Linxboss Review
UPDATE – Linxboss closes their doors to new subscribers many times, if they are currently open, join while you can. If they are closed you have two options available. #1 You can get on their notification list and be emailed if and when they open their doors, and they do from time to time. #2 You can join Backlinks Ninja right now, Backlinks Ninja is an identical service to Linxboss, they use the Linxboss system but use separate networks. Read our Backlinks Ninja review here.
Overview
When it comes to linkbuilding networks, most all of them share the same strategy – submit content (either full length articles or small blurbs ala Linkvana, Backlink Solutions, Blog Blueprint or Build My Rank) and get links in return. Well that’s what we thought anyway, until we discovered Linxboss. It, shall we say, is different. If you have ever wished for an automatic linkbuilding solution, then Linxboss is the ticket for you. Yes, automatic. No article writing, no article spinning, no content submission or paying a VA to upload it for you – none of that is necessary with Linxboss.
How It Works
So clearly this product offered appeal to us – hey, we love automation, and anything that can save us time is automatically one notch above the competition in our book. So we decided to give it a spin. Linxboss, like Linkvana and Backlink Solutions and others, has its own private network of blogs and sites that, as a paying member, you have access to. Unlike Linkvana, they do restrict you to a maximum of 1000 links per month divided across 5 of your domains, 200 per domain. While this may seem to be limiting, I actually think it is fine if you use Linxboss appropriately as ONE of the tools in your arsenal of SEO tools. For power users they also offer upgrades to add on many more domains.
But just how does it work?
All that is required is that you set things up. You provide the five domains you wish to build links for and you provide the URLs and anchor text or keywords you are targeting and that is really all you have to do. Linxboss has built in rank tracking for your keywords – a very nice touch – so that you can monitor the process and track the results. Setup really couldn’t be much easier only taking about 15 minutes or so. In fact it was all a bit anti-climatic for someone like myself, used to having to tweak and configure. One suggestion here is that you do NOT do what I did and just jump in and do it. But rather, take the time and listen to the videos first. You don’t need to from a technical standpoint – the product is straightforward and easy – but you should listen to them so that you really understand how to use the tool to its best advantages. Really the videos are a “best practices” lesson that I found to be very useful. I generally don’t have a lot of patience for video instruction because I want to jump straight in, but these are not so much teaching you how to do something but rather giving you a philosophic understanding of their product. Highly recommended.
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So, in a nutshell, this is how it works. As I stated above, you get 1000 links per month divided across 5 of your domains – 200 per domain. Next comes the setup of the domains, keywords and target URLs. In terms of keywords, there are “primary” keywords and “secondary” keywords. The primary keywords for a domain will receive half of the total links for that domain (100 in total) and the other half will be divided up across the secondary keywords. This is great because it allows for a more natural link building profile as you can let it vary the anchor text for you. The videos are really good about explaining this and explaining how to maximize it to your benefit by tightly grouping the secondary keywords with the primary so that you have one related term group. As an example, if you were using “car insurance” as your primary keyword, secondary keywords such as “cheap car insurance” and “car insurance discounts” would be wise choices because they would not only provide you longtails but also further boost the performance of your primary keyword. Again, the videos are highly educational and valuable – don’t skip over them.
Special Features
There are not a lot of “extras” with Linxboss, but that is okay. We never advise anyone to buy a program because of the “extras” or the “bonuses” – we firmly believe that the product should stand on its own merits. That being said, I did enjoy the videos that are included with Linxboss because they take the time to really explain the reasons behind their approach and their recommendations. It is refreshing to hear someone give the reasoning and explanation rather than just tout some magic formula (and you should know by now we’re not fans of so call “magic formulas” because there are none). Another feature that is a very nice touch is that Linxboss includes rank tracking built right into the program so that you can monitor the progress of your keywords without having to leave the interface and confirm data in an external program. While this is nothing super special, it is a nice touch. Finally, the interface to the program could not be any more straightforward or elegant.
The Results
We’ve only just begun our analysis of Linxboss and will be reporting further in the future, but so far we are pleased with the results. We took one of our sites in a very competitive financial niche and we put into Linxboss and after just one week on the four primary keywords we have seen large positive movement (see the chart below). We followed the videos suggestions about only using a limited number of keywords in order to get more links for those keywords and it seems to be working well at this point. The thing to remember is that we actually threw a pretty tough cookie at Linxboss, because this site is in an extremely competitive niche and we haven’t seen a lot of movement on it prior to putting it into Linxboss, even with all the tools we utilize. So we are pretty pleased with the progress. We will update this post at a later date with more detailed finds as they develop.
Here are the details on the rankings we have seen so far:
What We Don’t Like About Linxboss
It’s kind of funny or ironic I guess, but the only thing we don’t like is that it is so simple! Again, pretty ironic. We’re just used to having to do so much work to get links and this is so simplistic that it almost feels like we’re forgetting to do something. Honestly, we really don’t have many complaints about Linxboss. Now, we’d love to see reports so that we knew where our links were coming from, but we understand why they don’t do it. None of these private networks give you reports. Linkvana doesn’t, nor does Backlink Solutions, nor do any of the other competitors. So that is really nothing new. The difference, however, is that with the other competitors since you are providing them content to “feed the machine” you can search the web for that content and find out where it was published, etc… It’s still a system based on trust, but at least you can “confirm” some of the claims.
With Linxboss, you really can’t even do that because there is no content that you are giving them, so you really cannot do any reverse engineering (well, there are other methods, but they’re a bit more involved and beyond the scope of this review, and yes we did find a few of the sites because we were curios). However, as we do a lot of private SEO for clients as well, we know that this is the same basic thing we tell them. The results speak for themselves. If you’re getting results, that’s what matters. Link counts and such are really pointless anyway. A lot of SEO firms go out of their way to document all of the links they create for you, etc… but most of them are virtually useless and many are not even in the Google index. Other firms give you no accounting whatsoever but produce results. I prefer the later and so should you. In the end, it is only the results that matter.
