My experience testing Tier-2 Backlinks for an affiliate site

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Hey BHW,

Recently, I tested building Tier-2 backlinks (web 2.0s and niche comments) pointing to my existing Tier-1 guest posts instead of building more direct links to my money site.

Here is what I noticed after 4 weeks:



Indexing rate of Tier-1 links improved significantly.

Small jump in rankings for medium-competition keywords.

Has anyone else seen good results with Tier-2 link building recently, or do you prefer sticking purely to direct high-tier links?
 
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seosparkpro said:
Hey BHW,

Recently, I tested building Tier-2 backlinks (web 2.0s and niche comments) pointing to my existing Tier-1 guest posts instead of building more direct links to my money site.

Here is what I noticed after 4 weeks:



Indexing rate of Tier-1 links improved significantly.

Small jump in rankings for medium-competition keywords.

Has anyone else seen good results with Tier-2 link building recently, or do you prefer sticking purely to direct high-tier links?
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I don't even do them as there's no real benefit from Tier-2 links as before. Maybe the quality of link might the differentiating factor.
 
seosparkpro said:
Hey BHW,

Recently, I tested building Tier-2 backlinks (web 2.0s and niche comments) pointing to my existing Tier-1 guest posts instead of building more direct links to my money site.

Here is what I noticed after 4 weeks:



Indexing rate of Tier-1 links improved significantly.

Small jump in rankings for medium-competition keywords.

Has anyone else seen good results with Tier-2 link building recently, or do you prefer sticking purely to direct high-tier links?
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I've seen something similar on a few projects. Tier 2 links can help if the Tier 1 links are already strong and relevant. I just try to keep the Tier 2 links natural and don't build too many at once, otherwise the results don't seem as good.
 
Tier 2 links were not as good as before, but I think it still works, it just depends on the quality of both the tier 1 & 2
 
Tier 2 work best when its used to strengthen already indexed high quality Tier 1 links rather than as a substitute for earning more strong editorial backlinks The gains are usually incremental while the biggest long term ranking improvements still come from adding relevant Tier 1 authority and improving the site itself.
 
Of course, the Tier linking method is a more effective strategy. If you build more quality Tier 1 links, it will be more useful for your money site. May I know what your niche is about?
 
For existing ongoing projects I rarely build tier 1 backlinks. I am heavily invested in tier 2 and tier 3 tier 3 linked buildings because they help to pass the signal to tier 1 plus lower tiers are very easy to automate with automated tools like GSA or Rank X. But we have to always make sure that tier 1 is permanent and not a dead link because otherwise it's going to be waste for lower tiers. So I rarely nowadays build tier 1 links because generally it has to build permanent and mostly the only manual work involves by me but if I have decent tier 1 which is still remains to index I only build t2 and t3 till at least 80% of them get indexed works and safe.
 
that indexing jump is the real finding, and its bigger than it sounds.

an unindexed tier 1 link is worth exactly nothing. so anything that gets those crawled isnt a side effect, its the difference between the guest post counting and not counting at all. people say t2 is "just an indexing push" like thats a downgrade. thats the main job.

the ranking bump lagging makes sense too. crawl first, then the t1 page gets reevaluated, then whatever equity moves. usually a few weeks between each step.

worth tracking your t1 index rate before and after rather than just rankings. thats the number that tells you whether it worked.
 
Yeah, tier 2 for indexing/juice to your tier 1 makes sense helps those guest posts get crawled faster and pass a bit more strength
But be careful scaling it, since spammy web 2.0/comment tiers pointing at your money site indirectly can still get the tier 1 flagged if the footprint's obvious. What tools were you using to build the tier 2 layer

manual or automated?
 
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