Free PR6 Links, no Catch
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Can you think of anything to do with Free PR 6 links? I can’t either. But just in case you change your mind…
Ralph Tegtmeier, aka Fantomaster, creator of the Fantomas Suite of Seo Products has launched a new service called 20 Links a Day.
While I have no insider knowledge of what it aims to become, I sure can tell you what it is now.
At this time, it’s a single page with very brief explanations and a signup box inviting webmasters to enter their name and email in exchange for three PR 6 links.
Coming from any other source, I would have been reluctant to enter my details only to be taken to the horse and pony show of up-sells, down-sells and carousels.
Here’s what happened next.
I got an email with the first installment of a very accurate and well written link building workshop. This explained to me the naughty things I was to abstain from doing with my free Links:
Posting Rule #1: “Only one link per domain permitted per day and blog!”
Don’t make it more!
Posting Rule #2: “Minimum/maximum length per posting is 100-450 words!”
Don’t make it less, don’t make it more!
Posting Rule #3: “Only English language postings, links and linked target
sites permitted!”It’s either English or it’s not!
Posting Rule #4: “No offensive language, no warez, no illegal promotion, no
racist or hate messages, no adult content permitted!”It’s either legit or it’s out!
The Rules are amply unambiguous but they even come with extra little clarifications for the comprehensionaly challenged (seems like there are many).
At the end of the workshop email was a link and registration number which I used to setup a profile on a wordpress blog.
15 seconds later, my account was ready and I quickly put up a 250 word article, in English, containing no illegal or dubious content but seeded with a keyword rich anchor text link.
I pressed published and the article immediately appeared atop the main page of the PR 6 blog in question. No moderation, censorship, just pure white virgin trust waiting to be abused. (joking people, please give me a little credit)
Over the next couple of days, I got 6 more installments of the link building workshop and another registration number where I could create and account and post to a fresh PR 6 blog. (Which I used for undeniably self-promotional purposes by linking to Project Black Mask)
I’m still waiting for the third blog. And I do feel a little bit violated in my expectations: there is as of yet no sales pitch… There should be a rule against this, now my guard is let way down…
Oh and did I mention, this is not a one time thing. It seems you get to keep the account on the blogs and post once per day with any decent link of your choice for as long as you wish.
Result: 3 PR 6 links everyday with the anchor text you desire, free for as long as you want.
I’d call that a damn good deal if only my conscience allowed me to use the word damn on this blog.
I already said there was none. Thanks for doubting.
In all seriousness, there is an undisclosed membership cap on this and I can’t imagine it’s that high.
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Thought / Action of the day:
Sign up and get your free PR 6 links. While you’re at it, make a black book of links so you never forget about a source of free link juice.
Number of the Day:
119 people will get an account and the rest will wish they did.
on June 25th, 2007 at 9:01 am ¶
Great post! Who doesn’t want free incoming links! Haha. Thanks.
on June 25th, 2007 at 9:05 am ¶
Hey Samuel,
Personally, I prefer PR8 and above but I was willing to settle just this once
on June 25th, 2007 at 9:19 am ¶
Hi Alex,
Thanks again for such great info and resources. I say again because I am already putting project black mask to the test and seeing results.
Warmly
Sophie
on June 25th, 2007 at 9:21 am ¶
Hi Sophie,
Good stuff. The more action you take, the more results you’ll have to tell me about
on June 25th, 2007 at 9:24 am ¶
My link from Techcrunch today didn’t cost me anything, but then again the anchor text wasn’t the greatest. The traffic is interesting, although the link wasn’t “sold” as the one people should click.
I am actually going to start giving away links on my blog soon in a niche resources section.
It is risky with cockroaches around, but there will be moderation and specific requirements.
on June 25th, 2007 at 9:36 am ¶
Hey Andy,
Congrats on getting featured there. Kind of like an industry specific digg.
I and reams of creatures that shy from the light are hiding in the shadows waiting for you to offer those juicy blog links.
I wish I could promise not to tell anyone, but I’ll probably do the exact opposite
on June 25th, 2007 at 9:44 am ¶
Hmm, the first blog we got seems to have fake PR!
Any comment on this?
on June 25th, 2007 at 10:06 am ¶
Hi Steve,
Barring some freakish explanation, it appears you are correct. I didn’t even think to check considering the source.