Pricing
The starting price for Linxboss is $147 a month – a price point that we feel is very affordable when you consider the facts of what Linxboss provides you. First of all, just do the math. That’s 1000 backlinks for $147 a month or just 14.7 cents a backlink – you really can’t beat that. But then think of it from a whole different angle. After the setup, there is virtually no time spent whatsoever on it. It is “set and forget” linkbuilding at its best! Also, there is no cost for content. A product like Linkvana will cost your $147 a month (and it is well worth it – we love Linkvana and use it consistently), but then you still have to write content and take the time to upload that content and insert links into it as well. So the real bottom line cost per month is much higher. With Linxboss, $147 is all you pay (for five domains). And don’t worry, Linxboss can grow with you as they have addon packs that make it even cheaper per domain if you have a large network of sites allowing you to expand beyond the five domains included in the base package. if you only have 1 site to promote, this may not be the product for you, or maybe you can gather 4 other friends to share the cost with you.
Need Linxboss for just ONE SITE?
Grab it from us for $37 per month.
UPDATE – Linxboss closes their doors to new subscribers many times, if they are currently open, join while you can. If they are closed you have two options available. #1 You can get on their notification list and be emailed if and when they open their doors, and they do from time to time. #2 You can join Backlinks Ninja right now, Backlinks Ninja is an identical service to Linxboss, they use the Linxboss system but use separate networks. Read our Backlinks Ninja review here.
Linxboss Bonus Offer
So far we have been extremely impressed with Linxboss, and while we offer free content and articles as bonuses with other products we review, you really have no need for that with Linxboss. So what we will give you as a bonus is something you are obviously seeking if you are buying Linxboss – backlinks. If you purchase Linxboss through our link we will provide you with 10 of our High Powered Backlinks from a private network. We will create 5 blog posts and post them to our private PR3 or higher blogs, and each post will have 2 backlinks to your given site of choice. You will also receive a 10% off coupon code for any future orders of articles from ArticlesOnTap.com in case you have a need for any further content or SEO. To redeem your bonus simply follow these Linxboss Bonus instructions. Once we confirm your purchase was made through our link, you will receive your bonuses. This bonus is only valid for the full Linxboss product purchase, not the 1 slot offer contained in the post.
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On April 30, 2010 Viza wrote:
So if I sign up I don’t have to do anything else but give them my domains?
On May 23, 2010 Viza wrote:
Well after about 3 weeks I am happy to say that 4 out of the 5 sites I put have been moving up in rankings, not Page 1 yet but heading in the right direction that’s for sure! I love the set it and forget aspect and am excited about the new L4L they are doing. Money well spent as far as I am concerned. This sure beats joining Linkvana for $150 a month and then having to write a truck load of 100 word articles and enter them. It’s almost like hiring an seo firm and letting them do your seo for you, but at a fraction of the cost. I know, not the same, and I will add diversity later, but for now I am happy on autopilot.
On June 2, 2010 Ivan wrote:
I’m very skeptical of automatic link building tools, so we tested Linxboss thoroughly before using it.
1st keyword:
4,400 phrase and 1,300 exact search volume
from #10 to #5 in around a month.
2nd keyword:
110,000 phrase and 14,800 exact:
#3 bouncing to #2 and back to #3. It’s been a month.
3rd keyword:
2,740,000 phrase and 33,100 exact:
#21 to #5
The results look great. Keep in mind that the domains that were tested already have broad link portfolio. I know a guy who pointed it to a new domain that never saw links, and it impacted the results negatively. It’s a good tool to supplement other link building, but I wouldn’t recommend using it as the only source of links.
Also, it has a Links for Links system which gets links to your existing links! Didn’t work for a site with over a 1,000,000 links but works fine for ones with under 10K.
On June 2, 2010 admin wrote:
What’s up Ivan!
Thanks for the detailed comments and rankings you left tonight. I am very happy to see your results backed up what we were seeing as well – not bad for automated huh.
Mike
On June 25, 2010 Sumedh wrote:
Hi,
I just have 1 portal that I want to promote…not 5…what can I do? Don’t they have a beginner plan for 1 domain only?
On June 25, 2010 Alex wrote:
They do not but you can try “renting” a domain slot from someone else that has it. If your interested contact me at natrozar@gmail.com and I could rent one to you because I only really use 2-3 domains currently so I have some room.
On June 25, 2010 admin wrote:
Alex, thanks for answering that one, we have heard of a few other people sharing accounts for that exact reason.
Mike
On August 3, 2010 Adam wrote:
Hi,
Big fan of your guys’ site, and after a lot of research I’ve narrowed down my choices to Backlinks Ninja and Build My Rank.
I know BN is automated (which is great) but how does does compare to a manual private blog network?
Here’s how I see it:
BN $147 for 1000 automated links, scraped content (I imagine)
BMR $59 monthly fee, plus content fees, unique content
It seems BN is a screaming deal, and completely hands-off. But the lack of unique content makes me wonder.
Which one makes more sense in this situation?
(Note: I currently use a variety of link-building tactics, but wanted to add a private blog network)
On August 3, 2010 Adam wrote:
And by the way, thanks for such a great site!
On August 3, 2010 Troy wrote:
Hi Adam,
Thanks for the kind words… BTW, make sure to download our newly released free Article Marketing Lies eBook (just goto the optin in the top right corner of the site) – if you like the site, I think you’ll enjoy it…
Well the answer depends on your goals. Backlinks Ninja is good for additional link volume and domain diversity. However, if you are trying to really target and move specific keywords, then Build My Rank would be a better choice for you. Backlinks Ninja is a good product, but it is more of a link diversification product rather than a laser focused tool like Build My Rank. So, if you’re just looking to get your link counts up and add further domain diversification for your site, Backlinks Ninja is the way to go. If you’re looking for more direct control and moving keywords in their rankings with targeted anchor text high power links, then Build My Rank is the ticket.
Hope that helps!
-Troy
On August 3, 2010 Muerelle wrote:
Troy/Mike -
You have a great service here. Thanks for the reviews and info. It is simply fantastic.
