Every link building campaign that goes sideways has the same root cause, and it is rarely the agency. It is the brief. After running campaigns across 65+ markets and working with hundreds of agencies and in-house teams, we see the same pattern: the briefs that produce good links are detailed, opinionated, and a little bit […]
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Link Velocity: How Fast Should You Build Backlinks in 2026?
Most link building advice skips the most obvious question: how fast is too fast? Build too slow and you lose topical momentum. Build too fast and you hand Google a penalty trigger on a platter. Link velocity (the rate at which a site acquires backlinks over time) is one of the most misunderstood levers in […]

