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Building bold. Breaking ordinary. Since 2010.
Most agencies sell "link building" that's just bulk PBN spam — the kind Google's link spam algorithms catch in weeks, often followed by manual penalties months later. At Valor& Media, we earn links the way Google actually rewards: through original research, digital PR, HARO contributions, broken link recovery, and editorial outreach. The result — high-authority backlinks from real publications and topically relevant niche sites that compound rankings instead of triggering penalties.
Every legitimate link acquisition tactic, executed at scale
95% of the links we build are earned editorially — through pitched stories, expert quotes, and original research that publications choose to cite. We don't touch PBNs, link farms, or any tactic Google's link spam algorithms actively target.
Domain authority matters, but topical relevance matters more. A DR60 link from a site in your industry consistently outperforms a DR90 link from an unrelated source — we prioritize both signals together, not one at the expense of the other.
Spammy link velocity triggers manual reviews. We build at a sustainable pace — 10 to 30 quality editorial links per month — that compounds rankings without setting off the algorithmic flags that get sites penalized.
Real link authority comes from a balanced portfolio — press coverage, editorial bylines, expert quotes, and niche partnerships, all in their right proportion.
From digital PR to broken link recovery — the full white-hat link acquisition stack, executed manually and at scale.
Original research studies, surveys, data reports, and creative campaigns designed to earn coverage in tier-1 publications — Forbes, Inc., HuffPost, industry trades, and authoritative niche outlets. The linkable assets journalists actually want to cite, paired with media list outreach.
Editorial guest posts on relevant niche blogs (DR50+) — with genuinely useful content (not thin SEO filler), proper author bios, and contextual links to your site, on publications that vet contributors carefully. Every placement is hand-pitched and individually negotiated.
Daily monitoring of Connectively (formerly HARO), Qwoted, Help a B2B Writer, SourceBottle, and journalist Twitter requests — submitting expert quotes that earn natural editorial links and attribution from major news publications and trade outlets.
Identifying broken links on relevant resource pages — often DR60+ academic, government, and industry sites — and pitching your content as a replacement. Plus targeted resource page outreach for inclusion in curated industry lists.
We audit your existing backlink profile, identify toxic links to disavow, analyze top competitor link sources, and build a target list of high-relevance, high-authority domains worth pursuing.
We create the linkable assets — data studies, original research, in-depth guides, free tools — build the journalist and editor target list, and craft personalized pitches each prospect actually wants to engage with.
Personalized email outreach, daily HARO submissions, broken link discovery, and relationship-building with editors — the manual work that earns editorial links no automated tool can replicate.
We track every link earned, monitor referring domain growth, measure DR/DA progression, and report exactly which campaigns drove rankings and traffic — plus what's next on the roadmap each quarter.
Let's audit your current backlink profile, identify the highest-leverage opportunities, and start earning the editorial links Google's algorithm actually rewards — the kind that move rankings without risking manual penalties.
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