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Date Added: 12/3/2009
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Reviewer: wontyoubemynaber
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Service Description
TextLinks is a service that gives users a way to create quality backlinks to their websites. The member has the ability to search and browse the blog directory so each text link can be managed from the back office and placed on the best and most relevant blogs. There are thousands of blogs to choose from and many of them are on Google's front page. All links cost a one-time payment and the links are permanent.
Detailed Overview
TextLinks offers four types of text links - contextual links, blog post links, sidebar links, and footer links:
- Contextual Links - these links allow you to place text links within existing texts on blog posts.
- Blog Post Links - these links allow you to write articles/posts that are placed on one or more blogs. Up to three text links can be included in the post.
- Sidebar Links - these links will be placed in the right hand column.
- Footer Links - these links will appear at the bottom of each blog post selected.
All of these text links come with a variety of features - these are all lifetime permanent links (even if membership in TextLinks is canceled), these links can be pointed at an unlimited number of domains and subpages, and you can also have an unlimited number of varied anchor texts. With the easy to use control panel your are able to place the links at your own pace and simple reporting will tell you how many links you have placed and where you have placed them. All links are monitored and if a link is ever removed then that link credit will be returned to your account and you will receive 99 lifetime free links texts each and every month to your account.
There is a 21 day free trial available which will provide you with 25 free lifetime links. If you decide to continue after the 21 days the pricing for text links is $1 per lifetime link for all pages (except the home page which is $3). There is a minimum purchase of links required each month, so a recurring $99 fee is required to keep your account active. Credits do not expire and can be used at your leisure. There is also an affiliate program in place - affiliates can earn $50 residual income for each referral. You are not required to be an active TextLinks user to become a TextLinks affiliate.
Reputation
Backlinks are a great way to get more traffic and a higher page ranking for your websites. By linking to relevant blogs you know you will get visitors who are interested in the product or service you are offering and Google will recognize that you are acquiring relevant links which will greatly improve your ranking. Since these are monitored permanent links you know that they will remain there and not be deleted (if they are - you will have that credit availble to place on another site). The cost per individual textlink is a great value - but the monthly requirement may be a little too expensive.
Domain "Whois"
The Whois information for a website lists the owner and their contact information. The Whois information for "Textlinks.com" is public which is generally a good thing. This indicates the owner of this site has nothing to hide.
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15 of 15 users found this review helpful
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Quite great for backlinks
I joined Textlinks.com in hopes of creating more backlinks and increasing my page rank. It's great because I got 21 days to try for free without having to enter my credit card details. And for the free trial, I was able to get 25 link credits without fees nor any obligations. I love that I was able to choose my own anchor text and the URL to which it will go to, and that I can choose whether it goes to the context, sidebar, or footer. And I really like that I get to choose which sites I want my links to show in, and whether it's going to be shown on the home page or in the pages or entries. The great thing is that I get to see how the site looks like, instead of just giving me a list of sites to choose from. This way, I know if the site is appealing to me or not, and I can also judge if my links will be suitable for the site.
However, I don't think I will be continuing my membership because the monthly minimum is kinda high. But if I do get a significant increase in traffic and ranking, I may consider buying the membership. As of now, I am content with the 25 credits that I was given, and I don't have a lot of sites, and I just intend to use it for my personal blog. So far, I did get a few visitors from the sites that I chose to place my link in. So for a free service, it's not bad at all.
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7 of 7 users found this comment helpful
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To expensive for my pocket
I only signed up for the trial and I knew from the start I wasn't going to pay that much money for their membership. I appreciated the fact that they didn't ask for my credit card info, and though the site seems ok and what they offer is good, I still don't find it worth paying for that amount.
So, for 21 days I played around with their links, but I didn't see any spectacular increase of views for my site. Maybe once your a member things change, but I'll say pass to this one.
