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Buyer's guide · Updated October 2026

Link building services: what each type delivers, and which one fits you

A link building service gets other websites to link to yours. You can buy nine kinds: managed outreach, guest posts, niche edits, digital PR, journalist requests, white label for agencies, marketplaces, AI outreach agents and freelancers. Placements cost about $60 to $517 a link and go live in 1 to 5 weeks, digital PR starts near $4,760 a campaign, and rankings take 3 to 6 months on any route. Pick the type first, then the provider.

Find the service that fitsRead the nine work orders
service types, each as a work order
9
named offers from 17 providers
23
to a live placement at most vendors
1–5 wks
before rankings move, on any route
3–6 mo

Every price and term below was read on the provider's own site on Oct 18, 2026, and each work order links its source.

The basics

What is a link building service?

A link building service is a vendor that gets other sites to link to yours, so search engines and readers find and trust your pages. Every service sells some share of the same six jobs. What changes between them is who does each job, what you pay for, and how much say you keep.

  1. 01Find sites that could link to you
  2. 02Reach the editor or owner
  3. 03Pitch a reason to add the link
  4. 04Write the article or the line
  5. 05Pay the site's fee, if any
  6. 06Report every live URL

The menu

The 9 types of link building service

Each work order lists what arrives, what you supply, how long it takes, what it costs and who it suits, with one to three named providers. For prices by link type and site tier, see link-building-pricing.com; for a shortlist of agencies to hire, link-building-agencies.com.

Work order No. 01

Menu price $100–500/link

Managed outreach

A team finds sites in your niche, pitches their editors, writes what the site needs and reports each live link. You pay per placed link or a monthly retainer.

You get
  • Prospect research and site vetting
  • Outreach and follow-ups by the vendor's team
  • The article or link copy when a site needs one
  • A report with each live URL, anchor and site metrics
You provide
  • Target pages and anchor preferences
  • Sign-off on the site list, where the vendor offers it
  • A monthly budget
Turnaround
14 to 35 days a batch. Respona quotes 28 days (14 on Express), Editorial.Link 2 to 4 weeks.
Typical price
$100 to $500 a link at the vendors below. Packs bring Editorial.Link down to $300 a link.
Fits
A business with $1,000 or more a month for links and no time to run outreach, that wants a set number of links to named pages.
Skip it if
You want to see every site before it goes live and the vendor offers no pre-approval.

Named providers · checked Oct 18, 2026

  • Editorial.LinkLink building packages

    $375 a link; 5 for $1,750, 20 for $6,000

    • Packs average DR 50 to 90 with 5k+ traffic
    • Pre-approval and a personal account manager
    • As few as one link a month

  • ResponaPay-per-result placements

    $100 (DR20+) to $500 (DR60+) a placement

    • Priced by the publisher's DR and traffic
    • 28 days by default, 14 on Express

  • Page One PowerLink building service

    Custom quote

    • Dedicated project manager, biweekly calls early on
    • Live report with each site's DR, traffic, anchor and URL
    • Separate agency pricing

Agency shortlist with minimums

Attached: the providers' own pages

Editorial.Link's page at editorial.link/pricing, above the fold, as it looked on October 18, 2026
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Respona's page at respona.com/pricing, above the fold, as it looked on October 18, 2026
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Page One Power's page at pageonepower.com/link-building-service, above the fold, as it looked on October 18, 2026
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Work order No. 02

Menu price $75–517/post

Guest post services

The vendor finds a blog that takes contributed articles, writes a post on a topic near yours, and gets it published with your link in the body.

You get
  • A new article on a third-party blog
  • One contextual link to your page
  • The live URL plus the site's DR and traffic at placement
  • A replacement if the post comes down within the guarantee
You provide
  • Target URL and anchor text
  • A DR or traffic tier, and your niche
  • Sign-off on a site shortlist, where offered
Turnaround
7 to 21 days. Rhino Rank targets 7 to 14, FatJoe starts at 14, Loganix takes about 3 weeks after you approve the sites.
Typical price
$75 to $517 a post at productized vendors, priced by the site's DR or DA. Across 257,267 listed sites, BuzzStream found $461 on average through a vendor and $295 bought direct (June 2026).
Fits
Sites that need relevant links to money pages at a known price per link, and agencies buying in volume.
Skip it if
You need big-name publications. In BuzzStream's sample, 39.6% of sites selling posts had no organic traffic.

