Earlier today Juan Roman made a post asking for opinions about his decision not to buy any paid links. You can see the thread here: Decision not to buy links
So, for this week's poll I thought I would ask folks if they have bought any paid links in the past year. Besides voting in the poll, be sure to share your opinion on the topic, and how it has changed over time.
I know personally I have not bought any paid links in a very long time. In fact, the only instance I remember of ever "paying" for a link was more than two decades ago, back when Yahoo! was an important and popular directory. At the time I paid a one-time fee for their staff to review CasinoCity.com and decide whether they thought it was appropriate to list. My recollection is that the fee I paid was around $100, and I definitely remember the site was accepted and a listing was published. Using the wayback engine, I can see that the site was included back on the 5th of December 1998 as shown on the following snapshot of the directory page where it was listed: web.archive.org/web/19981205113021/http://dir.yahoo.com:80/Business_and_Economy/Companies/Gambling/Casinos/Directories/. It was probably listed before then, but that is the earliest date that page is saved in the wayback machine.
Michael