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7 of 7 users found this comment helpful
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A Great Service For Anybody Trying To Help Their Page Ranks
Textlinks is a really good site to join if you are looking to raise your site rankings in search engines. There is never anything cheap when it comes to good marketing. I actually like that Textlinks offered a free trial, but 21 days is not soon enough to see results and I knew this. I was willing to give it six months. I am in my fifth month with them and I am seeing beneficial results. I currently spend about $400 a month with all the links I have purchased with them. My search engine rankings have gone up dramatically over the months and I definitely make my money back in sales. I have seen the most results with their blog links and sidebar links. They are a great company with great support and the admin panel is user friendly. If someone has some money to spend and some patience then I would really recommend giving Textlinks a try.
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4 of 4 users found this comment helpful
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Free trial, expensive membership, where's my traffic?
Textlinks is a greatly made site that focuses on rewarding it's members by advertising on #1 ranked websites. There's a 21 day trial with 25 permanent link credits to advertise your site on. I tried this site for a couple of days and I haven't seen any real increase in traffic to my site, if any at all. I personally don't see any reason to buy the $99 membership if my traffic isn't increasing as much. I tried even advertising on other sites provided on the website but still no new traffic. Sadly, I'm pretty upset at the fact that nothing has changed for my site. Hopefully, in the future some things may change for the site to increase traffic.
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4 of 4 users found this comment helpful
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by miguelgrhm on December 6, 2009 at 11:29 PM CST
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Quality does not match the price
After trying this website out for 21 days I decided not to continue for several different reasons. First of all the price of this service is too high. $1 a link seems like not that bad of a deal. However you must purchase at least $99 worth of links every month to keep all your links active. Not that many people can afford it. Also I didn't really see a traffic increase during the 21 day trial. In fact traffic on 2 of my sites didn't go up at all and one of them even fell 500 points (Alexa ratings). Remember that in order for your website/blog to be popular and bring you some money you must have real visitors. I'd rather have 100 people a day visiting my website, but people who actually are interested in the product I sell or advertise, rather than have 10000 people who just blind click and are not interested in your product at all.
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2 of 2 users found this comment helpful
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Good Backlinks, Annoying Drawbacks
I started with the free trial on this site and found that a lot of the links I was getting were not actually being placed on the blogs they were suppose to. However once you cancel a post you are refunded the credits for that link.
It was a hassle to have to check every link I posted manually to make sure that they actually found their way to where they were suppose to be, but the backlinks were often a good PR and definitely added to my rank for my keywords in google. The site offers no way to check the links either as the posted links list never had any live links for you to follow, so you had to copy and paste every link into a new tab to check your content arrived as it should and also that the blog still existed.
This is a cheap, but time consuming way of acquiring quality backlinks. Make sure you check all your posted links regularly .
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1 of 1 users found this comment helpful
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by cjm18 on December 9, 2009 at 9:05 PM CST
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Good way to get backlinks and traffic if you have some spare change
I didn't buy the membership right away, and instead I got the free trial, and got some pretty good results with it, but not results that are worth the money for the membership.
I did get many backlinks and some more traffic, but in my opinion there are backlink services a lot cheaper than this, all you have to do is search.
If you have some extra money in your pocket and want more backlinks - it'll be a good site for you, but if you're just beginning I'd advise you to get something cheaper at first, as this is not a magic formula that'll get you tens of thousands of visitors per day.
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1 of 1 users found this comment helpful
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Good Way to Acquire Backlinks
I maintain a lot of blogs and it is a hard work acquiring back links for all of them. Some of them have good page ranks, some don't.
I wanted to look for an easy and convenient way to build back links for my blogs. I was glad to come across Textlinks.com since they have a free trial and free 25 credits. I immediately signed up and saw what they could offer me. Their means of acquiring back links are easy to follow, even for newbies.
Since I want more back links for my celebrity wedding blog, I took advantage of the Article Text Posts. From what I noticed, my effort paid off and Textlinks.com helped me acquire back links for my blog. However, the membership cost was too expensive for me. I may not have continued my membership with them, but I am glad that I took advantage of the free trial.
