I got asked to review Backlinks Genie and Synnd, but I don’t always review everything I’m asked to since there’s some stuff that’s just not worth investing my time and energy into testing, so Synnd review is out and Backlinks Genie is in.
Synnd’s out basically because there’s tons of methods and tools you can use to accomplish what Synnd does, but for a lot less or even one time fee ( I guess that’s my review of Syndd, then 
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Backlinks Genie – another wickedfire.com forum member special, just like DripFeedBlasts service.
Other reviews of this fairly new service are positive but these people are all buddy-buddied up, cliqued up, friended-up, and doing the same ole same ole shite people always do on forums, they pump each other’s stuff up, that’s normal.
I used to be active on forums but am now just a lurker because back in the day, forums are where I dropped some knowledge and reviews and subsequently got hit up for testimonials and stuff, so best thing to do was to lose my log in info for those places and just lurk, buy, don’t ask for review copies, and let you know what’s up with things.
Running at the mouth here, sorry, so what’s Backlinks Genie do?
You get 9k links/month basically
- Could be 9k verified blog comments a month, at 300/day via blog engine platform
- Could be 30 profile links/day via
- Profiles link wheels – 30/day on PR 4 sites
- Web 2.0 site creation 15 sites
Breaking this down piece by piece…
Blog comments – 9k verified/month
The owner’s stated that their “source list ” for Blog Engine links is 9k, and with some additions and removals and user suggestions the numbers will go up, if anything. This should give you pause for thought here, because it’s not something you really want to tap into right away, because after 1 month or so or 300 blog comments/day you’ve tapped the system out but that’s ok, too here’s why…
The blog comments can be used to link up your profiles and your web 2.0s pretty easily, to at very least get them indexed and send some link juice towards them…
Web 2.0 creations – Upload a piece of spun content and give BacklinksGenie the titles of some subdomains (keyword rich) that you want created and the Genie goes out and makes these Web 2.0 “nuke” runs.
The numbers are pretty lame here when you consider that SERPAssist, Rank Builder and SE Nuke can do the same if not more for this, but Backlink sGenie is more of an SE Nuke competitor that a wanna be SE Nuke. And Backlinks Genie has the interface that SE Nuke should have always had; nice and clean, using SERP Assist-like delays on things, but not requiring you to babysit the “nukes” whilst they go out and do everything”. Just enter in some spun titles for sub-domains, upload a spun article, hit submit and check back the next day, to see if it ran and what the report stated got done.
Rumors are…
Backlinks Genie might be adding in a new feature/functionality to post to pre-existing Web 2.0 site again, with more content and I think that’s very wise, because most quality sites, whether they be web 2.0s or self-hosted sites… generally have more than once piece of content on them right?
Plus creating multi-page Web 2.0s allows your Web 2.0s site to gain some traction, remain indexed for longer without additional help, and could get some real traffic, instead of just being the one-and-done one page sites created purely for backlinks purposes.
Profiles Linking – rumors are….finally someone did it right?
Profiles link wheels are created when one profile created links to another, and the 2d profile slinks to the 3….so if I made a member profile at Michael Jackson fan club site, it would link to the member profile created on the Dan McGonagle fan club site , and both of those profiles would direct link to someplace else, like a web 2.0 url, money site etc….
Profile 1> links to Profile 2> links to Profile 3
Profiles 1,2,and 3 link to other urls too not just each other.
Backlinks Genie only has a list of 400 forums where they’re going to be doing this profile slink wheels. If you ever read the BacklinksBlackBelt report you’ll know that the author of that using this method for his profiles link building but did it manually, and it proved very effective for him.
I prefer to call this method daisy-chain-profiles-linking but no matter… does it work, should it even be attempted or i sit a waste of time?
Well, what’s the purpose of daisy chaining profiles? To get NEXT, or PREVIOUS profile links indexed?
Why only 400 sites? Because these are the only good high Page Rank sites that allow for dofollow daisy chain anchor text linking?
That would explain the low numbers, high Page Rank concentration here…
Do profiles on Page Ranked sites offer more link juice, more links capacity more SEO benefits?
I personally don’t think so (have no proof one way or another) which is why I use dripfeedblasts to get these types of profiles links in massive quantities and get like 2% of them indexed on their own.
If profiles on High PR sites deliver more value, then you could do this on a more labor-intensive, “peasant” style and use sick Profile Maker and buy 100s of dollars worth of links packets to achieve almost the same thing (may not be able to daisy chain though).
NOTE: I’ve done tests with some readers here using Sick Profile Maker and 100s of dollars of links packets, and when compared against the ROI from using DripFeedblasts, DFB was the winner, even with much lower success rates than hand-picked paid-for links packets and using semi-automated Sick Profile Maker.