On August 4, 2010 Adam wrote:
Hi Troy,
You are the man. Thank you so much for your response. And yes… I downloaded your report and was amazed at the quality.
So I’ll add BMR for now, then use BN as a diversification tool in 3-6 months once my other sites are built up.
Thanks again,
Adam
On August 27, 2010 Tony wrote:
Where do you think Linxboss gets the content to post these links on? Do you quality of these links may be jeopardized due to duplicate content issues? How do you think the quality of these links compares to that of BuildMyRank?
Thanks!
On August 27, 2010 admin wrote:
Hi Tony,
I am not exactly sure where the content comes from, never asked. I would suspect it’s either scraped or rehashed PLR. We don’t typically get too concerned on the content being re-purposed. The whole web consists of syndication, article directory’s syndicate their articles to many websites, press releases get distributed to 100 of websites with the same content, news services are constantly syndicating. I don’t see it being devalued by the content whatsoever.
On your question of how does this rank against BMR, well that’s a separate topic. BMR right now has the highest quality network of all the services in our opinion. If price is NOT an option, BMR is the winner. We don’t swap one for the other though, we use both, in fact we use em all. Keep in mind Linxboss is $147 hands off, BMR is monthly subscription PLUS content – the content will either cost you time or money or both. We use Linxboss as diversification – more links. It’s not suitable as being your ONLY solution, non of the services alone are.
I hope that helps, thanks for stopping by,
Mike
On September 1, 2010 Tony wrote:
Thanks for the reply Mike.
It would be good to note in the review that LinxBoss is now longer closed to new members. However, they did increase the price to $147.
I’ve been using LinxBoss for 5 days so it’s way to early to submit a review. However, I have already been noticing some results. One of my sites already moved from #9 to #4 for a non-competitive keyphrase. I think I’m going to attribute this to their L4L system. Their links for links system is really cool it really does work. After 5 days, I’ve already noticed some new links surface in Yahoo Explorer out of nowhere. These are not from posts created by LinxBoss, but poorer quality links that have been given a boost in linkjuice thanks to their L4L system! This is a feature I have not seen in any other link building tool. I’m feeling pretty optimistic thus far and I’ll post a more in depth review after a couple months using this.
Tony
On September 6, 2010 Jared wrote:
Hi, will we be able to setup our Adsense revenue sharing sites such as Hubpages as 1 of the domains out of the 5 that are allocated per account?
I am currently running on 3 domains and thinking about how best to maximise this tool by utilizing all 5 domains.
Many thanks in advance!
On September 6, 2010 dagwood wrote:
Doesn’t get much easier than this. The price is ridiculoously low when you consider your alternatives.
On September 6, 2010 admin wrote:
Hi Jared,
I am not actually sure about whether you can use hubpages or not, have never tried. I don’t see why not, but I recommend you contact the folks at Linxboss prior to joining and asking them so you don’t waste your time and money.
Sorry I wasn’t helpful enough there, if you get the answer please post back so others will know.
Thanks
Mike
On September 8, 2010 Paul wrote:
Mike, do you have any updates on your use of linxboss? Thanks.
On September 8, 2010 Paul wrote:
Mike – I forgot to add one targeted question – regarding the L4L. Can you provide comments on the L4L progress you are seeing? Have you seen L4L results, or via seospyglass?
On September 23, 2010 Austin TX Notary Public wrote:
If I read this straight on Build My Ranks website, “We’ll approve up to 10 posts daily per domain…”
So in theory if one had 10 different domains they wanted to market they could submit 100 posts PER day (10 domains x 10 posts) as long as they were at least 150 words. Is that correct? Does anyone actually do that consistently? Would need to outsource writing for sure or get a triple latte and Red Bull IV’s tapped straight into your veins!
Thanks
On October 2, 2010 Todd wrote:
Hi, I have just subscribed to LB so can’t as yet say anything about results, however I do have a couple of observations both positive and negative
Good = very fast convenient set up with good video material
Bad = seems like we are taking quite a bit on faith with all the cloak and dagger stuff. They say the campaign should start within 24hours but really have no way of knowing when it has started, at what rate, nothing. Some clarity would be good
Also the L4L system sounds fantastic but after a few days there is nothing in it so I am kind of curious as to how/ when it works
On October 6, 2010 Tarmizi wrote:
Hi,
I’m wondering how to check on the backlinks that Linxboss has created for my sites?
On October 10, 2010 starter wrote:
Well, with BMR, i did not read the 10 post policy but i have tried it. If its ten posts, then u can also write longer posts and remember its 1 link per 150 words, so you can write a 600 word post and get 4 links in it. similarly 10 such posts equal 40 links per day.
On October 14, 2010 Internet Handholding wrote:
Have been doing the link building by hand, which works.
Researching different automated services. Might try LinxBoss or BackLinksNinja since they are fully automated.
I do write a lot of articles, so might try some of the article submission services too.
On October 14, 2010 Joe at Fort Myers Dentist wrote:
We just began with Linxboss and we are very hopefull. Its been almost 2 weeks so we need to be patient. Waiting to see new backlinks show up in SEO Quake. The gang at Linxboss assured me in an email that I would be able to see new links here that were not posted by myself.
On October 16, 2010 Troy wrote:
If you write a lot of articles, you should really take a look at Build My Rank. It is one of the most effective networks out there right now and only requires 150 word short posts which are super easy for those that like writing. With unlimited links (while it lasts – rumors are that John’s about to pull that from the product pretty soon as it is becoming quite popular now) you really can’t go wrong for the rock bottom price.
-Troy
On October 26, 2010 ian wrote:
I’m a newbie with all this backlinks stuff and could do with some help. Will linxboss links stick for a long period of time? I was thinking of using it for three or four months to build my site up that has pretty much go no links. WOuld this be an effective strategy long term? With build my rank, am i right in thinking that one article = one link. So it would take months to get the same number of links as a month of linxboss? Please explain if my thinking has missed something.
