Backlinks you could show a reviewer
Host one relevant link in an article we write for you, earn a credit. Spend a credit, get one back from somebody else’s article. No outreach, no buying links — and no pair of sites in the network ever links to each other.
Start for $1You host a link
One outbound link, inside an article we already wrote for you, on a topic it actually fits. It reads as an editorial citation because that is what it is — and it is the only way to earn a credit.
You spend a credit
A link to one of your pages goes into somebody else’s article, matched on topic and scored against the piece it will sit in. Below the floor, it is refused rather than placed.
You can see all of it
Every placement, the article it went into, the day it went live, and whether it is still there. The credit ledger is the record — balances only move through it.
Six rules, and none of them is a promise
This is the most dangerous thing the product does, so the limits are constants in src/content/links.ts and one unique index in the schema — not a page nobody reads. The numbers below are imported from that file into this sentence.
- Opt-in per siteoff by default
- Never account-wide. Turning it on for one client site does not turn it on for the others, and the confirmation states what will happen before it happens.
- Relevance floor0.35
- A pairing that scores below this is refused outright rather than logged and placed anyway. Topical relevance is the whole difference between a citation and a scheme.
- Links per article1
- More than one exchanged link in a piece reads as a paid-links page to any reviewer looking at it, human or automated.
- Placements per site per week3
- A rolling ceiling per host site however much it publishes, so no site in the network turns into a link farm.
- Reciprocal pairsrefused
- A hosting B while B hosts A is the clearest footprint a link network leaves, and it is named directly in Google’s link-spam guidance. It cannot be requested and cannot be granted.
- Repeat targetsrefused
- The same host never links the same target twice. That one is a unique index in the schema rather than a check in application code, so no code path can get around it.
Backlink exchange, answered.
What is the exchange, and how does it work?
It is a credit market between customers. You earn a credit by hosting one relevant outbound link inside an article we wrote for you; you spend a credit to have a link to your site placed inside somebody else’s. Balances move only through a ledger — a credit market with a mutable balance and no audit trail cannot settle its first dispute.
How is a link placed in an article?
When we write a piece for a host site, the writer is offered the pool of requests whose topic actually matches the article, scored against it. The best-scoring one that clears 0.35 is written into the body as a normal editorial link with its own anchor text. If nothing clears the floor, the article publishes with no exchanged link at all.
Will the links be relevant to my niche?
That is the one property enforced rather than promised. A pairing below 0.35 is refused; it is not downgraded, queued or placed with a warning. Fewer placements is the intended outcome of a floor.
Is this safe? Reciprocal link schemes get sites penalised.
They do, and the penalty would land on your domain rather than ours — which is why the guardrails above are in code and why the toggle says so. Direct reciprocity is refused, one link per article, three placements a week, relevance floor, no repeat targets. It is still a link network, and leaving the exchange switched off is a legitimate choice we will not argue you out of.
How quickly will my domain rating move?
We do not know, and anyone who gives you a number for this is guessing. Placements accrue at the rate other customers publish articles your topic actually fits, which depends on the network’s shape that month. What you get is the list of where your links are, when they went live, and whether they are still there.
Is it included in my plan?
On every plan, at no extra cost, and off until you turn it on for a specific site. There is no separate backlink tier and no credit pack to buy — you earn credits by hosting, which is the only mechanism that keeps the network balanced.
What happens if a link is removed?
The placement is recorded with the article it went into, so a link that disappears shows as removed rather than silently continuing to count. We do not re-place it automatically; the credit ledger is the record of what you spent and what you got.
Turn it on when you are ready.
Start with 3 articles for $1. The exchange is off until you switch it on for a site, and the confirmation says exactly what will happen when you do.