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Links still work: a case study proving the importance of purchasing links for projects in the US market

Service

SEO optimization and promotion of an online store in the US market.

Task and goals

Increase website visibility and overall traffic through SEO optimization and link purchasing.

The website before work began

The website had low search engine visibility and few backlinks, which prevented it from overtaking stronger competitors in search results:

Metric

Value as of 01.12.2022

Number of links (Ahrefs)

426

Number of referring domains (Ahrefs)

137

Rating (Ahrefs)

17

Number of links (Serpstat)

162

Number of referring domains (Serpstat)

4

Visibility (Serpstat)

0

Number of keywords (Serpstat)

14449

Number of pages in the index

8580

Number of links (Semrush)

2488

Number of referring domains (Semrush)

496

Rating (Semrush)

32

Number of keywords (Semrush, in US search)

8580

Project work

The strategy chosen to promote the website included working on its main content categories and acquiring quality links.

Over 4 months of promotion, we purchased 30 links and optimized 40 landing pages.

The website’s current state

Service

01.12.2022

01.03.2023

20.04.2023

Number of links in Ahrefs

426

792

937

Number of referring domains in Ahrefs

137

224

289

Rating in Ahrefs

17

27

24

Number of links in Serpstat

162

168

344

Number of referring domains in Serpstat

4

4

19

Visibility in Serpstat

0

0

0

Number of keywords in Serpstat

14449

15090

15350

Number of pages in the index

8580

7900

8080

Number of links in Semrush

2488

7451

8554

Number of referring domains in Semrush

496

946

10092

Rating in Semrush

32

23

25

Number of keywords in Semrush (in US search)

8580

22401

20144

Metric

01.12.2022

01.03.2023

20.04.2023

Number of links (Ahrefs)

426

792

937

Number of referring domains (Ahrefs)

137

224

289

Rating (Ahrefs)

17

27

24

Number of links (Serpstat)

162

168

344

Number of referring domains (Serpstat)

4

4

19

Visibility (Serpstat)

0

0

0

Number of keywords (Serpstat)

14449

15090

15350

Number of pages in the index

8580

7900

8080

Number of links (Semrush)

2488

7451

8554

Number of referring domains (Semrush)

496

946

10092

Rating (Semrush)

32

23

25

Number of keywords (Semrush, US search)

8580

22401

20144

Over four months of work on the project, we achieved the following results:

The number of links to our website increased by 120%, reflecting its growing popularity and authority online.

The number of referring websites linking to our website increased by more than 110%.

The website’s rating increased by 40%. This confirms its growing visibility and authority among users and search engines.

We expanded the list of keywords for which our website is indexed in search results by 6%, allowing us to reach a wider audience.

The total number of online store pages indexed by search engines increased by 2%. This demonstrates our ability to keep the website current and relevant to search engines.

Overall, these results confirm the effectiveness of our SEO and link purchasing strategy. As a result of the work completed, the website’s overall traffic grew despite a sharp reduction in advertising investment:

Case study illustration 1

https://monosnap.com/file/hQWUTbZrdz5Fey3c8tfanssC4t0vsg

On average, organic search traffic increased by a factor of 2 compared with the previous period:

Case study illustration 2

https://monosnap.com/file/wyIbP3xvf7F2ntiPPZiwglnLQaI7xK

Website visibility increased from 0.01 to 0.09:

Case study illustration 3

https://monosnap.com/file/o1LIRqmSs5myWfeteEJA81TaCWpuC1

Conclusion

Through our work, we confirmed that links still play an important role in SEO for projects in the US market. Thanks to our link purchasing and content optimization strategy, we achieved a substantial improvement in website visibility and an increase in its authority. This led to significant traffic growth despite reduced advertising investment.

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