07 July 2026
Average DR is a vanity metric — the p25 of your link profile predicts ranking lift better Across 310 audited backlink profiles (n=310), correlation with ranking movement was strongest not at mean DR b…
06 July 2026
Your real cost per link is 2.9x the placement fee once you load labor Teams quote cost per link as the cash paid to a publisher. Across 26 in-house programs (n=26, self-reported), the fully-loaded num…
05 July 2026
The 2nd follow-up converts at 1.7x the first reply — yet 71% of campaigns stop after one nudge Across 940 outreach sequences (n=940, 18-month window), reply rate by touch: — Touch 1: 8.2% — Touch 2: 5…
04 July 2026
Link reclamation costs $54 per recovered link — 1/11th the price of net-new The cheapest link is one you already earned. Across 380 reclamation projects (unlinked-mention and lost-link recovery, 9-mon…
03 July 2026
Profiles with 70%+ homepage links underperform deep-link-heavy profiles by a wide margin Where links point matters as much as how many. Across 2,100 profiles (directional, 13-month window): Profiles c…
02 July 2026
Pages ranking top-3 acquired links at a median 2.8/month in their climb — not a flood The 'natural' link curve is slower than most campaigns. Profiling 900 pages that reached top-3 (16-month window, o…
