Backlinks
Get high-quality, relevant, in-context backlinks on autopilot. The BlogSEO exchange network automatically builds your backlink profile while you focus on creating great content.
Requirements
- An active paid subscription
- An active integration (your website must be connected to BlogSEO). See the Integrations page for supported integrations.
How the Backlink Exchange Works
Step 1: Earn monthly credits
Each month, your subscription includes backlink credits that are automatically allocated to your account. These credits are converted into real backlinks placed on other BlogSEO users' websites.
You can also convert AI Brain Credits into backlink credits. 1 AI Brain Credit = 5 Backlink Credits.
Step 2: Non-reciprocal link exchange
BlogSEO matches you with other users in the same niche and automatically inserts contextual links to your site in their articles to grow your Domain Rating. A proprietary algorithm enforces graph sparsity across the link network, keeping the link patterns non-reciprocal and natural so they avoid search engine spam detection by design.
Credit Consumption
Each backlink consumes credits based on the Domain Rating (DR) of the website linking to you:
- Minimum consumption: 10 credits per backlink
- DR-based consumption: If the DR is higher than 10, it consumes credits equal to the DR
Examples:
- A DR 38 backlink consumes 38 credits
- A DR 7 backlink consumes 10 credits (minimum)
Backlink Statuses
| Status | Description |
|---|---|
| Queued | A candidate website has been selected for your backlink. BlogSEO will insert your backlink into the next articles published on the selected website. Backlinks are queued daily at 5 AM UTC. |
| Placed | The backlink has been inserted in an article. Our crawler is verifying that the link is live and the article has been successfully published. |
| Verified | The link has been confirmed on the linking website. |
| Lost | The link was removed or could not be successfully verified by our crawlers, and your credits are automatically refunded. |
Frequently Asked Questions
Why are the link exchanges non-reciprocal?
Direct reciprocal links (Site A ↔ Site B) are easily detected by search engines and can be penalized. A proprietary algorithm enforces graph sparsity across the link network, keeping the link patterns non-reciprocal and natural so they avoid search engine spam detection by design.
How many backlinks do I get per month?
At most 17 backlinks per month if you only receive low DR backlinks, which rarely happens in practice. This is calculated from 100 base backlink credits + 75 credits from converting your 15 monthly AI Brain Credits (15 × 5 = 75), totaling 175 credits. With a minimum consumption of 10 credits per backlink, that's 17 backlinks maximum.
Can I get more backlink credits?
Yes. You can convert AI Brain Credits to backlink credits at a rate of 1:5.
Are the backlinks relevant to my niche?
Yes. BlogSEO matches your website with other sites in related niches to ensure backlinks are contextually relevant.
Can I control which websites I get backlinks from?
Not directly, but we prioritize semantic relevancy as the main criterion for backlink matching. This ensures the backlinks you receive are more valuable for SEO. A contextually relevant backlink from a related website is significantly more powerful than a generic backlink from an unrelated site.
Do I lose my backlinks if I stop my BlogSEO subscription?
No. Backlinks that have been placed remain on the linking websites even after you cancel your subscription.
Why aren't backlinks available during the free trial?
The backlink exchange is a paid feature, so it stays disabled during the free trial. This protects paying customers, because it keeps unproven websites from joining the network and receiving links from established members before they commit to a plan. Converting AI Brain Credits into backlink credits during the trial does not activate the exchange either: the credits are held and become usable once you subscribe.
Why am I not receiving any new backlinks, or why do some show as "Lost"?
A Lost status means the link was removed or could not be verified by our crawlers, and the credits are automatically refunded so you never lose them. The most common cause is that BlogSEO could not fetch the URL after placement, which happens with client-side rendered JavaScript sites or sites with aggressive bot blocking, so make sure your pages and sitemap are reachable. Refunded credits are re-queued onto new relevant websites automatically, and once your account has available credits you should receive a new backlink roughly once a day until they run out. If you have credits but still see nothing queued after a couple of days, reach out and we will investigate and catch the links up by the end of your billing cycle.
Why are some of my backlinks marked "Placed" instead of "Verified"?
Placed means the backlink has been inserted on the linking website, but our crawler has not yet confirmed it live on the page. BlogSEO uses this verification step so you are never charged for links on pages that turn out to be uncrawlable or unpublished, and the check can take up to around 10 days after placement. Once the link is found and confirmed, the status changes to Verified and the credits are kept. If it is never found, the credits are refunded to you automatically. After a link is Verified, you can open it from the backlinks page to view the article that hosts it.
Can BlogSEO link my articles to my own landing pages instead of other websites?
Yes, though that is internal linking rather than the backlink exchange. The exchange places links to your site on other websites, while linking an article mention to one of your own pages is an internal link inside your content. BlogSEO can add these automatically: send our support team the list of landing page URLs you want to target, and we adjust your content settings so upcoming articles link the relevant mentions to the matching page.