Named providers · checked Oct 18, 2026

  • FatJoeBlogger Outreach

    $82 (DR10+) to $517 (DR60+) a placement

    • Writing included, from 14 days
    • Lifetime link guarantee
    • No site pre-approval

  • LoganixGuest Posts

    From $200 (DR30+) or $400 (DR40+, 1,000+ visits)

    • You approve a shortlist first
    • About 3 weeks after approval
    • Rejected links replaced

  • Rhino RankGuest Posts

    $75 (DA10+) to $400 (DA60+) a post

    • 750+ word article
    • 7 to 14 day target
    • 12-month replacement cover

Attached: the providers' own pages

FatJoe's page at fatjoe.com/blogger-outreach, above the fold, as it looked on October 18, 2026
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Rhino Rank's page at rhinorank.io/guest-posts, above the fold, as it looked on October 18, 2026
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Work order No. 03

Menu price $60–517/link

Niche edits (link insertions)

Your link is added to an article that already exists, is indexed and often already ranks. No new content gets written.

You get
  • A link inside an existing, indexed article
  • A sentence or two around it, if the page needs one
  • The live URL and the page's metrics
  • Replacement cover: 12 months at Rhino Rank, lifetime at FatJoe
You provide
  • Target URL and anchor
  • Niche and DR tier
Turnaround
14 to 30 days. Rhino Rank targets 14 to 21, FatJoe starts at 14, The HOTH takes about 30.
Typical price
$60 to $517 a link. You pay for a page that already has age, traffic and links of its own.
Fits
Pushing one specific page with a link from content that already has authority, without paying for a new article.
Skip it if
You can't check the host page yourself. A page that takes paid edits from anyone shows it in its outbound links.

Named providers · checked Oct 18, 2026

  • Rhino RankCurated Links

    $60 to $210 a link

    • 14 to 21 day delivery target
    • 12-month replacement cover

  • The HOTHLink Insertions

    $200 (DR20+), $250 (DR45+), $450 (DR60+)

    • About 30 days
    • Indexing checked within 8 weeks

  • FatJoeNiche Edits

    $82 (DR10+) to $517 (DR60+)

    • From 14 days
    • Lifetime link guarantee

Attached: the providers' own pages

Rhino Rank's page at rhinorank.io/curated-links, above the fold, as it looked on October 18, 2026
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The HOTH's page at thehoth.com/link-insertions, above the fold, as it looked on October 18, 2026
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FatJoe's page at fatjoe.com/niche-edits, above the fold, as it looked on October 18, 2026
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Work order No. 04

Menu price $4,760+/campaign

Digital PR

A PR team builds a story (a data study, a survey, an expert angle) and pitches it to journalists. The links come from the news articles that cover it.

You get
  • The campaign idea and the asset behind it
  • Pitches to journalists and the follow-ups
  • A coverage report: articles, links and mentions
  • Brand mentions, some of them without a link
You provide
  • Data, experts or a story worth covering
  • Sign-off on the angle
  • A page on your site to host the asset
Turnaround
Months. FatJoe quotes 90 days for a campaign; Fractl notes a single month rarely shows the full impact.
Typical price
From $4,760 a campaign (FatJoe) to $5,000 to $50,000+ a month on retainer (Fractl's 2026 pricing guide).
Fits
Brands with a real story or data, $5,000 a month or a one-off campaign budget, and patience for coverage nobody fully controls.
Skip it if
You need links to product or service pages. News links mostly point to the campaign page or your homepage.

Named providers · checked Oct 18, 2026

  • FatJoeDigital PR Campaigns

    From $4,760 a campaign

    • 90 days delivery
    • Guaranteed news links, no contract or minimum spend

  • FractlDigital PR retainers

    Custom quote

    • Its guide: $5,000 to $10,000 a month for lower scope, $10,000 to $35,000 mid-range, $50,000+ full service
    • Suggests one project before a 6 or 12-month retainer

Attached: the providers' own pages

FatJoe's page at fatjoe.com/digital-pr, above the fold, as it looked on October 18, 2026
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Fractl's page at frac.tl/digital-pr-pricing, above the fold, as it looked on October 18, 2026
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Work order No. 05

Menu price $0–149/mo

Journalist request services

Reporters post questions and you answer as an expert. If they quote you, the article may credit you with a link.

