How expensive and time consuming is it to build such a backlink profile?
- Thread starter DezeeJk
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- Sep 7, 2017
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Bulk of the time only a small percentage of those links were built/bought by the owner of the website. And majority of the links are usually weak or low quality links that were autogenerated. They certainly didn't build 212k backlinks.
If you want to know the specific quality links that may have been acquired/built by the website owner, you may want to use the main Ahrefs tool or semrush tools and sort for do follow links, that are contextual, niche relevant and/or from quality and authority sites. Those are the kinds of links money would have been spent on.
Every other thing else, was most likely autogenerated and that's why you see an inflated number of backlinks. Sometimes they're social links too.
To your question proper, no one can tell you how much was spent unless they see the links to provide an idea.
- Jan 20, 2013
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Check their backlink profiles to see what kind of links they have built so far.
Social media buying is one of the hardest niche to rank, so they must be getting links from authority sites and lot of traffic guest posts.
See below screenshot of their RD
- Oct 29, 2014
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We cannot say how much time and money spent to build a backlink profile like this one. But I can say this might take years and spent some $$$$ to build like this one. It seems like they got combined backlinks. Like guest posts, authority links, niche PBN, General PBN. They might got these links periodically. Also they might got social signals, auto generated links those also considered as backlinks in tools. Their RD is 5K and backlink 212K. It indicates most of them were autogenerated.
hideath
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- Jun 16, 2019
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no one would really give an exact number,
the link profile could be consisting of 100 solid links or 2000 of them, you can't know without manually checking,
check the top 100-1K links and make an estimation of how much would you pay for such link(s),
relying on the referring domain/page won't give you an accurate number neither, it could be some link at the bottom of the page along with 100 OBLs,
for expired domains, the price typically range from $5K-$40K+- for any similar domains i've bid/seen,
it would be surely more for an established website ranking for sure
the link profile could be consisting of 100 solid links or 2000 of them, you can't know without manually checking,
check the top 100-1K links and make an estimation of how much would you pay for such link(s),
relying on the referring domain/page won't give you an accurate number neither, it could be some link at the bottom of the page along with 100 OBLs,
for expired domains, the price typically range from $5K-$40K+- for any similar domains i've bid/seen,
it would be surely more for an established website ranking for sure
- Oct 20, 2013
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There is no exact time range & it all depends on how you work on it. Don't concentrate on building a backlink profile similar to your competitors, it won't help much. You can sort out the list of legit websites and try getting the backlinks from them.
Also, do proper research to find what kind of keywords they are ranking, and what kind of articles/pages they are ranking for. Work around those topics and optimize your pages for search engine.
Also, do proper research to find what kind of keywords they are ranking, and what kind of articles/pages they are ranking for. Work around those topics and optimize your pages for search engine.
- Jul 30, 2012
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We can't pinpoint the exact time and money spent to build this number of links. However, they likely acquired links from various sources, such as guest posts, educational sites (Edu), PBNs, and others. A detailed analysis of their link profile would be necessary. This level of link building was not achieved in a short period.
dictatormarketing
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- Aug 15, 2024
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Actually it’s depends on quality and quantity.
OccultKingdoms
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- Mar 11, 2013
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Throwing tons of links at a site doesn't magically make money appear. It's not like stuffing more coins in a slot machine, doing "the doubling strategy each time you lose".
The real game is building a network of quality domains that work together smoothly. Think of it like a well-oiled machine, not a numbers game.
What truly matters?
How your sites flow, how users feel browsing them, the value they get. Good UX across your network? That's winning over trash links and "backlink profiles" any day of the week.
A few solid, relevant links from auction domains beat a heap of junk ones any day.
Focus on creating a web of sites that people actually want to explore. That's where the real payoff is. No shortcuts, just smart building for people by people. Not for algorithms that are past the stage of numbers since 12 years or so.
AI is intelligent and it knows you're trying to trick it. You can simulate Google AI on your computer. Maybe someone can make such a project to show fallacies of those approaches.
Clearly that backlink profile as a profile is trash:
- max do follows - weak ratios;
- probably messed up anchor texts;
- 3rd party metric boosted - DR.
You can get 200k backlinks using site-wide spamming. It's super easy to automate such a thing in a month and replicate that shit, but it doesn't work beyond selling trash domains market (scamming people).
Ok, if we're skeptic, we can maybe get some general search engine visibility boost, but then the days of mass drops will come and instead of lasting 10 years, sites will last 6 months. And then "mom, my ranks dropped, I need to get silver V from bronze V again".
Find grandmaster / master (black belt) strategy. On emerald you get $100k monthly.
