Rank Jumpers Review
Posted by Ben Sibley on Jan 31, 2012 | 22 comments- Rank Jumpers is now closed -
Rank Jumpers is a new high PR blog network. You may have heard of Build My Rank before as this is the most popular blog network. Rank Jumpers is a very similar alternative to Build My Rank.
At a Glance:
- Average PageRank: 1.8
- Length Requirement: 150 Words
- Number of Domains (basic): 5
- Size of Network: 1,000+
- Cost: $57.95/month
There are 8 factors that I consider when grading the quality of a blog network. They are:
- SERP Movement
- PageRank Distribution
- Blog Diversity/reach
- Level of distribution
- Niche Specific or non-niche specific
- Length of time on homepage
- Indexation
- Ease of use
*I will be updating this review with new info and insights over time.
SERP Movement
I have been using Rank Jumpers to get a lot of first page rankings. However, I don’t have a definitive case study for you. I’m going to be using RJ exclusively to get this page as the #1 result for “Rank Jumpers Review”. Stay tuned!
[UPDATE] I am now the #1 result for “rank jumpers review”
February 1st, #5
February 6th, #1
That was too easy! I’ll add more ranking case studies shortly with exclusive use of Rank Jumpers!
PageRank Distribution
Rank Jumpers does a pretty good job at supplying its users with PR blogs. Personally, I don’t place too much stake on PR, but it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that more is better! I’ve taken a sample of 20 posts to use consistently throughout this review, here is the PageRank distribution for these 20 posts:
- PR 4: 1
- PR 3: 6
- PR 2: 5
- PR 1: 4
- PR 0: 4
Average PR / Post = 1.8
As you can see the majority of blogs are either PR2 or PR3 which in my opinion is pretty good. Some more PR4+ blogs would be nice, but I would rather see even fewer PR 0 blogs.
Level of Distribution
Some networks syndicate your content to a variety of sites in their network. Much like BMR, RankJumpers submits your post to one blog. While it would be nice to get further distribution and links from each post written, I am a fan of this system for a few reasons:
- This helps the network keep its integrity because every site has all unique content which in the end will help strengthen your links.
- Links from the same content quickly lose value
- One 150 word post takes very little time to write (or very little $$ to outsource), so I like the idea of using a fresh post for every link.
Niche Specific VS Non- Niche Specific Blogs
Some blog networks categorize their sites by niche to ensure your content only gets published on relevant domains that have other relevant content. While Rank Jumpers does ask you to select a category for every new project/domain you’re building links to, I can’t say that I’ve really seen the difference. My articles are usually published on domains with content from many different niches and non thematic domain names. This makes for less relevant links.
One really nice part about RJ is that all 20 posts from my sample had a great URL structure. Here’s what I mean:
www.someblog.com/my-post-title
There wasn’t a single post URL that looked like this:
www.someblog.com/?=id5209
Or anything like that. This is good for making the links more relevant and helpful for rankings.
Site Diversity (Reach)
It is important that you get links from new sites consistently in order to get the best results. One problem that many users face with blog networks is that they don’t get the IP diversity that they were expecting. This happens even when a network boasts thousands of sites. The cause is either a small number of sites in your niche or a poor distribution system.
Rank Jumpers fell a bit short of my expectations by having 20 posts published to 13 different blogs. I find this a bit disappointing since the posts aren’t published on niche specific sites, so I don’t see the reason for the lack of diversity.
I have to say, I am noticing an increase in the diversity of sites published to. Not to excuse the fact, but I will keep a close eye on my data and update in the coming weeks.
Length of Time on Homepage
The truth is that any post you write for any blog isn’t going to be on the homepage forever. Eventually it will slip into the archives. That being said, I do like to see my posts get some time to hang out on the root domain.
Rank Jumpers performed extremely well in these regards. Most posts spent at least a few days on the homepage, and many spend weeks.
This also leads me to the next issue with blog networks.
Post Indexation
One last, but very important factor is the indexing rate of the posts. If your posts don’t get indexed then your links won’t be crawled, and if your links aren’t crawled then you’ve wasted your time.
During my collection of the 20 random posts for sampling, I had to skip over 1 post because it was not indexed. This gives me an indexing rate of 95% from my analysis. Not bad if you ask me, but I would like to see it at 100%.
Ease of Use
Rank Jumpers is a very easy system to use. It looks very similar to BMR for any users wondering. You create “Projects” where you can manage and add your “links” and “posts.” Projects take about a day to be approved as do the posts you submit. Also, all posts are quick-checked with Copyscape, so no copied content! Once again, I think this is great for the network and all users since it protects the networks integrity.