You get
  • Daily lists of journalist questions in your field
  • A way to send answers (some plans cap how many)
  • On done-for-you plans, a team that writes and sends them
You provide
  • A real expert, often the founder, who answers within hours
  • A short bio and headshot
Turnaround
No set date. An answer only counts if the reporter uses it and the article runs, which can take weeks.
Typical price
Free at HARO, Source of Sources, Featured Free and Qwoted Basic; up to $149 a month on Qwoted Pro; $1,500 a month done for you at The HOTH.
Fits
Founders and experts who can answer fast and want links and mentions from media sites for little money.
Skip it if
You need links to specific pages or a predictable count. The journalist picks the link, usually your homepage or bio.

Named providers · checked Oct 18, 2026

  • HARO and FeaturedMedia queries and pitching

    Free; Featured Lite $29 and Pro $79 a month, billed annually

    • HARO sends free daily media queries and is run by Featured
    • Featured's plans differ only in daily AI usage

  • QwotedExpert pitching platform

    Free (2 pitches a month) or Pro $149 a month (35)

    • Free pitches wait 2 hours
    • Managed service available

  • The HOTHDigital PR (reactive)

    $1,500 a month

    • Answers through Qwoted, Featured, Source of Sources and Help a B2B Writer
    • About 60% dofollow, per The HOTH

Attached: the providers' own pages

HARO and Featured's page at featured.com/pricing, above the fold, as it looked on October 18, 2026
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Qwoted's page at qwoted.com/pricing, above the fold, as it looked on October 18, 2026
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The HOTH's page at thehoth.com/link-building-service, above the fold, as it looked on October 18, 2026
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Work order No. 06

Menu price $60+/link

White label link building

Wholesale link building for agencies: the vendor does the outreach and you resell it under your own brand with unbranded reports.

You get
  • Per-link products at wholesale prices
  • Unbranded reports (CSV or a sheet) to pass to clients
  • One dashboard to order for many client sites
  • Replacement guarantees you can pass on
You provide
  • Client URLs, anchors and tiers
  • The client relationship, reporting and your markup
Turnaround
The same as the product you resell. Outreach Monks: first links in 7 days, a full order in 20 to 35.
Typical price
From $60 (Rhino Rank), $82 (FatJoe) or $99 (Outreach Monks) a link. You set the client price.
Fits
SEO and marketing agencies that sell links to clients without an outreach team on payroll.
Skip it if
Your clients expect to approve every site. FatJoe's blogger outreach has no pre-approval.

Named providers · checked Oct 18, 2026

  • FatJoeSEO Reseller Program

    Every service sold white label

    • 40k+ agency accounts, founded 2012
    • Resell at any price, unbranded CSV reports

  • Outreach MonksWhite label link building

    From $99 a link (DR20)

    • No retainer, bulk rates for agencies
    • First links in 7 days, full delivery in 20 to 35
    • 6-month replacement

  • Rhino RankWhite label link building

    From $60 a link (Curated Links)

    • Unbranded CSV reports
    • 12-month replacement cover

Attached: the providers' own pages

FatJoe's page at fatjoe.com/seo-reseller, above the fold, as it looked on October 18, 2026
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Outreach Monks's page at outreachmonks.com, above the fold, as it looked on October 18, 2026
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Rhino Rank's page at rhinorank.io, above the fold, as it looked on October 18, 2026
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Work order No. 07

Menu price Set by site

Link marketplaces

A catalogue of sites that sell placements. You filter by DR, traffic, niche and price, then order from the publisher through the platform.

You get
  • Searchable lists of tens of thousands of sites, with metrics and prices
  • Payment protection while the deal runs (Collaborator)
  • Removal cover from 3 months (Collaborator, free) to 36 months (WhitePress)
You provide
  • Site selection and vetting: the platform doesn't judge fit for you
  • Your article, or the publisher's writing fee
  • Approval of the post before the deadline
Turnaround
Days. Collaborator says over 75% of deals finish within 48 hours; Adsy publishers get up to 3 working days to accept.
Typical price
Set by each publisher. In BuzzStream's 2026 marketplace data a guest post cost $295 on average bought direct and $461 through a vendor.
Fits
Buyers who know which sites they want and can vet traffic, topic and outbound links themselves.
Skip it if
You can't vet sites. BuzzStream's sample of listed sites had an average DR of 24, and 39.6% had no organic traffic.

