LinkResearchTools Blog #

Ranking without links is really hard. Rankings are made with links.

We hope you enjoy and learn from our selection of case studies, tutorials and testimonials.

Link Building Scams
10 Ways your Link Building Agency can Scam You, and probably does.

Many SEO and link building companies are selling links in an unethical fashion, according to an observation Christoph. “Sunshine SEO metrics” such as Moz DA and Ahrefs DR are used to price their link building services, despite these metrics are unable to indicate the quality of a single linking page. Cemper argues that this practice is may carry a risk for the buyer’s rankings.

Link Building Metrics
Which SEO metrics should we use in link building?

Which SEO metrics did LRT develop and recommend for link building? Are Ahrefs DR and Moz DA good link building metrics?

Links with Traffic
What are Links With Traffic?

What are Links with Traffic, and how do you get them? I’ve been confused about a ’new standard in links with traffic’ when it was all about links getting traffic from organic rankings.

Golden Rules of Link Building
7 Golden Rules of Link Building for 2022 and beyond

The original Golden Rules of Link Building updated for 2022 and beyond. Revisited and updated of the original Golden Rules for 2022.

NoFollow 2.0
Impact of NoFollow 2.0, UGC and Sponsored Link Attributes

NoFollow Links were handled differently by Google starting Sept 10, 2019. NoFollow Links from other sites that implemented a NoFollow link policy as a blanket rule before can now affect you, when they did not before.

Dejan SEO Manual Action
Dejan SEO Manual Action for Toxic Links - Analysis and Reconsideration Request

Google gave dejanseo.com.au, the domain of Dejan Marketing, a harsh manual action that led to a loss in rankings for even for their brand name Dejan SEO.