Final Thoughts
Overall, I think Rank Jumpers is a pretty good system. I am having good results with it and am happy to pay for it. They have a 7-day Free Trial, so you can try it out before buying as well.
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Ben,
Thanks so much for this review. I have used BMR in the past, and was very disappointed to see they have closed registration even to people like myself that had temporarily taken a break from their accounts. I’m very intrigued by your review of Rank Jumpers and will definitely at least give the trial for a spin.
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Awesome, glad you enjoyed it Lucas!
Looks like they aren’t allowing new sign ups at the moment either.
Hey Mike,
I emailed them about this – looks like the link was just broken! They’re still accepting new members.
That’s weird. I just went to the sign up page and it looks like the link is still broken. I’ll contact them. Thanks Ben.
Hmm okay thanks Mike, hope they get it worked out soon.
Question,
How often did you submit your articles? Every 3rd day? Every other day? What worked for you?
Usually 1/day or if I’m linking to a few different URLs in one project then I use the 1-3 links/day. My site already has loads of backlinks, but if your site is newer then I would either recommend 1/day or 1/every other day.
Cool, thanks for the quick reply and great review.
Good review Ben might have to give this a try after using BMR
Thanks Brendan, I’ll be adding some more ranking data for RJ as well as some reviews for other networks in the near future.
Would love to see them! Contextual link building is great not just for links but some of the higher quality blog networks also have a lot of traffic which is also great for your site.
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Absolutely, the next two on the way are for LinkVana and Traffickaboom. It just takes a while to gather some solid data and then compile it all.
Just got an email from their admin:
“About the multiple links…
I’m sure you’re aware that the latest google update has changed rankings calculations based on linking structure and google has updated algorithms to look for un-natural lining patterns. In fact at
least 4 high profile networks have seen significant de-indexing by google over the past 2 weeks, and 2 have shut down. Ours is doing well but we need to protect it and our customers and do not allow
multiple links per post. This will protect your sites and the network. We will also be rolling out new rules to better promote latent semantic indexing soon.”
Seen any decrease in your rankings from this? Thanks!
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Hey Mike,
I didn’t get that email, but I totally agree with it and understand why they only allow one link per post – I would do the same if I ran a network. I have not seen any decrease in my rankings. Just occasional fluctuations (like usual) and a steady increase.
Hi Ben,
I liked your review, but I had a few issues with RankJumpers personally. I’ve been using BMR for a long time and had great luck with them. Recently, the new Google updates have been causing my rankings to dance alot, so I decided to give RankJumpers a try. I found their system to be a little more confusing than BMR, but that is probably just because I was so used to BMR. The biggest problem I had with them is that their customer service is non-existent. I called their customer service line multiple times over a few days and always got the same voicemail recording saying that they were on the other line. I left several voicemails and emails and never got a response. The service got scary for me when I tried to cancel the recurring credit card charges. I was unable to find any way of cancelling my account on their site and was also unable to get ahold of anyone via email or phone to cancel my account. I am still unsure about what is going to happen, but am planning to contact my credit card company and do a chargeback if they do try to charge me for another month. I definitely would not recommend this company.
Hmm Mark that sounds alarming. From my experience the customer service has been great – I’ve always gotten prompt responses from them. I’ve contacted them for many things like bugs I found (which they fixed for me) and more importantly:
I was overcharged one month (sort of my fault) and I emailed them about it, and they refunded the extra charge the next day, no problem. I haven’t tried to call them for any reason, but I always get a fairly quick response from support (at) rankjumpers.com.
When dealing with a new startup I’m always pretty relaxed because they’re more likely to have glitches and small mistakes. Regardless, they’ve resolved all of my problems thus far.
This really pains me to say as I don’t want to insult you, but because your experience has been so different to mine, the industry is so competitive, and I haven’t seen anyone else having this problem, I have to entertain the possibility that you are from another blog network.
I will keep a very close eye on what I hear about other people’s experiences with Rank Jumpers and if this is a common trend I will withdraw my support and cease to promote this network.
Hi Ben,
I have just heard that BMR is dead, but Rank Jumper is avalaible?
Thanks.
Yes, it seems that BMR’s doors have closed, but Rank Jumpers is still taking on new customers.
After BMR got hit, what’s your thoughts on a network like this? Do you still think it’s worth the risk, now that we know they are specifically going after link networks? This isn’t much different from BMR, as far as I can tell.
Hey David,
Yup it was just a matter of time before Google started outing the blog networks. There has always been risk using BNs and that risk seems more apparent than ever. This is why I always have and continue to recommend link diversity. For now, blog networks are still the easiest way to rank higher and I will personally continue to utilize, but not depend upon them.
Really great point you discuss with us. Its very valuable and informative post for me.
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