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Welcome To The LinksThatRank Blog

Search is changing fast. Discover modern link building strategies, AI SEO techniques, digital PR campaigns, and authority-building tactics that help your website earn rankings, citations, and long-term organic traffic.

Matthew Woodward

10 SEO KPIs You Must Track & Measure In 2026

SEO KPIs tell you whether your campaign is actually working – but most SEOs track vanity metrics and miss what matters. This guide breaks down the only 10 SEO KPIs you need to measure consistently, from organic traffic and keyword rankings to AI search visibility and SEO ROI.

Matthew Woodward

Link Reclamation: How To Recover Lost Backlinks in 2026

Link rot silently destroys SEO – 23% of backlinks vanish within the first year and 66.5% are gone after nine years. This guide shows you how to identify lost backlinks fast using Ahrefs, Semrush, and Google Search Console, then reclaim them with proven outreach scripts tailored to each scenario.

Matthew Woodward

8 Metrics For Measuring A Link Building Campaign 2026

Most SEOs measure link building wrong, chasing vanity metrics instead of what actually matters. This guide breaks down the 8 metrics that tell the real story — from referring domain growth and link quality scores to AI visibility and business ROI. Track these and you’ll know exactly which links drive results.

Matthew Woodward

How To Turn Unlinked Mentions Into Backlinks (2026 Guide)

Unlinked mentions are references to your brand online that forgot to include a hyperlink – backlinks you’ve earned but never collected. This guide shows you how to find them with Google or Ahrefs, prioritise the ones worth chasing, and send outreach emails that convert at up to 30%.

Matthew Woodward

9 Proven Link Building Tips For Quality Backlinks (2026)

95% of web pages have zero backlinks, yet the #1 Google result has 3.8x more than positions 2-10. These 9 proven link building tips show you how to reverse-engineer competitor links, earn editorial backlinks through digital PR, publish linkable data assets, and build links that get you cited in AI search results.

Matthew Woodward

How To Calculate SEO ROI And Measure It Correctly In 2026

SEO ROI measures how much money you make from SEO compared to what you spend. The average ROI is 748%, but most businesses measure it wrong. This guide covers the exact formulas for ecommerce, B2B, local businesses and link building, plus 5 common mistakes that wreck your numbers.

Matthew Woodward

How To Get Backlinks: 15 Proven Strategies For 2026

Getting backlinks requires creating content that naturally attracts links and reaching out to relevant websites. These 15 proven strategies – from guest posting and link inserts to digital PR and linkable assets – are the exact methods used to build quality backlinks that boost Google rankings and AI search visibility.

Matthew Woodward

Generative Engine Optimisation: 5 Steps To Rank in AI Search

Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO) is the future of SEO, building on top of traditional search optimisation for the AI era. This guide explains what GEO is, why it matters for your business, and the 5 steps to optimise your website for AI search engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews.

Matthew Woodward

3 High Quality Link Building Services (Tested Backlinks You Can Trust)

Not all link building services are created equal. Many overpromise with low-quality, spammy links that waste your budget. This guide reveals what makes a link building service quality, the red flags to avoid, and the 3 best services that consistently deliver high-authority, relevant backlinks.

Matthew Woodward

6 eCommerce Link Building Strategies To Grow Revenue & Traffic In 2026

Ecommerce link building is fundamentally different – product pages don’t naturally attract links. This guide reveals 5 proven strategies including product review outreach, influencer collaborations, resource link building, broken link building, and strategic guest posting to build quality backlinks that drive rankings and sales.

Matthew Woodward

How to Outsource Link Building in 6 Steps

Link building is hard, time-consuming and expensive to do in-house. Outsourcing saves time and money while delivering better results. This guide reveals the 6-step process to properly vet link building services, avoid common red flags, and scale your SEO with quality backlinks that boost rankings.

Matthew Woodward

How to Rank in Competitive Niches and Dominate Page One

Big brands dominate competitive niches with massive authority and backlink profiles. But they’re also lazy and predictable. This guide reveals the 4-step strategy smaller sites use to compete: fix technical foundations, target overlooked long-tail keywords, build quality backlinks consistently, and optimise for AI search visibility.

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