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Links from sites people actually read
We earn placements on sites that have real traffic and real editors.
What is link building?
Link building is the work of earning links from other websites so search engines treat your pages as more trustworthy. Quality matters more than count. One link from a site with real readers and real editorial standards is worth more than fifty from directories, networks or sites that exist only to sell links.
Who this is for
If none of these sound like you, link building is probably not where your money should go first. Tell us what is happening and we will say so.
- Sites with good content and clean technicals that still sit on page two
- Competitive markets where every top result has hundreds of referring domains
- Stores and service businesses whose competitors outrank them on authority alone
- Agencies who need links delivered under their own brand
Scope
What is included
Every engagement covers all of this. Nothing here is an upsell once you have started.
Prospect vetting
We check real organic traffic, topical fit and whether the site has ever ranked for anything. Metrics alone are easy to fake.
Blogger outreach
New articles on relevant sites, written by writers who know the topic, with your link in context.
Niche edits
Placements inside existing articles that already rank and already get traffic.
Digital PR
Original data and comment pitched to journalists. Slower, more expensive, much harder to copy.
Anchor text planning
A natural mix across brand, URL, partial match and exact match. Over-optimised anchors are the fastest way to a penalty.
A full link report
Every URL, every anchor, every metric, every month. Nothing hidden behind a summary.
How it works
Link building inside the Rapid Rank Method
The same four steps we use on every engagement, applied to this service.
Audit
We compare your referring domains against the pages that outrank you and find the gap.
Plan
We decide which pages need links and what anchor mix is safe.
Build
We pitch, negotiate and place, then verify each link is live and indexed.
Report
We report every placement and track the ranking movement on the target pages.
What it costs
Priced per link, by the quality tier of the placement.
Full pricing for every service sits on one pricing page. No sales call needed to see a number.
Proof
Needs real data before launch
Three case studies, one per ICP, with before and after numbers you can prove and screenshots you have permission to publish.
The build throws if a published case study has an empty results array. See lib/content.ts. (PRD 16.1, PRD 9)
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Link building: questions we get asked
Are paid links against Google's guidelines?
Paying for a link that passes rank is against the guidelines. Most of the industry does some form of it. We tell you plainly which tier a placement sits in so you can make your own call on risk.
How many links do I need?
Look at the referring domains of the pages that outrank you for your target term. That number is your target, and the gap tells you the pace.
What metrics do you use to judge a site?
Real organic traffic from Ahrefs or Semrush first, then topical relevance, then outbound link patterns. Domain Rating alone is easy to inflate and we do not sell on it.
Do you use private blog networks?
No. They work until they do not, and the cleanup costs more than the links ever earned.
How fast will links move my rankings?
Most links take four to twelve weeks to show an effect, and the effect is largest on pages already sitting between positions five and twenty.
Can you build links to an ordinary service page?
Sometimes, and it is harder. Most editors will not link to a page that only sells. We often build links to a useful page and pass authority internally to the one that sells.
Ready to talk about link building?
Send us your website and we will tell you whether this is the right place to start. If it is not, we will say what is.