pocketkangaroo

Let's not buy into the Google scare tactics. You're telling me that all I have to do is buy my competitor links and he'll be banned?

The fact is that Google does catch link buying, but they don't penalize you. They simply don't count those links toward your site.

Google has stated that buying text ads is perfectly acceptible, as long as it is not abused. Text Link Ads has a fine network that is very difficult for Google to catch. They have partners like the Wall Street Journal. You're telling me that if the Wall Street Journal links to me I'm going to be banned?

Now I will add that you should stay away from run of site links and buying too many at once. You also need to vary the anchor text. Link buying is great, and has made me a lot of money this past year. But if you don't want to buy links, so be it, just keeps the price down for us.