of PPC. This may show up in google as being more popular then what the site should be or really is but then again when you are getting backlinks from PPC there really is no difference in my mind. I think you found a way to compete with the bigger guys that can afford thousands a month on the PPC to boost their sites.

It may not seem right or fair but yet it is one way to compete with the big guys for a fraction of the price.

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Some good questions have been raised here and in another related response I have read elsewhere. Let me add a couple thoughts to my response.

First, I am not specifically condemning this idea altogether even though I do not think I would recommend it. In my judgment it is different than advertising directly or anything like that because it appears to be an attempt to "game the system" as the expression goes, that is to trick google into thinking a site is better than it is.

Direct ads are clearly that and google as well as individual readers can take that for what it is worth. I often click on ads. They may be just what I am looking for. In fact, I sometimes see some of the ads as representing a more professional site than those in the search depending on the type of search.

If you get a legitimate signature link in a forum or the like, it is usually associated with a contribution of some kind that is probably, or at least possibly, showing value in your site as well as the post. If you get someone to link to your site on theirs in a straight forward way, suggesting a recommendation, they should first determine that you have something good to offer.

In fact, in this instance, if those sites that are going to accept pay for posting the link do in fact check out the site and post it in such a way that it is seen as at least potentially a paid recommendation, it certainly would not be questionable.

There is a difference between legitimate links and less than legitimate ones. If you look on this site you see legitimate signature links and others. For example, Techie Guy offers real help about computer issues, his links draw attention to his site where he does the same, and if you subscribe to his site as I have you can receive some helpful tips on a regular basis. Entire legit. On the other hand you see some posters contribute nothing but try to get signatures, sometimes in a devious manner without the required number of posts at all.

Sometimes it is a close call, but I think it is better to stay of the high road as much as possible.

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What a great discussion here. Everyone here makes valid points but I have to answer this as an Administrator looking at the ramifications and liabilities of a forum owner. As of now, this is not something that is done here (at least not to my knowledge LOL) and if it was, I would have some rules/policies in place first to manage/moderate the link buying as much as possible. But I do appreciate you asking.

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I think what he is asking is for people to post on many different forums and use his link as their sig. If that is the case there is no way a moderator or even a owner would even know. (Granted here it is a little different) As not every member on the site would have the same link. I know of a person who actually is looking to do this with twitter and other sites. Just sit back and post for people in other sites to help with being found as there are a lot of people that don't have the time to do this themselves to promote their site.

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Buying signature is good and try on Dp or sitepoint .. some have 2k+ post

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True, some member's number of posts in DP is just scaring huge!!!

If u really want to buy sig links, I guess that's where u should go!

I think u would like to go to DP, there are a lot great poster here and u can just contact them!