Any help or advice on how I can get my site off page 4 onto page 1 welcome!
Ian
On October 26, 2010 Robert H wrote:
Link Boss is NOT closed to new subscribers….. click on your link and you will see… it is available for $147 a month.
On October 28, 2010 admin wrote:
Hi Ian,
Linxboss, for us anyway, is really not meant to be your only source of links, we use it for diversity, it’s an addition to many, many things for us. While it certainly will not hurt, I am not sure you will see the results you want from just using Linxboss, but without knowing your site, keywords, niche etc etc – I can’t say. To answer your BMR question, that is correct, 1 article equals 1 link – if you write a 150 word article that is. More accurately, 150 words equals 1 link. It would not take any different amount of time in months you just need to post the same amount of posts to BMR. With Linxboss you get 200 links a month per domain, so to equal that you would send 200 posts to BMR – and BMR has an extremely high indexing rate, higher than anyone else’s – so if you were doing 200 posts to BMR vs 200 posts to Linxboss per month – I have no doubt BMR would win every month. But you have to look at the time any money factor for a true comparison as well. Linxboss is a flat $147 a month – hands off. BMR would cost you $59 a month and then either your time to write 200 posts, or money to buy 200 posts.
I hope that helps,
Hi Robert H,
They were closed for a while there, and we did update the post to reflect that they were open, but wanted to emphasize that they could decide to close the doors at any moment as they typically do.
Thanks for the feedback.
Mike
On November 30, 2010 Swest wrote:
I TRULY appreciate this site. I have been on it for over an hour looking things over. I even shot you an email with some questions (if you have time).
I wanted to follow up on the post by Ian. If I use Link Boss for a few months. Perhaps to create a base of links while working on article stuff, will the links stay if I terminate the service or do I lose all the links? That is what worries me.
I am going to open 3-4 new sites for my business that are key-word targeted. I already have my main site, so 5 sites – maybe with 2 masked for a little while, will be no issue. But I don’t want to lose those links if I got to article and blog marketing which I plan to do.
Any advice or insight would be really apprecaited!
Swest
On December 18, 2010 hajiss wrote:
Great site…completely stumble upon this one. Excellent resources and review. Nuff said, especially these days when it’s really hard to find reviews that are real. Great job guys…
On January 15, 2011 Chas wrote:
Hey guys…thanks for all the info on this site! I just signed up for Build My Rank per your suggestion. As for Linxboss…does their system build new links every month or do you just keep those same 1000 links every month? So for month two would you get 1000 new links split between your 5 domains?
Definitely looks interesting…
On January 16, 2011 Balir wrote:
I have been having a hard time finding these links when I look for them, however since joining two months ago my ranking have been improving and that’s all I care about for now, but I would like to see my link counts go up.
On January 16, 2011 admin wrote:
Hi Chas,
They are constantly switching them up, so the 200 you get for Domain A, you will not get month two and so on. At least that is how I understood it to be, they aren’t constantly giving you the same 200 per domain month over month. Hope that helps.
Mike
On February 3, 2011 Steven wrote:
If the keywords I choose are very competitive, like “Internet Marketing” that relevant to Internet Marketing. It would have the great result?
On February 7, 2011 admin wrote:
Steven,
I am not sure I understand your question, sorry.
Mike
On February 18, 2011 Tony D wrote:
This a a great site. Do you guys offer any services other than reviews: such as linking building and writing and submitting articles?
Thanks—Tony
On February 27, 2011 Troy wrote:
Hi Tony D,
Thanks… yep we sure do…
http://articlesubmissionreview.com/automated-seo-link-building-services
http://articlesontap.com/linkbuilding-services
http://articlesontap.com/seo-packages
http://articlesontap.com/article-submission-services
There you go – enjoy!
-Troy
On March 6, 2011 Aaron Webb wrote:
AWESOME!I NEED SOME BACKLINKING TO MY WEBSITE! cHECK IT OUT
On March 11, 2011 Pack Healthy wrote:
This blog site has got some really helpful information on it! Thanks for helping me.
On March 23, 2011 Alex wrote:
Hi guys
Firstly thankyou for such an informative website!
I’m currently in the process of developing a strategy for a website that has less than 800 backlinks and am looking into article/content submission software – one question i have about Linxboss is where does the content originally come from? is it scrapped/spun content? I’m keen on using this type of tool but due to the Panda/Farmer update I’m a bit more weary and would like to be in control of the content that is posted myself.
Thanks for your time!
On April 14, 2011 instant effect wrote:
I’ve been absent for some time, but now I remember why I used to love this website. Thank you, I will try and check back more often. How frequently you update your website?
On April 23, 2011 John robertson wrote:
Excellent info from all you guys think I am going to go for Linxboss after reading a few reviews
On April 26, 2011 Adam wrote:
Felt I should chime in. I’ve used Linxboss for over 3.5 months, and for the most part, my pages have gone DOWN dozens, even hundreds of places.
I’ve followed their videos – and Mike and Troy’s best practices – but have not positive results.
I’ll continue to use Linxboss for the rest of the year (purchased an annual plan) but don’t think I’ll use them again.
On April 27, 2011 Dub wrote:
Hi,
I really do appreciate this website but my opinion of Linxboss is that it is rubbish. The internally listed google rankings were not what I see on webmaster tools and the keywords I really wanted movement on went backwards and out of the top 10 after using linxboss. These reduced my impressions by 400,000 per months and no doubt cost me a lot of money. I tested 5 sites for 4 months. None had movements into the top 10 and the websites all but 1 had been around for at least a year and have had seo work done on them previously (webmaster tools prior showed between 2500-30000 in coming links for each site). I was utterly disappointed. I tested it on a new site with no previous links. I found hardly any links attributed when searching google and webmaster tools had picked up only 7 links (i know that there are better ways of checking). There should be 800 links attributed to that site but I found only a handful and they were total spam. I use other seo methods and unless it was some sort of fluke, found that my rankings for all sites were affected on the negative once I signed up for linxboss. I just cancelled my subscription (I did the subscription from this site with the extra bonus) and will see what affect it has on my rankings. I will report back.