Let’s see if I can find an explanation…
on June 25th, 2007 at 10:59 am ¶
Er, their autoresponder thankyou was a 509 “run out of bandwidth” error page. Now that’s a first.
on June 25th, 2007 at 11:12 am ¶
Hi Chris,
There is some strangeness going on. I’ll update when I figure it out.
on June 25th, 2007 at 11:55 am ¶
Hey Alex great post, would you recommend the paid seoblackhat forum subscription? I have heard that it doesn’t provide anything more than syndk8 forum does, but the “latest topics” on the left hand of the site with such titles as “blog spammer checklist” makes me tempted, do you have any views on this paid subscription?
Thanks buddy.
on June 25th, 2007 at 2:37 pm ¶
Hi Alex,
Hope you will send out an update via the RSS so I’m notified… would be very interested to see what you find. I’d be very surprised if Fantomaster would be selling fake PR links… considering his audience?
on June 25th, 2007 at 7:04 pm ¶
I have no regret subscribing your email newsletter. Thank you for your help and for all useful information you give us.
on June 26th, 2007 at 2:27 am ¶
Hi Guys,
SJS: I would say it is underpopulated and not really worthwhile, however I haven’t checked it in months and if money is no object, it can be worth a read.
Burgo: I might have to do that…
Norish: Thanks, the newsletter is about the things I discover and use, not how much I can pitch.
on June 26th, 2007 at 6:11 am ¶
Interesting, I will give it a try. I have been considering of paying for backlinks from some PR6 site, now I can have it FREE.
Thanks, Alex.
on June 28th, 2007 at 8:29 am ¶
Thanks for the great post Alex.. looks like I’m becoming a regular reader of your post.. with your rss feed being my first bookmark on my toolbar.. but people these are everywhere… all you have to do is use the right tools to find them (=
Quality Over Quanity IMHO….
Sincerely, Cody Goodman
on June 28th, 2007 at 11:21 am ¶
Second blog also fake PR!
on June 28th, 2007 at 1:52 pm ¶
Second site seems to have fake PR, too…
on June 29th, 2007 at 12:40 pm ¶
I,m in sounds good and I want to get hooked up with those that are moving up in the worl (net).
Anyway Thanks for the info.
on July 1st, 2007 at 9:48 pm ¶
…and what do you know, third blog also has fake PR. Why am I not surprised.
on July 2nd, 2007 at 1:09 am ¶
I found this site via the fantomaster site and signed up. Their e-course is pretty informative. I’m not sure if the PR of the blogs is real or not, havent taken the time to check yet.
But a tool I found that works well to detect this sort of thing is:
SEOLogs’ Fake PageRank Detection tool at SEOLogs [dot] com. It helped me discover my “paid” ebay PR6 link was a fake.
on July 14th, 2007 at 12:49 pm ¶
7/14/07
Alex,
Thanks so much for this info. What’s going on with the “fake PR” issue? If this is correct, is it something that 20 Links A Day is doing intentionally? If so, you seem to have a lot of “clout.” Is there any chance that you can contact them and find out what is happening?
I am reminded of seeing some linking resources through the years that had a 6 or 7 PR for their index page but no PR for their internal pages. Using this scenario as an example and assuming that we are talking about a blog, if my post made it to the index page for a day or so, it quickly moved down to page 2, then page 3, etc as others added their posts. If the Webmaster hasn’t screwed around with a “no follow” tag and has the index page linking directly to the internal pages, eventually the internal pages should also receive some “link juice.”
Maybe you can email the good folks at 20 Links A Day and find out what they are doing
In any event, thanks again for thinking of your cyberspace friends!
on July 16th, 2007 at 6:31 am ¶
Hi Denny,
This has made a big story…
Here is the short version.
In my opinion, the PR is not completely real. It is lower than what you see.
When the 20 links a day guys acquired these domains, the PR appeared legit as far as verification methods available could confirm.
I would consider posting to those blogs worthwhile nonetheless.
I also want to say that any allegation of these guys knowingly offering fake PR sites is ludicrous to me. They don’t have any need or motive to do so, nor is it their style in the least.
Their customers are intelligent webmasters that would not fall for “tricks” for one second.
I have been assured this was never their intention and I believe it 100%.
on July 18th, 2007 at 4:46 am ¶
Hi Alex,
Thanks again for such great info and resources. I say again because I am already putting project black mask to the test and seeing results. Pr6 good
Very very thanks Alex.
on July 22nd, 2007 at 7:38 pm ¶
Thanks for the follow up Alex. Totally agree with you, and as I stated earlier… I cannot fathom these guys KNOWINGLY offering fake PR, given their target audience. It’s still/was an interesting proposition nonetheless.
on February 21st, 2008 at 7:25 am ¶
Hi Alex,
Thanks again for such great info and resources. I say again because I am already putting project black mask to the test and seeing results. Pr6 good
Thank You. Alex.