10 Ways to Earn Quality Backlinks in 2026

Why Poor Quality Backlinks Will Drive You Into the Abyss

The era of "buy 1000 web 2.0 profiles, set up a PBN network and sit back" is completely over. Malicious link schemes result in manual penalties.

White-Hat Link Building to Gain Sectoral Authority

1. Digital PR and Original Data Research

Put a survey result into an infographic or create a custom data set.

2. Broken Link Building

External links in old content of authoritarian sites break over time (giving a 404 error). Find and replace these pages.

3. Exceeding Your Competitors' Link Profile, Not Cloning

With the Skyscraper Technique, you can create a more comprehensive page than your competitors and reach the sites that link to them.