Article Submission Review

Linxboss Review

• Overall Rating
• Ease Of Use
• Network Size
• Price

5

UPDATE – Linxboss is currently closed to new subscribers. You have two options if you want to join. #1 You can get on their notification list and be emailed if and when they open their doors 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.

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 $127 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 $127 a month or just 12.7 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, $127 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.

UPDATE – Linxboss is currently closed to new subscribers. You have two options if you want to join. #1 You can get on their notification list and be emailed if and when they open their doors 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 these bonuses simply click one of the orange buttons to visit Linxboss, make your purchase and forward your confirmation email from Linxboss on to support@articlesontap.com with the subject of give me my bonus. Once we confirm your purchase was made through our link, you will receive your bonuses.

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