Linkbuilding but TLD-extension does not match

Hi,

I'm a Dutch guy with mostly Dutch (affiliate) websites and in January I started a website in the UK. However, I'm not sure as to what the right direction would be regarding linkbuilding.

I hired a Dutch guy to do some SEO, but so far I mostly got low value Dutch (.nl) backlinks which do not make me very happy. I also think Google will flag too much Dutch links for a UK based website at some point in the future, especially since the UK website is hosted on a Dutch server. I'm quite hesitant to using PBN's b/c I've experienced Google's power in the past using those.

In the Netherlands I have a network of people to whom I can reach out to for SEO services for Dutch websites, so I can combine and coordinate their offers to what I deem best. I like that b/c I always have control over the backlinks that they (don't) place. But since the UK is new territory I don't have any contacts there yet and as such no means to coordinate getting relevant and valuable backlinks myself.

I guess many webmasters here have expanded their business into others countries at some point in their career and I wonder what your advice is on this matter. Also, if you happen to have any valuable contacts or websites active in the UK, please let me know.

Thanks in advance!

If you have a regional website your links need to strengthen the relevance of the region you support.

That's also what I thought. Google seems to respond to non-regional backlinks however, albeit not that much. More webmasters who have experience with this?