Buying a blog that already has links and authority

[shehzad]

Hello,

I hope all are well and keeping safe. I am about to launch a brand new website and am looking to get a slight boost of links to get started. I looked on Fiverr, but realise that this may not be the best option. I have found a blog for sale that matches with a section of my niche. SO have a couple of questions:

1. Is it still worth buying blogs and doing a 301?

2. If yes, would it still work if i 301 these to a category of my main blog?

3. According the moz tool, it has a spam score of 2%, I am attaching an image of the spam score from moz.

I am a bit lost and would appreciate any feedback on best practice or if anyone has tried something similar.

Many thanks

Shehzad

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[HeinHaji]

yes it is good if links are related to you blog.

[Chris.Menke]

Shehzad,

It's probably not worth it. If you're not experienced at valuating domains and links, it would be best to stay away. To be identified as spam early in a domains lifespan is a tough thing to get out from under.

If it helps at all, you have to consider that it won't be much and it won't be for long. Google is also a registrar and it can recognize who owns what sites, when they change hands, and combine that with when a domain changes hands and all of a sudden, everything from one site is pointing to another. Not that that doesn't happen regularly in business for good reason, but be aware.

Also, beware of people who are selling domains with "good" backlinks. Very often, those links just window dressing to make the domain look more valuable than it is. That it has a low spam score could just mean that the domain is new or that bad backlinks are new or that moz hasn't valued the links correctly.

[sean-parnell]

Don't take shortcuts like buying a blog. Even if it has a huge domain authority / PageRank and visitor volume, which it probably doesn't if it's for sale and you can afford it, it's still only one site linking to yours and you need a lot more than that to increase rankings and traffic.

Build new, original content yourself or pay someone to do it for the money you would have spent on buying the blog.