Background

Link building takes time. If you have a new domain or if you have never done link building before, please do not expect results within 2 weeks. It will take minimum 3 months to build your link foundation if you are on the agency plan. It takes longer on other plans. As a rule of thumb, you need to build 1,000 foundational links to have a good link foundation.

SEO Copilot helps you to build foundational backlinks.

One of the main ranking factors are backlinks. If you have a website with very few (<500) referring domains you should build foundational links.

Foundational are not ultra premium links like a backlink from (e.g.) semrush.com which costs $,$$$ per link. Rather, these are very simple, natural links (directory links, social profiles) from high DR, high traffic websites.

You can check out some examples here:

https://www.seocopilot.com/features/backlinks

What you should know

• Links will not show up immediately

  • it can take weeks or months to detect them in third party trackers

• Not all links will show up

  • Around 20-30% of the links we built, will show up eventually

• Traffic does not skyrocket immediately

  • We think 1,000 foundational links are a solid link foundation for SEO. Once you have built the links, you will see more clicks on your website (unless you are in a very competitive niche)

Frequently Answered Questions

We have received a lot of questions on the foundational links: (feel free to book a session with us here should you have questions: https://tidycal.com/seocopilot/seocopilot-demo)

Why should I do this?

Google ranks based on links (one of the main ranking factor). If you don't have any links, you'll very likely never rank.

I have upgraded my plan to unlock backlink building - what now?

After upgrading your account, please submit your business information here. The backlink building will start then.

How long does it take to build the backlinks?

All backlinks are manually build and it takes around 2-3 weeks until completion. All backlink building will be completed before the next billing cycle.

How long does it take to see the links?

We start with the link building right away. It can take 2-3 weeks for the links to show up. You will typically start to see the effect of link building around that time (2-3 weeks) as well.

Some examples:

Below is an example of a client who build links over several months. Every week new links start to show up.

Will you share all the links that were built?

We do not share the list to avoid agencies steal the list and abuse the sites (making them unusable for backlink building). You can click on the follow links though to see them:

You will also be able to see your domain authority and referring domains go up over time.

How many links should I build?

We suggest to build 1,000 foundational links.

Foundational links are the cheapest links you'll ever build. A foundational link costs 0.50 cents to 1 dollar - a premium link costs $150-$200.

Some people build as many foundational links as possible. Foundational links help to build the overall strength of your website (which helps all other pages to rank) and they are cost-effective.

I build 100 links but I am not nr.1 yet for [insert super competitive keyword]

For local SEO (rank for a service in your city), foundational links can help you to show up on the first page or top positions for a keyword (if there isn't much competition).

For many other websites, foundational links are often just a starting point though. After you have built 600-900 foundational links, you need to build links to the specific product or service pages you aim to rank.