The real game is building a network of quality domains that work together smoothly. Think of it like a well-oiled machine, not a numbers game.
What truly matters?
How your sites flow, how users feel browsing them, the value they get. Good UX across your network? That's winning over trash links and "backlink profiles" any day of the week.
A few solid, relevant links from auction domains beat a heap of junk ones any day.
Focus on creating a web of sites that people actually want to explore. That's where the real payoff is. No shortcuts, just smart building for people by people. Not for algorithms that are past the stage of numbers since 12 years or so.
AI is intelligent and it knows you're trying to trick it. You can simulate Google AI on your computer. Maybe someone can make such a project to show fallacies of those approaches.
Clearly that backlink profile as a profile is trash:
- max do follows - weak ratios;
- probably messed up anchor texts;
- 3rd party metric boosted - DR.
You can get 200k backlinks using site-wide spamming. It's super easy to automate such a thing in a month and replicate that shit, but it doesn't work beyond selling trash domains market (scamming people).
Ok, if we're skeptic, we can maybe get some general search engine visibility boost, but then the days of mass drops will come and instead of lasting 10 years, sites will last 6 months. And then "mom, my ranks dropped, I need to get silver V from bronze V again". Find grandmaster / master (black belt) strategy. On emerald you get $100k monthly.
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josephley930
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Building a strong backlink profile can be both expensive and time-consuming. Costs vary depending on the methods used, such as purchasing backlinks, hiring SEO experts, or using PR services. Time investment involves ongoing efforts in content creation, outreach, and relationship building. It often requires a sustained commitment over several months to see significant results.
Break the strategy down into pieces...
e.g. How many user-driven organic, how many high-quality paid, how many low-quality paid, how many social...etc
From there it's easier to estimate how long each is going to take.
It looks like a content-driven strategy was a big part of what they did, and they did it in multiple languages. If you can leverage any topic experts, thought leaders or influencers in the space you can kick-start this relatively easily. Interviewing experts to give them content to post and link back to can be helpful because it gets out to those second-tier promoters.
If (for example) half of their 212k links are organic from quality referrers, blogs and other recommendations, you'd need a strategy that can get 3k of these per month to start reaching the 100k+ needed within 3 years. That means you'd need 10-100x that many users on a 1-10% link rate.
To be honest, I think it's going to be a nightmare and take forever. If it were me, I would begin by narrowing down the targeting of the niche to something more specific like (idk) dentists. It'll be a higher conversion rate, take fewer links, and deliver more customer value meaning more revenue faster.
e.g. How many user-driven organic, how many high-quality paid, how many low-quality paid, how many social...etc
From there it's easier to estimate how long each is going to take.
It looks like a content-driven strategy was a big part of what they did, and they did it in multiple languages. If you can leverage any topic experts, thought leaders or influencers in the space you can kick-start this relatively easily. Interviewing experts to give them content to post and link back to can be helpful because it gets out to those second-tier promoters.
If (for example) half of their 212k links are organic from quality referrers, blogs and other recommendations, you'd need a strategy that can get 3k of these per month to start reaching the 100k+ needed within 3 years. That means you'd need 10-100x that many users on a 1-10% link rate.
To be honest, I think it's going to be a nightmare and take forever. If it were me, I would begin by narrowing down the targeting of the niche to something more specific like (idk) dentists. It'll be a higher conversion rate, take fewer links, and deliver more customer value meaning more revenue faster.
- Jan 20, 2013
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It could take a long time and money to build this type of profile, it's hard to tell how much money is involved.
If you have the best product/service nothing can stop you from getting natural and referral links. It will build your profile quicker and can get you more traffic and conversions naturally.
If you have the best product/service nothing can stop you from getting natural and referral links. It will build your profile quicker and can get you more traffic and conversions naturally.
- Jul 29, 2008
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Well, you can see their backlink's history to check how long it took to became this position.
But the good news is you can also make this happen by spending good investment on backlinks . No matter about quantity but make sure with it's quality to get good result.
Quantity never overcomes quality in SERP.
But the good news is you can also make this happen by spending good investment on backlinks . No matter about quantity but make sure with it's quality to get good result.
Quantity never overcomes quality in SERP.
illedfred96
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What is the average price for a backlink? 50$? 100?
- Sep 17, 2008
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I have never shared a file via dropbox before but I have attached the backlink report as downloaded by Servya so you can have a look through the backlinks and see if there are any easy targets.
It looks like the dropbox csv file viewer is quite basic so if you are struggling with it just download the file and open in excel or w/e spreadsheet app you prefer.
It looks like the dropbox csv file viewer is quite basic so if you are struggling with it just download the file and open in excel or w/e spreadsheet app you prefer.