Link building faq

Everything you need to know about RankBay, our link building process, placements, quality standards, and campaigns.

What is RankBay?

RankBay is a link building service that helps businesses and SEO agencies acquire high-quality backlinks from relevant websites. We handle the prospecting, publisher outreach, placement coordination, and reporting.

Who is RankBay for?

RankBay is designed for businesses, SEO teams, agencies, and marketers that want to build backlinks without managing prospecting and outreach themselves.

What quality standards do your placements have?

Every RankBay placement must meet our minimum requirements of DR 40+ and 3,000+ monthly organic visitors, based on Ahrefs data. We also evaluate the website’s relevance and overall quality before pursuing a placement.

 

What is Domain Rating (DR)?

Domain Rating (DR) is an Ahrefs metric that estimates the strength of a website’s backlink profile on a scale from 0 to 100. We use DR as one of several factors when evaluating potential publishers.

 

How do you measure organic traffic?

We use Ahrefs to evaluate a website’s estimated monthly organic search traffic. Our minimum requirement is 3,000 monthly organic visitors.

Are the websites relevant to my industry?

Yes. We prioritize websites that are relevant to your industry, audience, or target topic. Relevance is an important part of how we evaluate potential placements.

 

Do you use PBNs?

No. We do not use private blog networks. We focus on genuine websites and editorial placements.

Is your outreach manual?

Yes. Our outreach is 100% manual. We research individual websites, identify appropriate contacts, and communicate with publishers directly rather than relying on automated bulk outreach.

 

How do you find websites for placements?

We research publishers based on your industry, campaign requirements, target pages, and our quality standards. Potential websites are reviewed before we pursue a placement.

 

We focus on relevant editorial placements where your link can naturally fit within useful content. We work with publishers to ensure the placement is appropriate for the website and campaign.

Yes. All links are do-follow. 

Yes. You provide your target URLs when you start your campaign. We can build links to your homepage, service pages, product pages, blog content, or other pages you want to promote.

Can I choose the anchor text?

Yes. You can provide your preferred anchor text and campaign requirements. We can also help create a natural anchor text mix if needed.

Can I target a specific country or market?

Yes. If you need placements targeting a particular country or market, include this in your campaign requirements and we’ll take it into account when researching publishers.

Our minimum order is 5 links. You can choose the number of links that fits your campaign. If you need a custom campaign, contact us to discuss your requirements.

Our current pricing is:

  • DR 40–70: $150 per link
  • DR 70–90: $200 per link
  • DR 90+: $250 per link

All packages have a minimum order of 5 links.

Placement times vary depending on the campaign and publishers involved. We manage the process from outreach through publication and provide updates as placements are secured. Typically 2-4 weeks. 

What happens after I place an order?

You’ll provide your website, target URLs, anchor text, industry, and campaign requirements. We then research qualified publishers, conduct manual outreach, secure placements, and provide the live links in your campaign report.

 

Every RankBay placement comes with a 1-year link guarantee. If your link is removed within 12 months, we’ll work to replace it with another qualifying placement.

Yes. RankBay can work as a white-label link building partner for SEO agencies. We can handle the research, outreach, and placements behind the scenes while you manage the client relationship.

Yes. RankBay can provide ongoing campaigns for businesses and agencies that want a consistent flow of quality placements.

Do you guarantee rankings?

No. We don’t guarantee specific Google rankings. Backlinks are one part of a broader SEO strategy, and results depend on factors including your website, content, competition, technical SEO, and overall backlink profile.

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