Is this a Good Idea?

[msliz]

Hi Everyone!

I received a request from a link building specialist, at least that's what he titled himself, offering to place a text link on my home page and he would pay me a monthly fee for it.

The text link is relevant to what my site is about and the site being linked to is also a relevant site, however I'm curious as to what you all may think about this or if you have any words of wisdom for or against such an offer.

Anyone have experience with this?

[Michelle Waters]

[msliz]

Hi Michelle,

Actually the link does offer services and products that I would personally recommend to my readers. I also do have a list of services, products and information that I link to, but I was just wondering if anyone has had experience with this sort of offer and if there are any negetive effects that anyone can think of.

Thanks

[doc333]

I would consider it if the rate was a decent advertisement rate. You would still need to check it out though, is it just a link or is it a javascript code?

[msliz]

Just a small two word text link. The only draw back is it will draw traffic away from my site, much like Adsense ads do but I'm not getting a bad rate so I might consider it.

Thanks for your input

[doc333]

can you target the link so that it opens in a new window when someone clicks on it? That way your site will still be open after the visitor has viewed that link

[mrsatwood]