On April 27, 2011 Troy wrote:
Dub,
There are many, many variables here – different niches, keywords, testing methods… We have used Linxboss for well over a year now and have done several tests with nothing but Linxboss going and seeing results from it. If we didn’t we wouldn’t recommend it and certainly not continue to use it on the dozens of sites we have it running on. A lot has been going on in Google the past couple months – lots of changes, lots of algorithm modifications and many, many people have lost a lot of traffic – I suspect you’re perhaps combining issues here, but that’s pure speculation on my part.
The facts are that there are numerous factors of the ranking formula and several of them could be hurting you, but I have no doubt that Linxboss is NOT causing you any problems. At 200 links a month it is not a large enough volume to set off any red flags.
As for finding the links, well, that’s always an issue and complaint of any user. But the fact is every tool you use has an indexing rate. A certain percentage will not be indexed, usually around 50% or so. And finding the links again is a challenge because no reporting tool reports everything. We’ve found many of the links using SpyGlass in our tests in the past.
It may be convenient to blame Linxboss for your rankings drops, but that’s just not the case. You’re likely facing other issues and more likely a combination of several issues that are negatively affecting your sites rankings. Google has become much, much more difficult these past few months – it’s not the same game it was a year ago. You’re bailing on Linx – I got that… no problem… but I just don’t want you to go away thinking that that is why your rankings are dropping because if you do, then you’ll likely not get to the real facts of what is going on with your sites.
If you want to reply with your website URL (we will not publish it), I’ll do a quick look at it and give you some detailed feedback…
Regardless, thanks for your comments and your feedback. We encourage all feedback.
Take care,
-Troy
On April 29, 2011 Peter wrote:
Hi Peter,
LB is really dead. It worked fine in the past, but aftr the farmer update of google, duplicate content get smashed, together with the links. LB uses duplicate content and just adds your link inside.
Google becamse much smarter, and all these article marketing seo strategy (one article to 100 directories etc.) don’t work anymore.
Dupe content links are dead, so is LB. Anyhow, as far as I know, LB is reacting, and has announced to hire writers. I am watching it from the sideline now, once writers are there, and content is spun 100%, it may work again for some while… After all, it is cheap and fully automatic, but I am sure, it will not keep going all the future updates coming from google….
On May 3, 2011 admin wrote:
Hi Peter,
To say LB is dead, is doing others readers a great disservice. We use it, we use it a lot on tons of websites and we have seen great results and continue to see them to this day on dozens and dozens of websites. So maybe it wasn’t working for you, and it wont work everyone, but it is far from dead and working for a lot of people.
Please read the comment Troy left above yours, but there is nothing dead about LB – in fact it is live and kicking and getting better than ever with the addition of their writing staff.
Thanks
Mike
On May 5, 2011 Dub wrote:
Hi Troy,
Thanks for your reply, it was informative and much appreciated. I will wait on the sidelines for a few months and see how things go. I am not at all dead to the idea of joining again. The website i have put in the website field (above) was the one most negatively affected by linkboss (click my name). i would much appreciate a quick scan for your feedback.
It will be interesting to see after 2 months with no linxboss if i see a +ve or -ve change. 3 of the sites I used linxboss on get ongoing monthly seo work (article submissions, forums, directories, social bookmarking) and I have been rising steadily for +12 months. I was unaware of the massive google algorithm changes but my sites are pretty honest and most of my links are manual and not ‘spammy’. In fact, I don’t use other automated systems. this was my first.
I have also read other -ve reviews about linxboss on other well regarded sites. I really like your site though and rate your opinions. i just don’t know if it is coincidence that as soon as I started using linxboss my impressions (both linxboss targeted and non-targeted) started to steadily decline on all my sites. I have maintained my other seo work. Give me a month or two and I will report back. I think it is fair to say that if my rankings return then linxboss had to have had something to do with the decline.
But I would love to be proven wrong. It is an easy and hassle free system and something I would use again if deemed positive.
Thanks
Dub
On May 10, 2011 Tony wrote:
I’ve been using LinxBoss for several months. While it used to work great, ever since all the new algorithm updates, I’ve had the same experience Dub is having now. Either very little increase or a huge decrease in rankings. Sometimes the rankings come back in these cases, but not always. I think it’s because Google is now getting weary of exact anchor text links as it doesn’t produce a natural backlink profile.
Troy, it would be interesting to see some sort of case study on different types of websites using LinxBoss, especially with all the new updates that have been put out recently.
On May 12, 2011 Ian wrote:
So what’s the score with Linxboss these days? is it a great network that will boost my websites or a waste of money? I’m getting rather confused because I have read both opinions being expresssed very strongly. Troy? Mike? What’s your take on it?
On May 12, 2011 Troy wrote:
Hi Ian,
We’ve heard lots of complaints, but we don’t subscribe to them… The reason is simple – we’re still seeing solid results on dozens of sites with Linxboss – plain and simple. We don’t just take people’s word for it, we test it… and with Linxboss we have a continual test going with several sites that are just getting Linxboss alone and no other SEO so we know that it is still effective. Furthermore, they are doing a lot of new stuff with their network and writing that should boost results further in the near future.
Hope that helps,
-Troy
On May 19, 2011 JJ Gallagher wrote:
I see that you have Linxboss back at your number 1. I was wondering what made you guys move it back above Build My Rank? Is it because of the no cost content?
Also do you guys know when their writers will be coming online?
-JJ
On May 20, 2011 Troy wrote:
Hi JJ,
Actually YOU GUYS have Linxboss at #1…
The rankings on the site are determined by user comments and rankings – not Mike and I… Users love Linxboss because it’s braindead simple and like you mentioned has no content requirements…
To my knowledge they are already expanding with their writers…
-Troy
On May 22, 2011 Paul wrote:
I just signed up today even after reading the reviews and comments about it being dead. Curiousity got the best of me. I suspect you still need to do other link building methods as recommended by lots of IMers. Look forward to seeing how it works and try to remember to post back my experience with it in a few months.
