SEO Link Building Specialist Needed for SaaS and WordPress Plugin
Worldwide
We are looking for an experienced link-building specialist to help increase the organic search visibility of an established SaaS platform that allows businesses to display their customer reviews on their websites. For confidentiality, we are not naming the website publicly in this job post. The website, target pages and additional campaign details will be shared privately with suitable shortlisted applicants. Our primary SEO focus is the main website and commercial service. Our target search themes include: - Google reviews widget - Google review widget - Google reviews widget for website - Add Google reviews to a website - Embed Google reviews on a website - Display Google reviews on a website - Website review widgets - Customer review widgets This campaign is focused on attracting businesses searching for a reviews widget for their website. It is not focused on WordPress plugin keywords. The project will begin with a small paid test. If the link quality, pricing and communication are good, there is potential for consistent monthly work. ## What We Are Looking For We are interested in genuine editorial links from established websites covering relevant subjects such as: - Digital marketing - Local business marketing - Website design and development - SaaS and business software - Online reputation management - Customer reviews and social proof - Conversion rate optimisation - Ecommerce - Small-business growth - Local SEO - Hospitality, tourism and service businesses - Website tools and business technology We are open to: - Manual outreach and guest-post placements - Existing relationships with genuine publishers - Relevant resource-page opportunities - Linkable content and digital PR suggestions - Carefully selected contextual links on relevant existing pages You may also provide a list of websites where you can arrange publication. We want to review the available websites, prices and metrics so that we can choose the placements that offer the best value. **No website may be contacted or used without our approval.** ## Website Quality Requirements We will assess each website individually rather than relying only on DA or DR. As a general guide, suitable websites should have: - A real audience and genuine organic search traffic - Stable or growing organic traffic rather than a severe recent decline - Content and pages indexed in Google - A clear editorial focus - A legitimate business, publication or identifiable organisation behind the website - Useful and well-written content - An English-speaking audience - Preferably meaningful traffic from the US, UK, Canada, Australia or similar markets - Approximately DR or DA 30 or higher in most cases - Approximately 1,000 or more estimated monthly organic visits in most cases - Topical relevance to websites, marketing, SaaS, customer reviews or business growth - Natural contextual links within the main article content - A reasonable external-link profile - Evidence that existing articles continue to rank and receive traffic Highly relevant smaller websites may still be considered even if they do not meet every metric. Relevance, genuine traffic and editorial quality are more important than a high DR score by itself. ## Links We Will Not Accept Please do not offer: - Private blog networks or disguised PBNs - Websites created mainly to sell guest posts or backlinks - Generic guest-post farms covering dozens of unrelated subjects - Domains with high DR but little or no genuine organic traffic - Hacked websites or unauthorised link insertions - Expired-domain networks - Casino, gambling, adult, payday loan or pharmaceutical websites - Unrelated cryptocurrency websites - Forum profile links - Blog comment links - Social bookmarking links - Low-quality directories - Automated Web 2.0 links - Automatically generated websites - Sitewide footer, sidebar or template links - Foreign-language websites with no relevance to our audience - Scraped, spun or low-quality AI content - Pages containing large numbers of unrelated commercial links - Redirected, cloaked or hidden links - Links placed without the website owner’s permission We are not interested in bulk packages such as “100 backlinks for $50.” ## Content and Placement Requirements For guest posts or newly published articles: - The topic must be relevant to the website’s normal audience - The article must provide genuine standalone value - The content must be original and factually accurate - The article must not be copied or syndicated across multiple websites - The link must be placed naturally within the main content - The article must not exist solely to create a backlink - We must approve the website and proposed topic before content is written - We will provide or approve the target landing page - We will provide or approve the anchor text - Anchor text must use a natural mixture of branded, URL, partial-match and descriptive wording - Exact-match commercial anchor text must not be overused - Any claims made about our service must be accurate - The final article must be reviewed before publication where possible Published links should remain live for at least 12 months. If an approved placement is removed during that period, it should be replaced with a comparable approved placement or refunded. ## Information Required for Every Proposed Website Please provide the following information in a spreadsheet: 1. Domain name 2. Website subject or niche 3. Example relevant articles 4. Estimated monthly organic traffic 5. Organic traffic trend 6. Main countries generating traffic 7. DR and/or DA 8. Proposed placement type 9. New guest post or existing-page insertion 10. Whether content writing is included 11. Proposed article topic 12. Link attributes 13. Total price per placement 14. Estimated publication time 15. Replacement or refund policy 16. Whether you work directly with the publisher or through another supplier 17. Any additional publisher requirements We understand that SEO metrics are estimates. However, all traffic, authority and pricing information must be represented honestly. ## Initial Test Project The initial project will cover approximately **three to five approved placements**. Please quote every proposed website separately. Do not bundle strong websites together with placements that we have not selected. We want to be able to pick and choose individual websites based on: - Relevance - Organic traffic - Traffic quality - Editorial standards - Existing rankings - Link profile - Price - Overall value Payment will be made for approved placements after publication and verification. We will not pay in advance for unidentified websites or accept packages where the final domains are only revealed after payment. ## Pricing We are looking for sensible and competitive pricing. We understand that genuine editorial placements cost money, but we are not interested in inflated reseller prices or large agency markups. Please provide your best individual price for each website, including: - Publication - Content writing - Outreach - Any publisher fee - Any other charges Do not submit placeholder prices and then quote substantially higher amounts after we respond. Strong quality and good value are more important than simply finding the cheapest links. ## How to Apply Please include: - A brief explanation of how you normally obtain links - Three to five live examples of links you have previously secured - A sample list of at least 10 websites that may be suitable for this campaign - The individual price for each website - Estimated organic traffic for each website - Whether writing is included - Your normal turnaround time - Your replacement policy if a link is removed - Whether you are a direct outreach specialist, publisher representative, agency or reseller - Whether the example websites are currently available Begin your proposal with the words: **Quality links** This confirms that you have read the full job description. Generic proposals without example domains, transparent pricing or live examples will not be considered. We are looking for a reliable long-term link-building partner who can consistently identify relevant, genuine and reasonably priced opportunities that can help a reviews widget SaaS rank for commercial search terms.
$500.00
Fixed-price- IntermediateExperience Level
- Remote Job
- Ongoing projectProject Type
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