This is an interesting one: The vast majority of so-called link builders are using the same old techniques that have been spammed out many, many years ago.

The best in the business keep their heads down, and are generally not advertisers or promoters of their own services.

In general, it should be a range of activities working in unison, and not just links. imho

Yes, I've been using <snip> for about 3 months now and it has helped my site to appear among the first and besides that, new clients have appeared. So it's definitely worth a try if you want to increase your results

[edited by: engine at 7:59 am (utc) on Nov 15, 2024]
[edit reason] please see TOS and charter [/edit]

I’ve worked with a couple of agencies, and honestly, it depends. If they focus on quality, not just volume, it can make a difference. I’ve seen some improvements in rankings, but you’ve got to make sure they’re not using outdated tactics.

"Has anyone had experience with link building agencies and seen measurable results?"

I once hired a professional PR consultant to run a program of press releases into the relevant UK media. They would generate stories from us and produce releases and photography then send them out to the relevant media. As quite a lot of the media were also online we generated a lot of inward links. I would recommend such an approach if you can find the right individual / agency.

my patent USPTO 7082470 for LinksManager was the only editor based product with support for no follow, disavow, etc. But G’s illegal prohibition on link exchange forced us to shut down in 2012. There are none left. G has killed off all what Tim Berners Lee invisioned for the WWW.
AI is currently killing G.

@cnvi - have you thought about adapting the technology in some way to conform with current link practices? Maybe an outreach tool? I dunno, but Link manager was such a well respected reciprocal linking product in it’s day.

@Whitey it’s too late for that. I have the original source code in a safe. However there are no capital investors that would invest in a product that challenges G.