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1 of 1 users found this comment helpful
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Had Glitches In The Start But Now Working Smoothly
An old boss from September this year wanted an easy way to increase his new sites' backlinks, so we surfed around for ways to do that and since money was no object, even the paid ones we looked into. I chanced upon TextLinks.com from a well-known forum that I am a member of, and since they were giving away twenty five free links (lifetime duration) as part of their launch, we took the bait and registered. Or at least, tried to. For some reason, the confirmation email was not coming, so as much as I want to, I cannot log in to the account that I made for the boss. I contacted the thread starter through private messaging and several hours after, I got a confirmation email. I didn't know what was the cause of the glitch, and I didn't bother to know, since we are already in. I loved it that they did not require the boss' credit card information when we first signed up for the 21-day trial period, which is a rarity these days. The sign up process in itself was easy peasy, as well as the link building system. The whole site was user friendly and navigable, and support's response time is fairly fast. The $99 was very expensive for my own taste, but since it wasn't me who was paying, and we saw an increase in page rank in all the sites we registered with TextLinks.com the last time Google updated, I think it was very much worth it.
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5 of 6 users found this comment helpful
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Give it a Try!
Textlinks is a truly good site to connect if you are awaiting to set up your website rankings in search engines. There is never anything inexpensive when it comes to good marketing. I really enjoy that Textlinks offered up a unpaid tryout, but 21 days is not sufficient to see answers and I acknowledged this. I was willful to give it six months. I am in my first month with them and I am watching positive outcomes. I presently spend about $300 a month with all the links I have bought with them. My search engine rankings have gone up dramatically over the months and I definitely got my money back in sales. I have examined the most outcomes with their blog links and sidebar links. They are a good fellowship with great reinforcement and the admin panel is user friendly. If an individual has some cash to expend and some patience, then I would in truly advocate trying Textlinks.
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5 of 6 users found this comment helpful
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Perfect software for back linking!
I recently tried out the 21 day trial for this program just to try it out. I was extremely happy with the quality of the back links this program offers. The first thing I noticed in my experience with the program was the simplicity of the interface of the program, this allowed me to get started back linking quickly! In my experience with this program, my search engine rating increased from page 4 to page 2, this proved to be a great positive jump for my company this was completely thanks to Textlinks. This meant that my sites traffic also increased, within a week of me beginning to use this program my traffic had almost doubled, this meant that my sales also rose! In my experience with Textlinks I had the most success from blog links and sidebar links. I experienced numerous positive effects from this program, possibly the most positive effect I personally experienced was learning about how easy it is to successfully implement back links into other websites. I highly recommend this for large websites with a large budget for SEO (Search Engine Optimization. )
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4 of 5 users found this comment helpful
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Good backlink building site with clean interface
I came across TextLinks when I was doing my backlink campaign. I used the TextLinks to build backlinks and I would like point out that it has a very clean UI to get started quick.
Other good thing I appreciate about TextLink's is it's clear setup interface to choose between sidebar links, footer link, and contextual links in just few clicks.
They also offer 25 credits on signup which you can experiment with before spending any money. They also have very good video tutorials which is very informative. I also liked their support which is very prompt.
There are only few sites according me which has such clean UI where a new IM marketers can easily get started with it. I am happy to recommend this site for anyone who would like to get started with building backlinks.
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3 of 4 users found this comment helpful
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Great Site but Pricy
As a small business owner of an online business, I decided to sign up for the 21 day free trial on Textlinks.com. The service was great, and within a week the traffic to my site had increased to nearly double. Unfortunately, that was about it. After the continuation of the free trial, I decided to cancel my membership. It is way too expensive for me. Even though it had doubled the traffic to my site, at a dollar per month per active link, the cost outways the benefit. It is a great site but very pricey. Small business owners beware.
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3 of 5 users found this comment helpful
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Not the best site For Increasing Traffic
I tried Textlink.com recently because I wanted to see if it works or not. I didn't get the membership and instead got the free trail. It was a good deal because I got to try it out for 21 days without having to enter my credit card numbers. I was able to increased some traffic with this site. However, there was some glitch every now and then. For example, some of my post wasn't there in the right place.
When my 21 days was over I decided not to pay 99 dollars for the membership for four reasons. One, it didn't surpass my expectations. Two, it cost too much. Three, it was time consuming for me to constantly checking on it to see if my post was in the right place or not. Four, I was able to get this kind of back line from other sites for free.
