Originally Posted by ironwebmaster

Because this forum is supposed to be useful for webmasters, it is also everyones' duty to speak up when something is wrong. I hate to defamate any business, but honestly my experience with hardlinks.org was far below my expectations. I know Ray will say it was most likely my own fault, that I didn't use the right keywords, or combinations of keywords.. he may even say my sites are crap and that's why it didn't help my situation.

But here is the thing. Once you receive your first link report, you quickly realize you're getting links from sites that are not only completely missing the niche - granny and gay links to a pornstar niche site..really? - but also that these sites are mostly cloned network sites with over 100 outgoing footer links. Unless you've lived under a rock for decades, you know that shit will hurt your site more than anything.

It's really not just about sending the search engines to your site, it's about getting editorial, contextual baclinks from highly ranked, authorative websites. Good backlinks are handpicked and negotiated guys, not purchased in bulk.

Again, Ray I apologize for the bad feedback, but this forum should have some transparency, and unless someone tells the truth, this forum becomes utterly useless.