On May 30, 2011 Milt wrote:
I’m going to have to add my two cents here. I have been using the Linxboss for three months with ZERO results. I have tracked the links almost daily, and in the last three months all of the Linxboss links have been deindexed.
It is my opinion that since the Panda update the Linxboss is NOT as effective. I have and manage many sites and ALL that have been on Linxboss have been at a steady decline, and my sites that I have not been using Linxboss have steadily improved in the rankings. At $147/month, I don’t expect to see all of my backlinks wiped out on a whim.
I do acknowledge that I am only one of the many users, but this has been my experience.
On June 7, 2011 James wrote:
I have been using Linxboss for a few months now as part of Mike and Troy’s Automated SEO Link Building Services and the results I have seen have been stellar. I am not sure why some have not had success and others have, but I am glad I am one of the ones having success with Linxboss. My rankings are up across the board, and so is traffic and so are my sales. So that being said I am extremely happy I found this service. Since I only have one site I wanted to promote buying the full package didn’t make sense to me. Maybe its what Mike and Troy do that makes it better, dunno, but it works and I am a happy camper.
On June 7, 2011 Dennis Cromwell wrote:
If anyone knows the answer I had a quick question: When services like this say 147$ a/mo 1000 links/200 per domain, does that mean you get 200+200+200=600 over 3 months, or does that mean for 147$ a month you get the privilege of having your 1000links/200 links per domain maintained.
Sorry I know its probably a stupid question, but I am new and can’t seem to find the answer. Thanks! -Dennis-
On June 8, 2011 Ian wrote:
The answer is 1000 links per month. 200 per domain Dennis.
On June 11, 2011 Martin@Proactol wrote:
Mike and Troy
thanks for the awesome site. I have just joined Linxboss on your recommendation, and are quite optimistic about it, for ease of use, automation, etc. The Link4link service looks like a really good addition to the main service, but I am struggling to understand how to use it. The video tutorial is high on the benefits, but a little low on the direct instruction on how to do it. I was hoping your best practices booklet would shed some light, but alas, no.
Perhaps (when you have worked out how to use the L4L) you can update the best practice guide. And if I can work it out, I will come back here and share what I have learned.
regards
M
On June 17, 2011 Synthia Phay wrote:
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On June 17, 2011 Lance wrote:
I think any of the people that are complaining about Linxboss, are people that are looking for miracles, or magic buttons. I use Linxboss for about a dozen sites. I use it, but I also use a lot of other things. I use BuildMyRank as well but I don’t expect it to be the answer to all my woahs. I use Article Marketing Robot, I also use Linkjuicer and and I buy directory links and profiles links. And I don’t stop there. I even use SYNND (DOH – Another product with magic seeking complainers – should I even go there
The point is Linxboss, does what it does, it creates posts automatically, which creates links for your sites, yeah a lot may not get indexed, but it has a better stick rate than say, profile links and other link methods you will do.
When I send an article out through ArticleMarketingRobot the vast majority, and I mean vast majority don’t wind up indexed. Same with everything else I do. You create links in volume knowing full well that most wont stick, but what people don’t talk about is that some may not show up now, and they show up later, maybe 3-4 weeks later, maybe a few months. Things come, and things go. Is Linxboss the answer to your prayers? Hell no – but guess what? Nothing is. You wont find the holy grail in SEO tools – if it were that simple everyone would hold page 1 – then what?
@Milt & @ Tony – all your sites using Linxboss have been on the decline, well mine haven’t – so who is right? Take a look at what you are doing, and try to figure out if maybe it is something else that you are doing that is not adding value in the eyes of Google. Maybe its a mix of Linxboss and whatever it is you are doing. Maybe its just something else you are doing altogether and you are looking in the wrong direction. Maybe its what you are NOT doing – maybe you aren’t doing anything else except for Linxboss and that is your issue.
@Paul – That’s right you have to do more – or don’t do anything at all – if you aren’t planning on doing anything except for Linxboss – cancel it now.
@ Peter – wow you know what is dead and when – well damn, somebody forgot to tell Linxboss that because my sites are doing just fine despite the fact it is somehow dead. What is your basis for saying dupe content links are devalued? Do you have insight into the Google algorithm? How can you proclaim something as dead? Man, have to spoken to the press – you know things nobody else does. You could be famous!
Troy and Mike, I love your site, I love your approach to things and I am a regular reader of yours. We share the same philosophies. But as much as I love your website – the commentary by the people for the people is part of what is wrong with the web as well – its the same crap that occurs in forums. You get people coming along just making statements like “this is dead”, “this doesn’t work”, and “this is the reason why my sites are no longer ranked”. We don’t have any basis for these peoples comments – chances are they have crappy thin sites, and no SEO strategy in place – and more than likely don’t have a clue what they are doing and are practicing knee jerk SEO on a non-existent budget- but they come here and make comments and others unwillingly get bad advice from someone they shouldn’t be getting advice from to begin with. The people that make comments with no basis, and that practice knee jerk SEO – those are the people who’s rankings I eat for breakfast.
Like I said Mike and Troy’s advice is rock solid, read what they say and heed their advice – but be weary of comments from others.
One more point, everything has a refund period, everything, if you want to know if something will work for you, buy it and test it, don’t listen to others. And above all else, don’t buy just 1 tool or service and expect results – you will be wasting your money.
And my final comment is to @ Tony – the person above that asked for someone to do a case study and do a baseline of whether such and such works – great idea – I nominate you Tony – let us know that how that goes 3 months from now. I was laughing as I read that because I had just read Mike and Troy’s post about how case studies are flawed. I suspect it was because of requests such as Tony’s. If you haven’t read it, I suggest you do here is the link:
http://articlesubmissionreview.com/blog/the-facts-about-case-studies
Ok so you want my opinion, right, that’s why you are even still reading this comment. I like Linxboss as a small piece of my strategy. But you should NOT listen to me, I am unqualified as well
On June 18, 2011 Ethan wrote:
Hey, have you guys seen http://www.actuallyrank.com and do you plan on doing a review on that? Looks pretty promising to me, but I am no expert. Let me know what you think?
