TNX Review
TNX.net is a website that allows you to buy or sell text links on any webpage in their marketplace. Upon first going to TNX.net you will see a quick break down of the primary features advantages and benefits of their program for Website Publishers and Advertisers which I will go into later on in the review. But what you'll see next are the stats showing the sheer size of their network.
At the time of this review, there are over 25,966,645 pages that links can be purchased on. You'll also notice that there are currently 52,808 users on the site with a daily growth rate of .23% (about 121 new users a day!) So you should already know by these numbers that TNX is an established marketplace for buying and selling text links that not only serves to pad your wallet but also to improve your rank in the SERPS.
Selling Text Links
What I like most about being a website publisher on the site is the fact that you simply copy and paste the TNX code into your website and the links are automatically listed to be sold to thousands of advertisers. You also don't have to spend any time figuring out the price of the link as this is calculated automatically (based on PageRank, link popularity, inbound links etc.). They also only take a 12.5% cut as opposed to some other services out there. You can also get paid out via PayPal which is always a plus.
The process for adding the code to your website, a new website to their marketplace and selling your TNX points is very simple. This is all done via your control panel which also displays the number of TNX points you have. From the single forum I have added to TNX.net nearly two months ago I've gathered 7,847 points.
Currently you can sell 1,000 points for $.78, but this number will continue to go up as the TNX network grows too. There is a way to sell your 1,000 points for $.82 but I don't want to adhere to the guidelines to get the higher payout. The first line on the guidelines is the only one that doesn't make it worth it for me:
1. Links are not all in one block (up to 4 links), but spreaded throughout entire page (4 blocks). Only one link is allowed in footer.
I would prefer to just have all of my links in the footer as opposed to setting up the code in additional spots to ensure I meet the requirements. But if you're generating thousands of points and have several spots on your website that you can add different blocks to then I would recommend doing so to get the extra five cents each time you sell 1,000 points.
Going back to the number of points I've accumulated you'll see that I've made about $6.00 worth of points which may not seem like a lot for having the code installed for nearly two months, but as I recently discovered I could have made four times that much! 
From your site list there is a link that you can click to "show site options" this pops down (picture to your right) and you'll notice that there is a way to increase the number of links sold on your website. I had it left at 1, but after writing this review have since increased that to 4. I left this number at the default of one because I never really noticed that you can increase the number of links sold on a website because this is not mentioned anywhere else in the TNX control panel. I really think that the site options should just all be displayed by default because it also shows you a lot of other important information.
Another great feature is that you're able to go in and see the links that are put on your website and delete or block them from showing on those pages again. Because I'm using a forum I've sold 401 links, but most of these links are on pages without a page rank so if you have a site with multiple websites with at least a page rank of one you're going to earn a lot more points. As an example, on my forum I am getting 750 points a month for a PR2 link.
Buying Text Links
As an alternative to selling your points you can also easily use the points to buy links of your own. I love the ability to just take what you've already earned from selling links and apply it towards buying links. The concept sounds so simple, yet there are so many other publisher programs that don't allow you to take the money you've earned and spend it through their advertising program so I'm happy to see TNX offering this. Now almost everyone knows that inbound links and the anchor text used for those links play a key role in determining where you sit in the SERPS for various keywords and phrases, so one strategy to improve your ranking is to purchase links.
Like the control panel for users looking to add new websites, sell points and check out their list of websites there's also an equally easy to use control panel for advertisers.
It's very easy to set up a campaign in three simple steps. First you set up the the initial steps of the campaign by choosing the category of websites you want the links to be displayed in (obviously choose categories related to what you'll be promoting). Each category also has a little "$" indicator to show which links are more expensive "$$$" and which sites are less expensive "$". You're also able to select which websites you want to advertise on based on the number of Yahoo Backlinks and Google Page Rank and even which language the website is in. After you select all of these options you then set the number of points you want to spend each month.
After inputting all of these options you'll be able to see an estimation on how many links you will be purchasing. So if you look at the final number and realize you want to get more links than that simply increase the point spending limit, or lower the page rank of pages you're targeting and it automatically updates the estimated number of links you can get.
Second you will be setting up the actual text of the campaign. Pictured below is the "simple" way to set up the text for your campaign:
But you can also choose an advanced option to put in several different variations of keywords that will be randomly used before your link, for your link and after the link. So the end result is several different phrases and links that point towards the same webpage. It's always recommended that you don't use the same link and instead provide some variation so that your links look "real" to search engines.
Lastly you can set the number of links you want to appear in the variations of page rank and yahoo backlinks. It's recommended that you don't put all your eggs in one basket and instead seperate the links you plan to purchase accross all of the categories. You can also limit the number of links that will display on the same website as well which helps to add a further level of control as to where your links show up.
Wrap Up
Overall, I am very pleased with TNX.net and am happy to say it's made the distinction of being offered on the Chris Recommends list which contains quality products, services and or companies that I have personal experience using and recommend to my readers. It made my job much easier to do this review for TNX when I had already been using the service for nearly two months. It also makes me feel more confident in recommending that you sign up for an account and test out the service on some of your websites. I plan to add the TNX code to more of my websites and purchase multiple campaigns in the coming months.
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Finally! An explanation on this I can understand.
I’ve seen a lot of TNX reviews lately Chris, but hardly one that is as thorough as yours, thanks!
Nice review, I have used TNX on a few sites I am trying to promote and it is great for those odd high PR sites you would overwise not get.
I tried using this but did not find the point system too exciting… I would have preferred system like TLA rather.
Well, the thing about TLA is that I’ve been penalized by Google for using them. TNX seems to do a much better job of avoiding search engines.
I hope they are better than TLA, I haven’t tried them yet.
Is it too risky to use TNX? I don’t want my site to de-index
Promoting their affiliate program is quite a profitable idea as well. Concerning the link building, as long as one uses this program to get limited number of links is good. Otherwise he risks a google penalty or something like that.
Is it too risky to use TNX? I don’t want my site to de-index
I haven’t had any issues with it yet. Try it out on some sites you don’t care about as much