Comments on: 3 Way Links – Killer SEO Link Building Strategy

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:57:29 +0000

I haven’t used it. I was just looking at his sales page (the one you linked to) where he posts his growth in earnings for his small 10 page site. In that data the CTR does grow substantially over time. As you say it has absolutely NOTHING to do with increasing CTR, which why I think it’s sneaky (at best) that he chooses to use the data he does in his sales page. I suppose it could be the more targeted audience, but it still seems like a stretch to from 3.53% CTR to 15.68%.

You’d think he’d be his own best customer and have plenty of examples where two variables weren’t changing the final numbers. You’d also think that an example that started two years might need updating in case things changed with the search engines.

Granted you could do a lot of 10 page sites for $37 a month, so maybe it’s still a very valuable tool.

You might want to also take a look at the Blog Traffic Exchange. It’s similar, and I think a better idea for what you want to accomplish. It could even work with 3waylinks.

By: Rob Fore

Rob Fore — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:43:03 +0000

It’s $37 per month for 50 URLS or domains. Basically 75 cents per domain per month. I use it and it works for what I want it for – to increase organic search ranking. It has absolutely NOTHING to do with increasing click-through rates or click-to-sale conversion. This might be impacted because you are ranking for specific terms and getting your site in front of a more targeted audience.

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:56:46 +0000

I was checking this out and the parts of AdSense that he blacks out (CTR, eCPM) can be derived from the numbers he leaves open. I realize there’s Google Adsense Terms of Service to answer too, but something tells me that when you end up giving the clicks you aren’t being on the up and up with the ToS.

Doing the math, his CTR climbs almost month:
3.53%, 4.92%, 10.66%, 15.68%, 13.52%

There’s obviously something more going than getting more links. Links would impact search engine rankings which impact traffic to the site. Links would not change the rate at which users click through the ads. It wouldn’t naturally jump 4x as much as we see from the first month to the 4th month.

eCPM triples from the first month to the fourth month as well.

Something else going on here is a major factor in the earnings. That reduces the expected income numbers by 3x to 4x depending on whether you go with CTR or eCPM. So take that final $150 a month number and put it closer to $40 (unless you get him to tell you what he did to get the high CTR rates). If it’s $37 a month, that doesn’t seem like a big win to me.

By: Rob Fore

Rob Fore — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:40:10 +0000

3waylinks will slowly link to 250 sites from your domain and add 250 incoming links to your domain over a period of about three months. This keeps your link popularity building slow but steady. After you have received all 250 incoming links, you will find an assortment coming from PR0 to PR5 links. You can check incoming links by logging into your account, click MY DOMAINS and then Links In.

By: Emily

Emily — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:00:45 +0000

Thanks Rob,

I am trying this out. I have about 20 sites cued up in the system, now.

What does it mean to have PR -1 links… is that bad?

Also, what is the best way to find out what links are pointing to your site?