Tiered Link Building
Practical guides on backlinks, tiered link building, on-page and technical SEO, keyword research and more.
Tier 3 Backlinks Guide: High-Volume Links for Crawling and Indexing
Tier 3 is the bulk layer of a tiered campaign. It is mainly about getting Tier 2 pages crawled, and it only belongs well away from your own website.
Tiered Link BuildingTier 2 Backlinks Guide: Strengthening the Pages That Link to You
Tier 2 is the support layer. This guide covers which Tier 1 pages deserve it, which link types fit, how much volume makes sense and how to keep it looking natural.
Tiered Link BuildingTier 1 Backlinks Guide: Choosing the Links That Point at Your Site
Tier 1 is the only layer that touches your website directly. Here is how to judge whether a placement deserves to be there and which pages it should point at.
Tiered Link BuildingWhat Are Tiered Backlinks? How the Tier 1, 2 and 3 Structure Works
A plain explanation of tiered link building: what each tier is, how link value is supposed to flow upward, and where the approach runs into Google's spam policies.
Frequently asked questions
Is tiered link building risky?
It can be. Google treats links built to manipulate rankings as spam. The guides here explain how people use tiers and how to keep the risk lower, including natural anchors and a steady pace.
Which tier should I read about first?
Start with the overview of tiered backlinks, then the Tier 1 guide. Tier 2 and Tier 3 only make sense once you have a first layer in place.