I Paid $2,000 for Links and Rankings Didn’t Move: What Went Wrong and How to Fix It

https://dibz.me/blog/achieve-lasting-link-growth-with-ahrefs-a-practical-playbook-for-hong-kong-smbs-1054

Paid Links: How Often Do They Actually Move Rankings? The data suggests that buying links is rarely a magic bullet. Search engines still treat links as an important signal, but they are only one part of a larger system of ranking signals