Regards,
Ethan
On June 19, 2011 Troy wrote:
Hi Ethan,
Yes, we used it for a month or so when it first came out and will do a review shortly… Honestly when we started with it was right when it launched and it had several glitches and hiccups – not uncommon with a newly launched product. The product does deliver what it promises, but for us personally we found it to be rather cumbersome to use. In essence it’s simply a list of locations where you can make blog comments. But for a subscription service we expected to see an elegant interface for tracking those comments and easily and quickly going through them, etc… Unfortunately what we found was cumbersome and time consuming. Not difficult, just cumbersome. There is also the simple fact that blog comments are not a terribly effective SEO tactic anymore. We still use them, but more for diversification and to just mix things up and for those low goals, we prefer easier, faster and cheaper solutions.
-Troy
On June 19, 2011 Troy wrote:
Thanks Lance… You hit soooo many points head on – appreciate your candor.
The fact is that the single biggest reason most Internet Marketers fail is *exactly* for the reasons you mentioned. Most believe that there is a “magic bullet” – one tool that will turn everything around for them, etc… It’s utter nonsense and the single biggest fallacy of SEO and Internet Marketing. In SEO the turtle always wins the race and most drop out of the marathon after the first half mile…
Likewise, most of those complaining about ineffectiveness of a tool have false expectations from the beginning and then likely didn’t give it any real chance to work. How can we say that? Easily. We sell hundreds of subscriptions every month on this site and see just what the “average marketer” does. Despite our warnings, despite our continual effort to educate people to the facts that SEO takes time – the majority of people don’t stay subscribed to a service for more than 30 days and wonder why they are not having success.
Those that endlessly request detailed case studies are in the same boat. What they really want is someone that will do all of the work and take all of the risk for them. Even so, that is not the real issue as I pointed out in my case study blog post. The fact is most case studies are a complete waste of time and the conclusions that they draw are so narrowly tested as to be completely useless. It takes thousands of dollars and several months to actually perform a valid case study. And you know what? In that time, the entire landscape of SEO will have changed anyway, so it becomes completely pointless. Not to mention that those wanting these case studies are certainly not willing to pay for them or pay more for the service because it now has scientific validity.
It really comes down to an excuse for non-action and in SEO and Internet Marketing ACTION is what rules the day.
Thanks again for stopping by and “chiming in” Lance…
Take care…
-Troy
On June 19, 2011 Troy wrote:
Hi Martin,
Thanks for the kind words about the site… There’s really not much to discuss on the links4links service of LinxBoss. You simply input the URLS of any of your backlinks that you wish to have them build links for. It’s a one-by-one input and so personally we don’t use it, we use Backlinks Booster instead. With Backlinks Booster you can do a simple batch import of your links and it’s fast and easy…
-Troy
On June 19, 2011 Kris wrote:
Linxboss costs $147
BMR costs $59
Linxboss gives you auto-linking x 5 sites
BMR gives you 5 slots for 5 domains
Take those $88 remaining and give to BMR writers to right snippets for you. You will gain 35 Snippets.
Those 35 FREE snippets (everything auto-pilot) are 2 times stronger than Linxboss for all your 5 domains.
Now you took BMR auto-pilot.
Try it for your money site. If i am wrong, i give you 3 times your money back. Also i can prove it to you.
Linxboss, just another service which will get devaluated (it already has) in the July’s algo.
The only service that exists is BMR. Nothing at all.
On June 20, 2011 admin wrote:
Hi again Kris,
I agree that BMR is the #1 service – we have it listed as such on our best page. However saying to place 5 domains on BMR and send 7 posts to each is foolish (5 x 7 = 35 posts) and a waste of time and money. If you think you are going to dominate with 7 links per month – then you must be in some of the most uncompetitive niches in the world. We send 200-300 posts per month to each domain we have in BMR AND we use Linxboss AND we use most of tools we mention on this site AND others we don’t list AND our own network. The point is one service is not enough, not BMR, not Linxboss, not anything. You need them all and then some.
Thanks for stopping by,
- Mike
On June 20, 2011 Kris wrote:
Hello Mike,
I think we will become very good friends because we are talking day-by-day, hahaha
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Anyway.
I would like to give an “emphasis” on BMR and open an discussion, that’s why i told you 7 snippets. But to be honest, a site of my ranks #4 after just 10 bmr snippets…. I never mentioned that you have to only do just 7 bmr snippets..That website had backlinks / good link building but it was nearly last position 2th page… after 7 snippets…#4.
So…in the same niche and for the same competitive term, with the same company, and exactly the same link-building…we tried as a company Linxboss. 3 Months have passed since then…and it is in the 2th page..
Now, lets focus on the small-algo implementation coming this July and of course with the toolbar update.
Linxboss is not using original content and this will destroy it. I wouldn’t invest on linxboss neither on other services because they do not care about their work!
I am not saying that linxboss is not good. It is for me too the 2nd recommended service but…many sites rank #1 after a short period of time but..for how long?
When we are discussing about services/seo e.t.c, we can’t stay just to the basics. It is better to discuss beyond “normal”.
Am i right Mike or…i am just seo-addicted ?
On June 21, 2011 david wrote:
hi Guys,
Heh, you know, all i want (and i suspect most others) is some kind of straightforward, measurable and effective solution to getting a site ranked. In fact, as an affiliate marketer (in training!) all i really want is to claim my piece of the pie by helping others fully lay into their serving! (money) – which means, although it’s a nice to know i’m trying my best to help others; all this whole game is about is obviously money – or business – results, risk assessment, costs, profits..etc….
Now, i have been reading EVERYTHING i can on SEO and backlining – as Traffic is everything of course. I’ve read your Panda report, i’ve read ebook’s like the google domination method; i’ve studied courses from vit vee and others; read entire threads of warrior forums, backlinking forums etc,etc…. And have probably developed a slightly concerning knowledge of all things SEO (though here today gone tmrw..) – so that’s ok i suppose.
