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Dominic Harland

Founder & Editor

Dominic set up Link Building Rankings after fourteen years spent buying link building for other people’s sites. He writes the ranking criteria, owns the scoring method, and answers the corrections inbox.

At Link Building Rankings

Every ranking starts with Dominic’s criteria document — what will be judged, what counts as evidence, and in what order of importance. When a provider disputes a placement, he is the person who re-reads the file.

Background

He started in search in 2006, as an SEO executive at a Manchester digital agency, when bought links still meant directories and article spinners. By 2012 he was running organic search in-house for a UK ecommerce group, where link building was a budget line with his name on it.

He went independent in 2016, auditing link profiles and provider relationships for publishers and ecommerce brands. One problem kept recurring: the buyer could not see what the seller actually did. This site is his answer to it.

Works on

Ranking criteriaScoring methodCorrections

Qualifications

  • BA (Hons) Marketing
    Manchester Metropolitan University, 2004
  • CIM Level 6 Diploma in Professional Marketing
    Chartered Institute of Marketing, 2019

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