Building links

[MattB]

Hello all,

I'm currently building a new website. Have been in content building mode so far.

To date, I've added 33 unique articles with a total of 43,000 words. It's good quality content but there are plenty of competitors writing about similar topics.

A few questions for the SEO whizzes out there

When building new websites:
- When do you tend to start the link building process?
- How do you typically start trying to build links. Do you outsource or do it personally?
- Any tips on initial quick wins? I'd like to avoid anything spammy ideally.
- Any recommendations on link building services?

In summary... I'm not quite sure where to start in building links. I'm targeting quite a competitive niche (finance/investing) and would appreciate any guidance anybody can offer.

Thanks,
Matt

 

[boxfish]

Hi Matt,

Tim Soulo from Ahrefs recently published this course on Youtube

There are some sections specifically about building links but the whole thing is definitely worth watching.

 

[keano]

There is a very comprehensive link building resource at https://www.aira.net/link-building-book/

It can be downloaded as a pdf for free also. The writer Paddy Moogan knows his stuff when it comes to links.

 

[MattB]

Thanks both, very useful.

Any tactics you have found particularly useful yourselves when starting a site from scratch to kick things off?

 

[boxfish]

Thanks both, very useful.

Any tactics you have found particularly useful yourselves when starting a site from scratch to kick things off?

It depends.

Look at your competitors backlinks.
Who is linking to them?
Why are they linking to them?

Competitive finance/investing websites aren't anything I have experience of but I can well imagine it's just many thousands of pounds of paid links and digital PR every month. 301 redirecting an existing domain or doing manual outreach may be near pointless.