NOTE #2: SE Nuke current version has a profiles maker too for about 450 sites, and for some reason those profiles and links obtained from there seem to deliver an extra kick to some SEO campaigns we’ve run, so there may be added value in getting links from and profiles created on higher PR higher quality sites. I’m just telling you flat-out that I haven’t tested this yet but have seen results with both methods.
Anyhow, the real value with any automated linking tool is convenience factors and minimal writing/time costs and you get that here with Backlinks Genie.
Scheduling:
As I mentioned earlier, there’s 3 types of campaigns you can run, blog comments, profiles link wheels and web 2.0s… and Backlinks Genie has a weekday scheduling option and calendar scheduler that allows you to dictate when these run.
Reports:
You get reports once campaigns have been run, and links created. you’ll want to use these reports to check for existence of backlinks, of existence of sites created, then use those lists and perhaps put them into the scheduler for verified blog comments to link those urls up and get them indexed…
Testing it out:
80% blog comments for right now, 1 Web 2.0 run per week… will let you know how it goes in a follow up post
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9K links a month is a ton of links to the money page, if you only do 1 keyword, and are doing 10 keywords to your money page, you could do that for 10 months. I mean, isn’t it natural to comment to those who comment to you? Depending on how may pages you are doing linking to to internal pages, you could choose 30 different pages to do 300 links to in a month. So, really, if you do it right, it could be very useful!
Thanks DD. Yea, this is service isn’t designed for massive numbers, and maybe I should have said that in the review post, but it’s really designed for building link juice to link wheels, doing tiered linking layered linking etc….
Daniel, it makes sense to use this to do link layering. The point is, if you over do something, it is called “spam” . There is an old saying that says “all things in moderation” though I don’t completely agree with that in all aspects of life, when it comes to SEO, link wheels, and link layering, it makes sense.
If you are a “link bomber” or a “spammer” stay away from doing SEO, just do e-mails and don’t ruin things for the rest of us!
Daniel’s advice is very keen and to the point and should be listened too. He should be charging us all for the work he does and his advice! So when he speaks I suggest listening!
Hi Daniel,
I think there must be a misunderstanding about Synnd.
1. There is no other tool on the market that brings 900+ members together to perform inbound social buzz functions. It’s one thing to bookmark content once (with a tool)… It’s another thing if hundreds of people bookmark your content.
>>> A. Produces deep inbound traffic (important for the Google caffeine update)
>>> B. Establishes “social proof” AKA “social buzz” which is an independent ranking factor not to be confused with inbound link building.
I would challenge you to look deeper at Synnd… Synnd is not just another tool that can be bought somewhere… Synnd’s power lies in the number of members it has… Each member’s computer is performing promotional tasks 24/7 while barely using any computer processing power at all.
Synnd’s current outgoing promotions are over 35,000 per day. We’re currently adding new servers which will increase our network capacity to almost 250,000 promotional actions per day.
Synnd is in a class all by itself and has to be independently tested. So before saying … “Synnd’s out basically because there’s tons of methods and tools you can use to accomplish what Synnd does” …
… This statement is incorrect … Synnd has many other modules as well that are worth testing.
Contact me and we’ll get you a review account set up.
Thank you,
Charles
The statement I wrote there is correct. I could name 3-4 services and or tools that can do mega social bookmarking and buzz building…
Sent you my Skype details
Will be interesting to see what you believe to be comparable. Most people believe Synnd to be a link builder… This is a side benefit but not the main purpose.
Also note that your definition of buzz building may be different than mine. Synnd is not a mega bookmarker it is a social proof engine… there is a difference.
I look forward to connecting
Synnd’s a buzz builder I get that. Buzz building meaning getting more attention to something, group tweets, relevant people from relevant niches all doing what lots of social media experts do, they connect with others, hopefully in same niche, network with other people to leverage social media for exposure to stuff. Building buzz gets targeted eyeballs and targeted traffic on and to webpages, creates news out of nothing, if need be.
As far as a link building tool in concerned it’s a long term tactic, with the hopes that the exposure and news not only brings eyeballs, but maybe even some natural links too. I know pro-SEOs who say they can get 1k backlinks from a few days on a social media campaign by hitting leveraging points (ie, Tweets from high profile bloggers, bookmarks etc…) but I’ve also been told that this is more of a direct traffic method, whereas we’re talking about link building for increased rankings here on this site.
Simple Leveraging, Viral Bookmarking, bookmarking exchange, Stumbleupon exchanges even…. those build Buzz to a certain degree and are comparable. Bookmarking Demon is just for building social links and that’s apples and oranges time there. Syndd is a social media engine for building buzz and exposure, with my “interpretation” of buzz being described above.
you’re getting warmer …
I will take a set of 5 of your older blog posts and use Synnd to increase their ranking for specific keywords. I will do this without any link building. Deep inbound social buzz is an independent ranking factor all by itself.
