Just curious to hear people's thoughts on this..
I've been working with a guy who gets me real Wikipedia links on virtually any page/topic I want..and they've been sticking permanently.
Obviously the SEO benefit of each link is great.
My questions are
1. Do you guys think there is an opportunity to resell this service to the masses?
2. What would you pay for a verified real Wikipedia link?
Thanks!
I think it will attract Wikipedia's attention once you sell too much of those links. So I would keep it to myself and profit from those strong backlinks for my own projects if I where you.
What people are willing to pay totally depends on the subject.
Wikipedia links are all marked rel=nofollow, which will limit their SEO usage considerably (although there's still believed to be a small ranking effect from nofollow links, IIRC).
Also, how well Wikipedia links will stick will depend very much on how well the specific area of Wikipedia in which they are placed is edited. Some areas of Wikipedia are brutally hard to get a legitimate link approved. I'd be very surprised indeed if the link would stick in those areas.
Finally, the backlash / negative publicity potential from this is huge. Personally I'd tend to steer well away from anything like that, particularly reselling it.
Hey caurmen,
All legit points.
1. The nofollow I'm not too concerned about. A legit Wikipedia link is still valued.
2. True, there would be limitations of some sort of course when purchasing. Maybe I evaluate the target link and refund if not possible. I would also mandate that we create a unique page of content(which they add to their site) on the topic of choice as part of the 'package' to limit low quality content being linked to.
3. Yeah, that was the biggest hurdle from the re-selling standpoint. Plop it up on warriorforum and people would get it shut down fast, which limits marketing reach. My thought on a way around this would be to price high and keep it relatively private as best as possible, but yeah, tough task.
Thanks for the feedback!
I guess it's a bragging right: we've got a link on Wikipedia. If I were to resell this, I'd sell it in very limited amount to top-notch SEO firms who need those bragging rights to charge their clients megabucks