Named providers · checked Oct 18, 2026

  • AdsyGuest post marketplace

    Set by each publisher

    • 150k sites listed
    • All purchases final; you check the post within 7 days

  • CollaboratorLink and PR marketplace

    Set by each publisher, plus 10% on deposits

    • 44,968 sites listed
    • 3 months of free link protection, up to a year for 10% of the price

  • WhitePressPublisher platform

    Pay per publication

    • 148,000+ sites
    • 36-month guarantee with daily monitoring

Attached: the providers' own pages

Adsy's page at adsy.com, above the fold, as it looked on October 18, 2026
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Collaborator's page at collaborator.pro, above the fold, as it looked on October 18, 2026
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WhitePress's page at whitepress.com/en, above the fold, as it looked on October 18, 2026
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Work order No. 08

Menu price $149–999/mo

AI outreach agents

Software that runs the outreach: it finds pages where you belong, finds the person behind each one, writes and sends the pitch and follows up, and asks you before anything that matters.

You get
  • Prospecting for pages that list or mention your competitors
  • Contacts found and a pitch written for each page
  • Sending and follow-ups from your inbox, or from the vendor's
  • Reply drafts; site fees only when a site asks and you approve
You provide
  • Your domain and the pages to promote
  • About an hour a week approving pitches and fees
  • A link budget, if you'll pay sites that ask
Turnaround
Weeks. BacklinkGPT says first links usually go live in weeks 3 to 6; neither vendor here promises a count.
Typical price
$149, $399 or $999 a month at BacklinkGPT plus any site fee you approve; $178 a month at BlazeHive (Essential plus the Backlinks add-on).
Fits
Owners and founders without an SEO team who want outreach run for them at a monthly price, and can spare an hour a week.
Skip it if
You need a guaranteed number of links by a date, or articles written for you. Agents pitch; they don't sell inventory.

Named providers · checked Oct 18, 2026

AI link builders compared in depth

Attached: the providers' own pages

BacklinkGPT's page at backlinkgpt.com/pricing, above the fold, as it looked on October 18, 2026
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BlazeHive's page at blazehive.io/pricing, above the fold, as it looked on October 18, 2026
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Work order No. 09

Menu price $9–82/job

Freelance link builders

A person you hire by the job or the hour, on Fiverr, Upwork or directly, for a whole campaign or one step such as prospect lists or contact research.

You get
  • Whatever the gig says: a list, emails sent, or placed links
  • Fixed-price gigs or hourly work
You provide
  • A tight brief and your own checks on the work
  • Your inbox, if they send as you
Turnaround
Set gig by gig.
Typical price
Fiverr says link building freelancers typically charge $9 to $82 a job.
Fits
One step you can describe exactly (a prospect list, contact research) on a small budget.
Skip it if
A gig sells dozens of high-DA links for a few dollars. At that price you get directory, profile or network links, not editorial placements.

Named providers · checked Oct 18, 2026

  • FiverrLink building gigs

    $9 to $82 a job, per Fiverr

    • Fixed-price gigs with seller reviews

Chooser

Which link building service fits you?

Tick four boxes. Each answer adds points to the services it suits, using the prices, delivery times and terms in the work orders above, and the board ranks all nine for you.

Whose site are the links for?
What can you spend on links a month?
How much time can you give it each week?
What matters most?

Best fit

Niche edits

For your own site, $200 to $1,500 a month, no time to spare, and links to specific pages.

Pushing one specific page with a link from content that already has authority, without paying for a new article.

Price
$60–517/link
Delivery
14–30 days
Read the work order

All nine, ranked for you

  1. Niche edits (link insertions)
  2. Guest post services
  3. Managed outreach
  4. AI outreach agents
  5. Freelance link builders
  6. Link marketplaces
  7. Journalist request services
  8. Digital PR
  9. White label link building

Price list

How much does each link building service cost?

