The Product

View the sales page here. Cyberlinkpro is a link buying service. Essentially you buy a large number of links (1000+), which they place on related articles within thier network. The Cyberlinkpro network consist of over 1000 websites and 1 million articles so there is a fair selection to choose from.

The Experiment

To test the service I will use my humor blog crazyfunk.com. The term I am trying to rank for is “crazy news” which has 6600 exact searches a month. So I purchased the Cyberlinkpro 1000 link package for $19.95/mth.

Start (Oct 4, 2009)

• Pagerank: 3
• Backlinks: 347
• Search Engine Position: 90
• Visitors via search engines (for the term crazy news, per month): 1

Week 1 (Oct 11, 2009)

• PR: 3 (-)
• BL: 1502 (+1155)
• SERP: 12 (+78)
• V: 9 (+8)

Week 2 (Oct 18, 2009)

• PR: 3(-)
• BL: 1612 (+110)
• SERP: 23 (-11)
• V: 15 (+6)

Week 3 (Oct 25, 2009)

• PR: 3 (-)
• BL: 1962 (+350)
• SERP: 10 (+13)
• V: 36 (+21)

Final (Nov 1, 2009)

• PR: 3 (-)
• BL: 1850 (-112)
• SERP: 8 (+2)
• V: 90 (+54)

Overall

• Pagerank: No Change
• Backlinks: +1503
• Search Engine Position: +82
• Visitors via search engines (for the term crazy news, per month): +89

The Verdict

Well the results overall were quite positive. In one month managed to get my site on the front page of google but just fell short of a top 3 position. The service itself is top class with the user interface very easy to use and very flexible. I even sent a support request through and got a detailed response within 24 hours which was pleasing and unexpected. Really can’t fault them for service or usability.

I guess the only issue is the recurring monthly fee. Was my extra 89 visitors a month worth $20? In my case no, but for a more lucrative keyword directly related to sales, an extra 89 visitors from the search engines can be worth $X,XXX. So it depends on your individual circumstances.

The Score

I have given Cyberlinkpro a respectable score of 81%. Simple to use, flexible, and reasonably effective make cyberlinkpro a valuable service for any webmaster. You can check out Cyberlinkpro by visiting thier website here.