Your thoughts on buying backlinks?

[RyanKent]

NO

[HeadStud]

I thought so.

[AlanMosley]

That is the shortest answer i have ever seen Ryan give.

I can agree on all of it

[SimonCullum]

Lol, can't argue with that answer, No says all that needs to be said

[frank-244375]

As far as SEO goes, buying backlinks is just a No-No, getting 500 high PR links in 7-14 days... when you previously didnt have even half that, Google aren't that stupid, at the end of the day, buying back links can potentially do a lot more harm than good

[KeriMorgret]

You might check out the backlinks to their own site in Open Site Explorer at http://www.opensiteexplorer.org/links?page=1&site=simplybacklinks.com%2F&sort=page_authority&filter=&source=external&target=domain&group=0

Here are two examples from the first few on the list:

http://www.theflyunion.com/huf-x-diamond-springsummer-2011.html

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2007/10/more_photos_of.html

[SEOPA]

Take the time spent on thinking and researching purchased links and spend it on developing great content and building solid relationships.

[waqid]

I ditto the no. If its too good to be true..............

[Drewco]

Everybody always says no, no, no to this question and to be honest, it makes me feel like my head's going to explode.  Show me a very competitive ecommerce category where the top of the SERPs aren't dominated by organizations buying links.  I can't find one.

Or to put it differently, to those who say no, show us a competitive keyword where you've been able to outrank large organizations buying links.

[donbon]

I think "no" is just popular answer. You should buy links if you need it, but in big business thinking about content is more important.