Supplementary outsourced link building

[WCR]

Can anyone recommend an outsourced link building service they have used with success in addition to their own higher effort link building?

(I'm not talking about 1,000 automated directory link submission services.)

Thanks.

[ThomasHgenhaven]

Interesting question. I have tried several top SEO companies for link building. And none of them have really delivered anything. As Tom Critchlow usually says, the problem is "you can't outsource giving a shit."

What usually happens is this:

• You pay premium for a reputable SEO company

• They pass you on to a junior level SEO to do the link building

• They send a monthly report with all sort of on site metrics and keyword tracking you probably don't need

• They send a list of links- Turns out that the links are sidebar links from irrelevant websites (or worse) with way optimized anchor text.

Sorry about being so pessimistic on this one. But after trying multiple reputable companies, I have given up on outsourcing link building. The risk of receiving low-value-for-money or a penalty is too high for me.

[ThomasHgenhaven]

Oh by the way - there is a similar question here: http://www.seomoz.org/q/link-building-companies-for-super-hard-niches. You might want to try some of the companies.

[WCR]

Thanks for the link

[firstconversion]

Its not all that bad Thomas! Charles maybe re evaluate what you want here. Ive seen linkbuilding work but in many cases provide no value.

You can make external linkbuilders give a shit by incentivising them based on sales, but you often end up in a more complicated system than you wanted in the first place!

If I had the money for outsourced linkbuilding, I would be putting it directly into scalable linkbuilding like widgets and badges, or on Viral content.

That means your money goes to developers and designers, not spam and it means your money works for you 24-7

1 of these on your website http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/the-biggest-lies-in-online-dating/ will do more for you than years of outsourced linkbuilding ever will

S

[Andy.Drinkwater]

Concentrate on getting some unique and high quality content into your site rather than link building at this stage - remember even with link building, you need content for other website owners to want to link back to. Otherwise, the best you can expect are a few non-target website links or no-follow blog posts.

Combat the content first

Andy