Links from English-language publications that rank for your topic themselves: outreach directly with editors, native-speaker articles and an anchor plan before the first placement. The placements stay yours after the work ends.
Link building for foreign markets needs more precision: the context of the link, the topic of the site, the pace of growth and the pages you strengthen all matter. We earn links through outreach, working with editors directly instead of renting spots on link marketplaces.
We do not trust marketplace numbers: in our latest check, declared traffic was inflated 24 times at the median. So for every site we look at real traffic in SE Ranking, the queries it ranks for itself, a live editorial team and its outbound links.
Our measurement
How many links the US top 10 really has
199
referring domains for a site in the US top 3 for «commercial kitchen equipment»
×34
gap between the medians for «crm software for small business» and «commercial kitchen equipment»
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US top-10s include a site with fewer than 3,100 referring domains
«How many links do we need?» is usually answered with the link count of the market leader, and that number scares people off. We looked at what actually sits in the US top 10: the same five commercial queries, and the number of referring domains of every site that ranks for them.
How many referring domains the sites in the US top 10 really have
One dot per site in the Google US top 10, log scale. The line marks the median for the query. Hover a dot for the site and its count.
sitefewest links in this top 10median
crm software for small businessmedian 157,474
project management softwaremedian 21,008
resume buildermedian 10,181
commercial kitchen equipmentmedian 4,576
stainless steel shelvingmedian 46,159
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Show the data as a table
Query
Median
Fewest
Most
crm software for small business
157,474
3,001
28,393,332
project management software
21,008
2,164
28,393,332
resume builder
10,181
6
3,364,992
commercial kitchen equipment
4,576
199
25,358,961
stainless steel shelving
46,159
50
4,355,972
Source: SE Ranking, Google US desktop top 10 (23 October 2026) and referring domains per site (domain level, 23 October 2026). Position is the site's place among unique sites in the top 10.
The giants are there, Microsoft, Amazon and Lowe’s among them, but every one of the five top 10s also has a site with fewer than 3,100 referring domains: 199 for a kitchen-equipment store in third place, 100 and 50 for two shelving makers. The median also moves by niche: about 157,000 for CRM software, about 4,600 for commercial kitchen equipment.
So we do not quote a link count up front. We compare your profile with the pages ranking next to you, and close that gap with links to the right pages. In Poland, a market with no link marketplaces, that meant manual outreach to up to 80 domains for lectus24.pl.
What we do
Four checks every link has to pass
Relevant English-language publications
We look for sites that rank for your topic themselves and where a link to you reads naturally. Topic fit is judged by the queries a site ranks for, not by its directory category.
Outreach, guest posts and digital PR
We work with editors directly and prepare pieces the publication actually wants to run. The link sits inside relevant copy, not in a footer.
Domain quality and traffic screening
For every site we check real traffic in SE Ranking, editorial pages, author bylines and outbound links. We do not trust marketplace numbers: in our latest check, declared traffic was inflated 24 times at the median.
Pace, anchors and a natural profile
Pace follows the age and current profile of your site. Anchors are planned before the first placement: brand, brand plus keyword and natural phrases, with no skew toward exact-match commercial anchors.
From our portfolio
Links that brought growth, not risk
Cases where link work was part of the growth, or where we cleaned up someone else's mistakes.
The price covers vetting the site, a native-speaker article, the placement and the publication fee itself. The more links a month, the less each one costs.
About $400 per turnkey link: we take on the site, the article and the publication. Links are not rentals, so they stay with you.
Best fit
When links pay off
Structure and content are ready
Links strengthen pages that already answer the query. If a page is weak, we fix it first, or the links will not pay off.
Competitors have more authority
Your content is just as good, but the sites above you have noticeably more referring domains. This is where links make the clearest difference.
You are growing in a foreign market
English-language publications, outreach in English and another market's editorial standards are their own job, not a translated version of a local strategy.
You need links without the risk
No PBNs and no rented links. Outreach placements stay yours after the work ends.
Process
How the work runs
01
Profile and competitor analysis
We compare your link profile with the sites ranking above you: how many domains, which publications, which anchors. You get the gap in numbers and a list of pages to strengthen.
02
Pace and anchor plan
We spread links across pages and months and fix anchors in advance.
03
Publication vetting and outreach
Sites pass traffic, topic and editorial checks. Then we agree on publication and prepare the piece.
04
Control and reporting
Every placement gets checked: published, indexed, link followable. The report lists placements and the rankings of the pages we strengthened.
Proof
Results you can verify
We show real projects, not promises: how visibility, traffic, leads, and client trust changed after structured work with SEOquick.
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On a marketplace it is easy to buy a link from a site that lives off selling links. With outreach we choose the site ourselves, check its traffic and editorial team, and agree on a piece it actually wants.
Will the links disappear if we stop?
No. We earn links through outreach instead of renting them, so they stay with you after the contract ends.
Do you use PBNs?
No. Private blog networks carry a penalty risk that is not worth the savings.
How many links do we need?
We work it out from the referring-domain gap with competitors and the number of pages to strengthen. We give a number after the profile analysis, not before.
Can we order links without SEO?
Yes, if structure and content are ready. If not, we will suggest technical or content work first: links to weak pages do not pay off.
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