Link Building Companies

[SoFi_Moz]

Hi Moz Community,

I'm currently looking into hiring a link building company. I found one promising lead out of Boise, ID who only specializes in white hat link building tactics but unfortunately, I found some tainted reviews as well. Any one has adice/recommendations on great companies out there?

Many thanks!

[SoFi_Moz]

Thank you so much Moz Community! Really appreciate all the input here.

[MoosaHemani]

I think we are totally done with this debate… everyone want their name to be out there and no one want to speak out loud J

I believe the link Danna shared contain what it takes.

Hope this helps!

[DonnaDuncan]

Here's a discussion from last year on the same topic. The advice given is sound and still applicable.

http://moz.com/community/q/what-is-a-good-affordable-link-building-service-tried-jason-acidre-s

[TheeDigital]

You should really look for companies that match what you need. For instance if you are a local company, you should look for someone in your area who has experience in your industry and success with other clients as well. If you have a larger budget and you don't necessarily care where the people you work with are from, you can check out the Moz recommended list http://moz.com/community/recommended and see if a company's strengths match up with what you are looking for. Every company will have different strengths, different strategies, different ways of tracking and to add value to your campaign. Contact a few of them and find who matches your needs the best.

[RyanPurkey]

Hi Aimee. If applicable, you can also build quite a few white hat links by working with a quality PR team. It's a higher priced option yet can drive a decent amount of referrer as well as link traffic.

On the more direct scale, responding to customer inquires via social and forums is a great way to build links as well as you're able to link directly back to your site in a way that answers their questions.

In general, Google is moving in a fact checking based direction, so the quality of your content will only become more and more important if you're in that field, see: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22530102.600-google-wants-to-rank-websites-based-on-facts-not-links.html#.VPOejUIVNbn and http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329832.700-googles-factchecking-bots-build-vast-knowledge-bank.html#.VPP8l0IVNbk.  Cheers!