Real clients. Real authority.
Every study below is a real client, with the numbers pulled straight from Ahrefs. See how manual, editorial link building grew Domain Rating and organic search across very different niches.
How Software Finder Scaled Past Incumbent Review Sites With Editorial Link Building
A multi-year editorial link-building program helped Software Finder climb from Domain Rating 66 to 74 and grow organic traffic roughly 490%, from about 5,800 visits a month in 2023 to a peak near 66,000, now sustaining around 34,000 a month across 13,000+ ranking keywords.
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How Okara Turned an Invisible Launch Into a Category-Defining Organic Channel
A young AI marketing product went from a Domain Rating of 3 and about 25 organic visits a month to a DR of 64 and thousands of monthly visitors in nine months of manual, high-authority link building.
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Building Editorial Authority for a Craftsmanship-Driven Software Agency
How WithBestLinks lifted Coding Crafts from a Domain Rating of 9 to 26 over eight months of manual editorial outreach, building the off-page authority a craftsmanship-driven software agency needed to compete for high-intent development buyers.
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How Modelence Took a Brand-New Domain from DR 0 to 27 with Editorial Links
A YC-backed full-stack TypeScript platform launched with no search footprint at all. Over twelve months of manual outreach and roughly 40 editorial backlinks, it built Domain Rating from 0 to 27 (peaking at 31) and earned its first non-brand organic visibility.
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How Compass Regulatory Built Search Authority in a Category That Did Not Exist Yet
A 2023-founded ag regulatory platform went from a near-invisible domain to a credible base of editorial authority, lifting its Domain Rating from 4 to 10 and peaking at 14 over eight months of manual outreach and high-authority editorial placements in a niche with little existing search demand.
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How Coinbound Built Durable Editorial Authority in a Volatile Crypto Niche
A crypto-native marketing agency with strong content but thin editorial backlinks used manual outreach and high-authority placements to lift its Domain Rating from 51 to 62 and defend a deep footprint of ranking keywords across more than two years.
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