Points To Note Before Opting For A Paid Review

Written by Aravind Jose T.  |  under Blogging, Featured
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Money Trail (by *ian*)

Paid Reviews are considered to be the easiest way out there to grab some green money after you’ve gained some reputation/authority in the blogosphere. And many bloggers, who crave for traffic and in turn money, decides on getting their blogs reviewed by those ‘big-guys’. It’s not a good or bad discussion; But, since this invloves real bucks, you need to be sure that you’re money isn’t being wasted.

  1. First of all, do an extensive research on where to get your blog reviewed, as there thousands people out there, offering you paid reviews.
  2. Get to know about the stats of the site/blog you’re planning to get your blog reviewed-by. You can use free tools like, Alexa, Compete, Google Trends for websites etc to do that.
  3. Select the blog/site that has got the most number of subscribers (RSS/email). Many display their subscriber counts on the blog itself. If not, you could ask the author to reveal the count.
  4. Try to get reviewed by a blog/site that is in the same niche as your blog.
  5. In my opinion, DO NOT opt for a MMO (Make-Money-Online) blog. Getting reviewed by them might give you a sudden boost in the traffic, but believe me, it’s not gonna’ last for sure. The readers of those blogs are fast-paced and horribly impatient, and they won’t even bother to read even one of your posts.
  6. DO NOT pay for a review at a blog, where you haven’t been before. Before planning to get reviewed, be at that blog for quite some time, participate actively, and get to know the community.
  7. Ask the reviewer to include atleast 2 DoFollow links and a link to your Feed

  8. Most importantly, before taking the final decision, have a word with someone who’ve already been reviewed by the particular blog you’ve decided upon.
    Ask him about the views he got, the increase in number of subscribers etc.
    This is the best and the most effective step to ensure that you get the value for what you shell out.

Do you have any more notes on things to note before deciding for a paid review ? Have you ever got your blog reviewed and what was the result?