Links from Nextag/PriceGrabber

[BigBlaze205]

I have a eCommerce store over BigCommerce platform. It is possible to sell via Shopping Comparison Sites like:

Nextag, PriceGrabber, Bizrate, Shopping.com,

If I decide to advertise my products over those sites, will it be consider a trust link for Google?

Our store is new and we don't have links referring to us, I need solutions. Also, there is a yellow pages site, http://www.yellowpages.ca/ that ask for monthly fees to advertise on there web site, advertising will be business name, addressee, phone number and web site, will it be a positive link for Google or just a paid link?

This is our store:

Furnace Filters Canada

Thank you for your help and support,

BigBlaze

[DanHill]

While I'm not going to advocate the buying of links, I will say that in my opinion paying for a banner or text advertisement on high profile trusted and relevant site will not hurt your SEO goal at all. Where you have to be careful is the low quality 'spammy directories' that are dime a dozen out there.

For me it's pretty clear that you're not just buying a link, but advertising on a relevant business directory.

[BigBlaze205]

New to SEO and using SEOmoz tools like the toolbar, can the number be useful in the toolbar for finding trust links. For example, the Root Domain number and the Page number what should I look for higher PA or  DA or both?

Thank youy

[TimPeter]

Just looking at the sites, it doesn't seem that these are high-value signals to Google (the Yellow Pages ads are triggered from Javascript and not likely crawled).

But, more importantly, this is less an SEO question than an overall marketing question. I wouldn't ask whether these are valuable to improve your ranking. It's really more a matter of whether they'll improve your business. If your customers use these sites to find information about your product, look at the cost of being there relative to the return it will generate to determine their value. They may not be good for SEO. But they may extend your brand's reach and need to be weighed against whether they're any good for your overall business.

[DanHill]

Personally I would look first at the DA since this should provide insight into the domains strength on the web. I won't get into the metrics of how it is calculated since I would just be repeating the information that can already be found here -> http://www.seomoz.org/learn-seo/link-topics

Aim for high quality links on related sites and create link worthy content whenever possible and you shall see results!

Good luck

[BigBlaze205]

the higher the DA number the better, right?