As a person who tried out the free trail for 21 days, I can say this is not worth your money. It does increase traffic but not dramatically. However, if you want to check it out, definitely try the free trail first.
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1 of 2 users found this comment helpful
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Great program
I tried the 21 day free trial of Textlinks.com and I must say I am very satisfied with the program. But as most of the comments here it is very expensive, for me at least because I am just a newbie blogger. So I did not continue my membership but still grateful for the 25 free lifetime back links. It definitely increased my site’s traffic almost to a double.
Maybe for those with online business or shops, the $1 per lifetime link is affordable. And if ever I got into big time online business I would definitely purchase links from them. I already spread the news among my friends, it would be best if they have some sort of referral incentives at least.
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1 of 3 users found this comment helpful
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Meh, I don't know about this one, guys
I'm kind-of sketchy about this one. You want quality backlinks to improve your traffic, SERPs, etc right? How is it then that Textlinks.com only has a PR of 1??? Maybe that doesn't concern you, but if I wanted good backlinks, I would like ones that would increase my traffic. Not to mention it's a hassle just to check back in on the site. They do give you a free 21 day or so trial, so you can test it out. I decided against going with the membership, as it was overpriced for the backlinks. Honestly, you could get more by creating a link in your signature for a Blogspot account, and just go around posting on blogs.
This site is not my cup o' tea. :/
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by Blockis on December 27, 2009 at 4:26 PM CST
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Better backlink services
Using this service doesn't really increase your Google PR. I tried the free trial and some of the sites bumped up but not because of textlinks. I was disappointed in that I run quite a few sites and this would be a nice way of keeping them organized.
I was doing some manual testing with the known $5 and $8 per month services and was getting better ranking with these than the $99/month that textlink was going to charge.
The links you can make are blog, sidebar, footer and text, which cost 1-3 credits and you have to buy a min of 99 credits @ $1 per credit. Want more? pay more. You may get an extra traffic boost, but it won't last long and it's probably easier to grow your backlinks naturally via the other popular methods.
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I rate Textlinks a D
I used to love textlinks, it was quality, but now it doesn't work well. I bought as much links as I could and raised up 1,000-2,000ish in the Alexa rankings. But now it's different, and I have quit Textlinks. Day by day, my Alexa ranking decreased, until it reached 33,841 and I stopped my account.
Bottom line:
Textlinks just isn't good anymore.
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by manmark12 on April 29, 2010 at 10:46 AM CST
Help me!
By using google everyday here
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Textlinks Review
After trying this website out for 14 days I didn't want to keep continuing. The price for this is way too high. $1 a link seems like not that bad of a deal... that's what I thought. But you must pay 99 dollars to keep links active. Not many people like me can afford this. To make your website popular you need real viewers. I'd rather have 500 people visit my website and are interested, than 1,000 who don't care at all. Not the right quality for the price.
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by shanda97 on May 1, 2010 at 1:43 PM CST
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Not Worth the Money
I signed up for the free trial, but I soon found out the websites they provide are low quality and very few of them show a rank of 1 or 2 page rank, but besides page rank, the websites are low quality. And to make matters worse, it is so difficult to find out the name of the sites because they do not show the URL or the name of the website. So you don't know who you are linking to. It took me more than one hour to find a decent website, so I just linked to 2 sites. A waste of time and money, in my opinion.
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by Vidan on May 11, 2010 at 8:43 PM CST
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Textlinks.com is good if you know how SEO works
Hi, I am a professional SEO technician.
I found textlinks.com to really help our process.
All links are perm. and although they all are not the highest quality, it is good to have many well rounded anchor text profiles. Have you tried getting all your different anchor text in another link building method? It will take at least 4 months, if not years...
Those who are looking for dramatic increases to their SEO in a matter of 21 days, just do not understand the SEO process.
textlinks.com is not all I use, but it is a good tool if you are serious about SEO.
Here is a tip for everyone from a pro.
Don't worry so much about Alexa, visitors, etc.
Yes you need visitors, but try and convert the traffic you have and build a list to market to.
thanks!
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