I’ve also read great blogs like this one searching for the best kit to use and apply all this gobbledygook info overload with – all written by well meaning people, who are usually doing well themselves and want to spread the love (and make commissions whilst doing so)… it’s all good.
HOWEVER, and this is where my main point resides – How do i, as an online business buider make the best possible decisions for the the key Traffic Generation required to ‘succeed’ online. For really, all i want to do really is make creative business decisons; get some content out there; help customers and make a little cash – SO my question to you gys is: Who do you recommend as an SEO consultant or service that i can give my keywords/websites too, who will get it done? There must be a list somewhere of half decent services that come highly recommended?
all of the reading and tweaking and fretting and changes and all the rest — and it’s no what I want to be doing with a lifetime! … i want to build; not struggle
For i have realised that i would FAR rarther spend money on employing someone else to do it all than try to keep up with the very latest methods, the very latest algo changes, the very best tools; etc,etc — it has dawned upon me that it will never end!!
So can you help – who can help?
Am all ears
Regards
David
On June 22, 2011 Kris wrote:
Does this linxboss link for just 1 site works now? or it is too old ?
On June 25, 2011 Troy wrote:
Yes, the purchase of just a single slot via our link in the article above is working just fine…
On July 25, 2011 Orib wrote:
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On August 7, 2011 Kloberg wrote:
Hello guys,
I want to ask a question.
I am about to buy linxboss x 2 times because i want more links for the same domains.
Question 1: If i sign up 2 times from your affiliate link, will i take 20 links instead of 10?
Question 2: If you give me 20 links, each month, you will give them to me or it is only for one time?
Question 3: If you give me 20 links (10 blog posts), is it easy for you to just do 20 blog posts with only one link or i will have to pay for this? basically it is the same, but i really do not want to post 2 links to each of my blog posts because i do not need to optimize internal pages and of course google will take in advice only one of those 2.
Question 4: Do you accept different language Anchor text? For example i want to give you 2 arabian keyword phrases. Will you post them if i give you the translation?
If all of this are answered, i will be more than happy to continue with this!(basically, it will be one of the most amazing offers on the whole internet)
On August 8, 2011 Kloberg wrote:
So, any news on this? I want to sign up soon..
On August 9, 2011 Colin wrote:
My experience with Linxboss is as follows:
I subscribed for 2 months then cancelled. After 2 months, $300 – and a promised 2000 links – my sites had a total of well under 100 links. Links are worthless unless the site where they reside is crawled and indexed by Google. I will give anyone 10,000 links per month for only $20 per month but beware – the links will be completely and utterly worthless. Listen guys, buy links that are indexed – otherwise its better to give your money to chariry!!
On August 16, 2011 Darren wrote:
I’ve been using LinxBoss for about 3 months now and I use it combination with other things including BMR.
What’s good about it, is that it keeps on working even when you feel too lazy to write yet more articles for BMR.
All my sites have seen improvement in rankings.
However I have had a lot of trouble finding the links that linxboss is supposedly making…
On August 29, 2011 Web Design Westchester wrote:
Great link building service. I would highly recommend it.
On September 3, 2011 Warchild wrote:
Troy/Mike,
For the single domain Linkboss $37 charge, how many keywords can I give you to target or better way to say it how many keywords ideally would you recommend I give you for Linkboss.
Also what kind of reporting would I get from you guys every month, since I assume I wouldn’t get access at all to the Linkboss system.
Thanks
On March 9, 2012 Lamont wrote:
You know as I read through some of these comments, I realize most people are dumb or lazy or dumb and lazy. Linxboss gives you what you pay for, pure and simple, you get links. You buy links they give you links. They don’t say that all 200 links will be indexed, in fact I don’t want all 200 to be indexed. Because you know what, having all of my links indexed is not natural. We want to have links that don’t get indexed in our profile. I was on that webinar you guys had yesterday, and one of the things that resonated was your constant talking about being natural. Well having links not indexed is natural. Just as you stated nofollow links are natural, non uniform anchor text is natural, well having 200 posts a month on WP blogs with the same anchor text indexed by outside means is not natural. While Googs may not “index” the posts in their main index, they are very much aware of them through the supplemental index. Linxboss is by no means the answer to all my prayers in SEO. But I can login and put 200 unique anchors in their system and vary the hell out of my link profile. I can also use Linxboss on a brand new site and age it and have it become a PR2 from Linxboss alone by the next PR update. So for all the people who say they don’t get posts indexed, or they don’t see links or whatever other excuse, you don’t really know what you are doing and are looking for a magic SEO button that doesn’t exist. LB is perfect for what it is. I have over 50 slots on LB for all of my sites and my clients sites and they are doing exactly what I expect them to do, adding diversity to my backlink profile. And guess what? None of my sites have been affected from the February bashing everyone else received. Because I don’t rely on one tool, and I don’t rely on the same anchors. Variety, after all, is the spice of life, and apparently pandas like variety in their diets as well.
On March 16, 2012 Linkon wrote:
Just downloaded your free e-book. It contain a lot of information. But I want to bye the linxboss. How much it will be effective for my site? Can pay via mastercard?
On March 25, 2012 Vonnie Marcoline wrote:
Nice post. Thank you and best of luck.
On March 28, 2012 Jolen wrote:
It seems that LB has lost its credibility. For some reason, all the websites i am using to get links from linxboss, i took messages from Google for all those websites telling me that they found unnatural linking. Those websites are only using LB.
How can this be…
I am very frustrated. I think that link building comes to the end and a new NON-SEO era begins.
On April 8, 2012 John wrote:
+1 Jolen,
Just happened the same to me, what’s going on? Anyone knows?
On April 11, 2012 Sam wrote:
I have been using Linxboss for over a month now with no improvement to my websites (the once I only use linxboss for) My question is. Should I be patient and give it couple more months or just cancel? I see all the good reviews are over a year ago and hardly any good recent reviews