I get that this blog is about link building son this is why you won’t review Synnd… I just wanted to pop in to clarify that Synnd is not a link builder and should not be classified along side other link builders.
You have a great blog here BTW … I’m now a follower.
Charles
What benefit does SYnnd have over BM demon with 100 plus accounts on every major BM site?
I can get 50 delicious’s on an article (along with 50+ Reddit’s etc) in about 2 hours for a one off fee.
Please explain why your product is better than this (ps the 200 emails I bought from BHW cost less than 10 bucks, and is the only ongoing or extra cost this product has ever had for me)
If I’m missing the point I would be quite interested in checking this product out.
Backlinks Genie sounds great, I love the link wheel forum idea. Very much looking forward to your review. Thanks for this great site!
I found this review of Synnd to be very complete and it mirrors my own experience: http://www.powerofcomparison.com/synnd-review#Who-uses-SYNND-2.
I enjoy your blog…as it provides a real service to those looking for tested results. Thanks.
That’s a good review, although I’m not sure why anyone would want to rank for the term “Youtube SEO”…
The members – pumping each others products – does get old, but it works. That’s why supporting this site with your affy codes is a must. I look forward to the results on this one.
Dan, I am extremely interested in hearing your review on Synnd, because it looks like you pay a monthly subscription and then you pay to do projects, not sure how I feel about that, but interested to hear your review as your opinion in-valuable to me!
Dan, I am curious to hear if synnd has made an impression on you. At least the owner is willing to come on here and defend his product.
Well, Charles said the set up is a bit complicated, so he’s going to run 5 urls of mine that have settled through his account. right now I found 3 old blog posts that have settled and could be a good test, I just need to find 2 more is all, then test begins
sounds like interesting software i use sick submitter for my link building services but i may have to get this and try it out. Do they have a demo im interested in trying? please let me know at my email provided aat this post.
thanks
joe
Hi Dan,
I’ve gone through about 1/3 to 1/2 of your reviews if not more. I appreciate the candidness. It’s hard to find candid straight forward people online, especially with reviews.
I’ve had SEnuke, RankBuilder, and have heard loads about SLV, and the works. I used SEnuke for a major client in the insurance field and I have easy keywords. (By that, I mean intitle’s of 10k or less, mainly 2k or less and low pr competeting sites.) The thing is, is indexing of the whole SEnuke process and moving up.
So, my point and question in responding to you is this…..If you had to only 1 service to choose which would it be?
LinxBoss? Something else? Seems you flow in and out of certain services, but I’m curious about what works, right now! I need to get results (as I’m sure everyone does) but I’m just trying to get through all the rubbish to get to a single product to use until something else more effective proves to win out over what I’m doing.
Thanks! Hopefully you get back to this. If you wouldn’t mind I’d like to exchange skype or email with you. If possible, great. If not, I understand as well!
Many blessings,
Chris
Daniel, it would be nice for you to share the other services that are alternatives (hopefully cheaper) to synnd
Interesting discussion around Synnd. Would be interesting to know some more details. Thanks
Hi Dan, regarding your statement here saying that “I’ve done tests with some readers here using Sick Profile Maker and 100s of dollars of links packets, and when compared against the ROI from using DripFeedblasts, DFB was the winner, even with much lower success rates than hand-picked paid-for links packets and using semi-automated Sick Profile Maker.”
I have DFB and also using Sick Profile Maker too. You mentioned DFB results are better than Sick? Is it because of the time needed to run sick, although you can compile higher PR forums using Sick. And do you really think indexing these profile links is a important factor. As often or not, if nothing is done on the profile links, they don’t get indexed and people say that if the profile links don’t get indexed, they don’t get accounted for, thus not having any effect on the ranking. I have DFB blast 1k links to a site for 1-2 weeks now, but I only get less than 1-2% of them indexed. So I reckon there is a need to get these links indexed. I am using Backlink Energizer, it does help a bit, but not a high % of the links get indexed too. I am getting more and more anxious to get all these DFB and sick profile links indexed. Do you have any advise on that (meaning getting the links indexed)? Thanks..
Erik, yes, time factor is what makes me like DFB better. I don’t understand why DFB folks don’t just buy these packets and add them in to their source list though.
Yes, you should get these indexed, but more as an afterthought, so you’re not spending time indexing urls that might get deleted in 2 months anyways .
As far as getting those profiles indexed, there’s tons of ways, Energizer, rolling sitemaps, even DFB itself, BIE sites, etc….