Per link, the named vendors run from $60 to $517, and within each vendor the price climbs with the linking site's DR and traffic. Monthly plans sit on their own scale below. For prices by link type and site tier, see link-building-pricing.com.

Price per link, by provider

US dollars per link or post, low to high tier

Managed outreach
Editorial.Link$300–375
Respona$100–500
Guest posts
FatJoe$82–517
Rhino Rank$75–400
Loganixfrom $200 / $400
Niche edits
Rhino Rank$60–210
The HOTH$200–450
FatJoe$82–517
White label (wholesale)
Outreach Monksfrom $99
Marketplaces (average)
Bought direct$295
Through a vendor$461
Freelancers (per job)
Fiverr$9–82
Each provider's own page, checked Oct 18, 2026 in a US-dollar browser view; marketplace averages from BuzzStream's June 2026 study of 257,267 listed sites; Fiverr's figure is per job. Digital PR is off this scale: from $4,760 a campaign at FatJoe, $5,000 to $50,000+ a month in Fractl's 2026 guide.

Monthly plans

US dollars a month

Journalist requests
Featured$0–79, billed yearly
Qwoted$0–149
The HOTH (done for you)$1,500
AI outreach agents
BacklinkGPT$149–999 + approved fees
BlazeHive$178
Plans as listed on each provider's pricing page, Oct 18, 2026. Featured's prices are its yearly plans per month. BacklinkGPT's site fees are paid only when a site asks and you approve.

Sources: FatJoe, Rhino Rank, Loganix, The HOTH, Editorial.Link, Respona, Outreach Monks, BuzzStream (June 2026), Fiverr, Featured, Qwoted, BlazeHive.

Turnaround

How long does each link building service take?

Placements go live in one to five weeks at most vendors, digital PR in about three months. Rankings come later on every route, so judge a service over a quarter, not a month.

Days from order to live link, by service

  • Delivery window the vendors publish
  • When rankings start to move
Managed outreach
14–35 days
Guest post services
7–21 days
Niche edits (link insertions)
14–30 days
Digital PR
90+ days
Journalist request services
No set date
White label link building
7–35 days
Link marketplaces
2–14 days
AI outreach agents
3–6 weeks
Freelance link builders
Per gig
Rankings start to move
3–6 months
Delivery windows as each provider states them on its own site, checked October 2026; where two providers differ, the bar spans both. Journalist requests and freelance gigs have no published window. Rankings: Fractl, updated Oct 1, 2026, "about three to six months".

Division of labor

Who does the work in each service?

The price follows the jobs a vendor takes off your plate. Placement services do all six and charge per link; journalist requests and marketplaces leave the judgment and the writing to you; agents do the legwork and wait for your sign-off.

  1. 1Find
  2. 2Reach
  3. 3Pitch
  4. 4Write
  5. 5Pay
  6. 6Report
  7. Live link
Managed outreach: the service does 6 of 6 jobs, you do 0, 0 shared. Your time: under 1 h a week.
ServiceFind sitesReach the editorWrite the pitchWrite the contentPay the siteReport live linksYour time a week
Managed outreachThemsome let you approveThemThemThemTheminside the priceThemUnder 1 h
Guest postsThemLoganix: you approveThemThemThemTheminside the priceThemUnder 1 h
Niche editsThemThemThemn/apage existsTheminside the priceThemUnder 1 h
Digital PRThemjournalistsThemThemBothyour data, their assetn/acoverage is earnedThem1 to 2 h
Journalist requestsThemreporters post asksThemthe platformYouYouyour quoten/aYou3 h or more
White labelThemThemThemThemTheminside the priceBothunbranded, you rebrandClient time
MarketplacesYoufrom the catalogueThemthe platformn/ayou just orderBothyours or theirsYouthe listed priceThemthe live URL2 h or more
AI outreach agentsBothyou approveThemBothyou approven/ano articlesYouonly if askedThemAbout 1 h
FreelancersBothper briefBothper briefBothper briefBothper briefYouBoth2 h or more

Deliverables

What should a link building service deliver?

Whatever you buy, get these eight lines in writing before you pay. They are the difference between a report you can check and a promise. Copy the list into your next brief or proposal.

