Hello everyone,

As some of you might remember I create our “Cheap Links List” a while back and promised to update it with all the great text link offers I find; Well I have done just that.

We now have an ever growing list of great PR links at rock bottom prices. From PR6 links right down the line.

Be sure to view the “Cheap Links List” and bookmark it for future reference.

Cheap Links List: http://www.stcfx.com/index.php/2007/03/21/cheap-links-list/ 

Also, if you have or know of a site offering some great deals on PR links please feel free to sign up and share them with the rest of us.

I had a chance to review MarketingMule.com recently and I am very impressed with the collection of internet marketing tools that were available.

There were a few tools in paticular that I found to be most useful and would like to share with you all.

Website Grader (SEO Tool)

The website grader rates your site out of 100 by using various factors such as; Google PageRank, Web Page Structure, Domain Info, Use of Headers, Use of Images, Keywords, Google Indexed Pages, Google Crawl Date, Conversion Methods, Inbound Links, Technorati Ranking, del.icio.us bookmarks, Alexa Traffic Ranking, Readability Level.

Give it a try and let us know what your grade is.

Link Appeal

This tool will check any website or page and calculate the desirability rating of having a link on a certian page. This tool takes many factors into consideration; PageRank, number of outbound links and the overall percentage of links to html. This tool can be useful in checking potential link placement.

Ping-O-Matic

This tool is a must have for any blogger. This tool will notify various search engines every time you make a post on your site. Never wait for web crawls again, the bots will come to you. I have found this to be on of the most useful tools to me and I’m proud to say I use it on all my blogs.

Looking to buy some cheap links?

I have made a list of a few great link offers and decided to share them with you all.

PR Links

PR6 $5.99 http://www.otto-graf.com
PR6 $10.00 http://www.ceseweb.org
PR6 $35.00 http://www.nomovieads.com
PR5 $1.95 http://www.geofrontiers05.org
PR5 $2.99 http://www.doitsu-nen.com
PR5 $1.50 http://www.danielleandchristopher.us
PR5 $3.00 http://www.unitedforall.org
PR5 $4.99 http://www.kiskynetmedia.com
PR5 $5.00 http://www.lifehat.org
PR5 $5.00 http://www.xeoma.com
PR4 $1.00 http://gangstarz.info
PR4 $1.00 http://www.bjfljh.com
PR4 $1.00 http://www.1000Bateaux.org
PR4 $0.50 http://www.inaugural2006.com
PR4 $0.50 http://www.gala-eivp.com
PR3 $0.50 http://www.zlatneuste.com
PR3 $1.00 http://www.signitas.com
PR3 $5.00 http://www.mkgstudio.com
PR3 $5.95 http://fizzuck.com
PR2 $5.00 http://www.therequirements.com

Topic Links

Pets $1.00 http://pets.phobi.net/
Car Rentals $1.00 http://car-rentals.phobi.net/
Home Theater $1.00 http://hometheater.phobi.net/
Any $1.00 http://www.phobi.net/

I will update this list often so be sure to bookmark for future use.

One of the greatest new ways to advertise is to sponsor a blog post.

What does this mean?

When you sponsor a blog post you receive a complete blog post dedicated to your sites keywords. The keywords are used various time throughout the post to create relativity. You select an anchor text (keyword) to be used as a link to your site or page. This creates a topic orientated inbound link to your site. This also scores points with google.

The blog post should not be an advertisement type post, but rather an informative post about the topic, product or service with a keyword link to your site. You will want to stay away from lines like “The Best…” , “wow look here” and so on.

Blog posts are much more valuable than regular links. While a regular inbound link is good and will help your site, a blog post that is structured around your sites keywords is of greater value due to the context.

How much should I pay to sponsor a blog post?

On an average most blog posts can be purchased for as little as $3.00. This would give you a keyword structured blog post with a keyword anchor text link to your site or page. Now for a blog post on a site with a google PR the price would increase accordingly. If you are not skilled in writing or just don’t have the time to write your own post most sites will offer a writing service and complete the post for you. If the blog post is supplied for you this would also increase the price by a few dollars.

Lets use the following as a guideline:

$3.00 - Blog Post Sponsorship
$1.50 / Per  Link
$1.00 / Per PR#
$1.50 / Per 100 words

Using the above guide lets say we want to sponsor a blog post on a PR3 site and would like it to be 200 words with 2 links to our site.

$3.00 For the blog post
$3.00 For 2 links
$3.00 For PR3 placement
$3.00 For 200 words
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Total Cost: $12.00

Using the above guide again lets say we want to sponsor a blog post on a non-pr site with 1 link and we will supply our own text.

$3.00 For blog post
$1.50 For link
$0.00 For non-pr placement
$0.00 We supply the text
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Total Cost: $4.50

As you can see the price for sponsoring a blog post can vary pending on what is to be included. 

Although sponsoring a blog post is most valuable to your site, don’t get caught overpaying.