Thanks Dan for the advise. I will try more methods to get these links indexed.. And yeah it will be good if DFB get those packets, or we (as users) can contribute too
I am sure a lot of users will want to be able to add in their own sites as well..
Hello all
yes Synnd WOULD be a great tool IF it did what it said. unfortunately the problem with synnd is that it simply does not work as promised/advertised, there are a number of users in the synnd forum who are not getting any ‘promotions’ on their campaigns since as far as early september, other members are seeing credits deducted yet when they go check the Digg or Reddit sites their campaigns have no votes, no diggs nothing.
And members are told all the time that ‘new servers are being added’
Just to add a different opinion
Ricardo
Hi.
I’m testing Backlinks Genie since a while now. The interface is great. If it works or not… I don’t know. What’s your experience with it so far?
Thanks
Dan
Dan, nice name. Some of the best people I know have that name.
BLG, I wish their download links reports were line by line to make it easier to do “stuff” with those urls, but index-check them, put them through a backlink boosting program, etc…. Web 2.0 thing went well, but really wish the web 2.0 re-post option would become available soon. Also decided to test their profiles link wheel option for a bit to see how that’s working. So no real opinion on effectiveness of service yet. You can do the same amount of web 2.0 and profiles building with Rank builder and maybe even SERP Assist
Thanks Dan for the fast reply
I really like all the web based services. Because in my experience they are easier to use. No need to run an monitor a local software.
I’m running a SEM company here in Germany with a partner. And every backlinking service which is 100% automated helps us to scale.
So at the moment we are using:
Linx Boss
Dripfeed
Backlinks Genie
BuildmyRank (Doesn’t accept german websites. Will cancel that soon)
ArticleRanks (Still manual upload work, but could be outsourced. And you need the Articles.)
So we are always looking for ways to automated the backlinking activities. If there would be a nice service which offers that in combination with some decent reports.. That would be awesome.
An outsourcing service wouldn’t help. We need something where I can change the amount of backlinks on the fly. Depending on the ranking of the customer and how urgent he needs results. Or if we want to do it slower for some customers
Have a great day
Dan
On this whole “WEB2.0 creation” stuff.
I’ve tried every tool on the market I can think of. Nike, MS, SERPassist and many others.
Can’t be bothered with any of them. The incomplete profiles they create for the user a a huge footprint. (profiles with default theme, no user photo, no “interests” filled in, no “sex” set, etc etc)
The difficulty most have in posting subsequent content means they are already on the slow conveyor to deletion the minute you make them.
You know what?
Getting a list of 20 dofollow high PR sites, then picking 8 at random and setting up profiles and posting content you spin in say Best Spinner – takes about 70 minutes to do the lot.
Sure that’s 55 minutes more than “Nuke”, but you have total control. I can make a web structure – including writing and spinning the first piece of content – between when I get in my office at 8:45 and the time for my first coffee at 10:30 am.
When a project need updating I can add a couple of spokes, or add content to the existing ones in minutes.
Paying a hundred+ a month to watch sign up failures and submission errors has stopped being my idea of fun (even serpassist fails – apparently due to decaptcha errors more often than not)
The REAL hard work is creating thousands of stickable links to boost your hi PR articles and web structures.
Cutting and pasting text into a simple wordpress.com blog or squidoo lens is the work of 90 seconds maximum.
It’s mass linking all this stuff that takes the time.
Are you finding it easy to index the web 2.0 sites you are putting up?
Just wondering….
Hey dan,
Any update on Backlinks Genie? I had posted a question about the effectiveness of blog commenting on another one of your posts regarding Jim’s service. Still wondering if you are seeing any good results with these types of links.
Matt, sorry for lack of updates here. The blog commenting isn’t having much of (or any) effect on a low comp EMD used for this test
Hmm, not looking too good then. Official thumbs down?
Expensive for what it does, but could be good one stop shop for someone with just a few sites and seeking low maintenance low management type of SEO service, then all you’d have to do is submit one spin a week, then add in the blog commenting and profiles and what not for rest of the week, but the blog commenting isn’t working that well at all for an EMD with low comp, it’s moved, or danced from #10 to #9, but lately hasn’t dropped to #9
So I signed up for BLG today… so far it looks good; my first campaign will run tomorrow. Seems expensive, but maybe quality is good enough to justify. Will see.
I can see how this becomes addicting… I am currently experimenting with LinkBoss, DripFeedBlasts and now this…
OK, I added you on Skype, so we can go over some things.
Readers here want to increase rankings using all means necessary or just some, so it’d be relevant, or as you would say “thematic” to the site content to review it, so I’m down with that I guess.
social buzz to increase rankings… interesting