Work order

Fill in before you pay · any service type

  1. 01Live URL of every placement

    If a vendor won't show where your links are, you can't check them.

  2. 02Target URL and anchor text for each link

    So you can see which pages got links and spot exact-match anchors repeated across sites.

  3. 03The site's traffic and DR or DA on the day it went live

    A high DR with no organic traffic usually means a site that exists to sell links.

  4. 04The link's rel attribute: dofollow, nofollow or sponsored

    It changes what the link does, and some sites switch it later.

  5. 05What you approve first: sites, content, anchors

    Loganix and Editorial.Link let you approve sites; FatJoe's blogger outreach does not.

  6. 06Replacement terms and how long they last

    From 3 months (Collaborator, free) to 6 months (Outreach Monks), 12 (Rhino Rank) or lifetime (FatJoe).

  7. 07Price per live link, and the minimum term

    Pay for links that went live, not for attempts, and know how to leave.

  8. 08Who keeps the contacts and the inbox history

    With a vendor, the editor relationships stay with them when you stop.

Red flags

What should you avoid when you buy link building?

Google's spam policies count buying links for ranking purposes as link spam, including paying for posts that contain links, unless the link carries rel="sponsored" or rel="nofollow". Beyond that, these six signs mark an offer to walk away from.

FAQ

Link building service FAQ

What is a link building service?

A link building service is a vendor that gets other websites to link to yours. Depending on the type, it finds the sites, reaches the editors, writes the content, pays or negotiates the site's fee and reports each live link. You buy it per link, per post, per campaign or as a monthly plan.

What are the best link building services?

The best one is the type that fits your budget, time and goal. For guest posts where you approve each site first, Loganix; for niche edits from $60, Rhino Rank; for managed outreach with public pack prices, Editorial.Link; for a fixed-price digital PR campaign, FatJoe ($4,760); for journalist requests, HARO and Featured (free) or Qwoted; for agencies reselling, FatJoe or Outreach Monks; for an AI agent pitching from your own inbox, BacklinkGPT. Use the chooser above to rank all nine types for your situation.

How much do link building services cost?

Placements run $60 to $517 a link at the vendors on this page, digital PR from $4,760 a campaign to $50,000+ a month, journalist request tools $0 to $149 a month, and AI outreach agents $149 to $999 a month plus any site fees you approve. For prices by link type and site tier, see link-building-pricing.com.

How long does link building take to work?

Placement services deliver in 1 to 5 weeks; digital PR takes about 90 days a campaign. Rankings take longer: Fractl puts meaningful results at about three to six months, so judge any service over a quarter, not a month.

Does link building still work in 2026?

Yes. Google's own documentation says it uses links as a signal when it judges the relevance of pages and to find new pages. What changed is which links count: a relevant page with real readers beats a high-DR site that sells to anyone.

Is buying links against Google's rules?

Google's spam policies list buying or selling links for ranking purposes as link spam, including paying for posts that contain links. A paid link is fine when it carries rel="sponsored" or rel="nofollow".

What does a link building specialist do?

A link building specialist finds sites that could link to you, checks their quality, finds the right contact, writes and sends the pitch, follows up, agrees terms and checks that the link went live and stays live. You can hire one as a freelancer, get a team through an agency, or have software do the research and sending while you approve.

What's the difference between guest posts and niche edits?

A guest post is a new article written for the other site with your link in it; a niche edit adds your link to an article that already exists and is indexed. At the vendors here, niche edits start lower ($60 at Rhino Rank against $75 for its guest posts) and you skip the writing, but you don't control the article around your link.

Can ChatGPT do link building?

ChatGPT and Claude can research prospects, draft pitches and score pages you paste in, but on their own they don't send email, follow up or track replies. Agents connect that loop: BacklinkGPT, for example, also works inside ChatGPT and Claude over MCP. Prompts and workflows for doing it yourself are on ai-link-builder.com.

Can I do link building myself for free?

Yes, with time instead of money: answer journalist requests on HARO or Source of Sources, ask sites that mention you without a link to add one, and pitch roundups that list your competitors. Free tools help you find those pages, such as Google Search Console and BacklinkGPT's free backlink opportunity finder. Tools by job are on link-building-tools.com.