Competitor Backlink Replication Services That Boost Your SEO Fast
Outrank Competitors with Smart Backlink Replication
Your competitors are outranking you? It’s probably not sorcery, but the magic power of their backlinks doing the heavy lifting. Don’t lie to yourself, I’ve been in your shoes too many times to count, and more often than not, the better backlink portfolio tends to prevail.
We get down and dirty on your competitors’ link profiles at EcoSEO, reverse engineer what’s really making them tick, and rebuild their winning formula into a leaner, meaner, healthier backlink profile for you.
I won’t pretend it’s easy when a staggering 96.55% of published content receives NO organic traffic whatsoever. Not a single, solitary search session. There are a number of reasons why so many web pages are invisible to search traffic (one of which is, unsurprisingly, the lack of backlinks pointing at them.)
With our Competitor Backlink Replication Service, we don’t cut corners by churning out some half-assed “link this back to the same place they do” that any other SEO company is willing to regurgitate for you. Call me lazy, but that’s just not how we roll. We like to go that extra mile, find the gaps they’ve overlooked, target the opportunities with actual merit and longevity to them, and grab higher caliber placements to organically build an authority backlink profile that propels you above them in search results.
The added benefit is all white-hat too: real editorial outreach, backlinks in contextually relevant niches, no sketchy workarounds. The type of authority signal that not only nets you the SERP real estate you deserve but arms you with the power to stay put even in ultra-competitive rankings.
EcoSEO Competitor Link Replication Solutions: What's Included
Competitor Backlink Profiling
We start with competitor backlink research, using the same SEO tools industry professionals use to lift the hood on their ranking mechanics. We evaluate all aspects of the backlink profile: DA, Traffic metrics, types of linking sites, anchor text, format/content type that is attracting these links, etc. By the end of this phase, we have a good understanding of the key components of the backlink profile that is likely contributing to their ranking success.
Backlink Gap Analysis
With an understanding of what is present in their profile, we then compare it with our client’s existing backlink portfolio and map out where the gaps exist. This often results in “aha, so THAT’s why they rank and you don’t” moments. These gaps usually consist of highly-valuable placements that the competitor is currently winning (and ranking from), and most likely represent the lowest-hanging fruit for your site.
Quality-Driven Link Replication
Of course, the natural next step isn’t “get you a copy of every link in their profile.” After all, your competitor also has links coming from .edu sites, from comments, forum posts, and a whole host of other less-than-great sources. We will target these and filter them out of the expansion process, homing in on real sites, quality content, contextual placements, and links that are going to actually provide value for your backlink profile.
Content Strategy & Creation
There is always going to be some level of content creation involved in link expansion because your competitor has those links, at least in part, because they published worthy content on some site or other. When we identify these opportunities, we don’t try to replicate content — we aim to outperform it. That means better guest post, resource page pieces, or articles within relevant verticals, so that you have a far better chance of securing at least equivalent (if not superior) placements as a result.
Ethical Outreach & Negotiation
From here, we will make a targeted outreach effort to reach out to site owners and editors to discuss the potential of adding our client’s link. This isn’t a process that works well with boilerplate emails, either. The communications are real, personalized, value-driven proposals that are designed with both our client’s and the publisher’s best interests in mind. White-hat. Sustainable. Effective.
Link Tracking & Reporting
All links that we earn are tracked and cataloged to ensure that nothing falls through the cracks, and you will be provided with URLs, domain authority (DA) metrics, and the evolving picture of the impact of these new links on your overall SEO performance and rankings.
CUSTOMERS REVIEWS
"My business is doing really well in the last 4 months. I am only doing link building at the moment, so guess that is what was needed. I am an not expert but these guys seems to know what they doing” –
Willem Fouche, Speedy Plumbers (Durban)
Competitor Backlink Replication Services – Win the Rankings Game with EcoSEO
Who knew? As many as 54% of businesses use competitor research as a baseline for their backlink campaigns. Shame they don’t mention it to the other 46%. In any case, it just goes to show how common this practice is — and how effective it must be.
Fact of the matter is that if your competitors outrank you, their backlink profile is likely doing a better job at earning links than yours. The good news? You can usually adopt what they do and do it better.
The whole process is simple in concept, but takes a little finesse to perfect. We find the highest quality and most relevant links your competitors rely on to keep their ranks high. And we replicate them. On top of that, we layer in opportunities your competition has left on the table.
EcoSEO’s process will build authority a little faster, and in a way that is a bit more natural.
This isn’t an “easy button” SEO shortcut or trying to game the system. It’s a way to earn a meaningful, long-term edge on organic search — and one that isn’t negated the moment Google tinkers with an algorithm.
When you engage our Competitor Backlink Replication Services, you are not only replicating your competitors, you are reaping all of the SEO benefits they are, while creating a stronger and more unique footprint for your brand.
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How We Copy Competitor Backlinks at EcoSEO
If you ask any digital marketer who digs into competitor backlink profiles on a regular basis, they will tell you that we try not to make a simple tick-box process out of it. In fact, we try to add some value through a combination of research, creative thinking and a slight sprinkle of intuition. What we’re not doing at EcoSEO is duplicating every last thing a competitor does. Because that’s not a competition you can win. Instead, we use all the information and insights from your competitors’ link profiles, hone it and then scale it up into a sustainable link building plan that has a tangible impact on your organic visibility.
Data-based backlink insights
We use SEO tools and research to identify the backlinks that are actively making a difference. The “good” ones. Some links can look great, but do very little. In fact, some of the lower authority backlinks we find can have a surprisingly strong impact on your rankings if used in the right way. We annotate each backlink for relevance, domain authority, and demonstrated impact to make sure your backlink profile is stronger for the process, not just more extensive.
Focus on the gaps
In all likelihood, you don’t need 100% of your competitors’ backlinks (and some of them probably aren’t worth having anyway). What you need to focus on is the gaps: the backlinks they have that you don’t, but should. If you can start replicating these valuable backlinks, you can make up the lost ground much more quickly (and overtake them in the process).
Better, not just equal
Replicating your competitors is, at best, a means to an end. The goal should be to reach “better” rather than “equal”. EcoSEO builds backlinks that are meant to improve on your competitors’ placement. Think higher-authority blogs, authoritative digital publications, niche directories that are relevant to your business. If done correctly, it will move your domain authority to a level above theirs.
Quality content that links naturally
Many of your competitors’ backlinks are likely to be built on mediocre content. We try to avoid this at EcoSEO. If a backlink is pointing at an article, guide or other resource we know you can replicate it. If we can make that content noticeably better: more helpful, more readable, more sharable, your brand is the one people start pointing to on its own.
White-hat and here to stay
We only use white-hat techniques when we replicate backlinks. No black hat shortcuts, no bad networks, and nothing that will stress you out the next time Google have an algorithm update. The best backlink profile is one that will stand the test of time, and at EcoSEO we only build backlinks that will. The idea is to establish a strong, healthy link ecosystem around your site.
Open-book reporting
You will always be in the loop about our backlink process at EcoSEO. Each backlink that we replicate (or improve on) will be fully tracked, documented and reported. You will see the URLs, the metrics on authority, and most importantly, the results you can expect it to have on your traffic and rankings. No more guesswork, no more “vague looking charts”, just transparent reporting you can trust.
EcoSEO Case Studies
ScentForMe | Online Perfume shop sees 302% Surge in Organic Search Traffic
Riverstone Animal Care | Vet Clinic Sees 6.5% Boost in Organic Search Traffic
Potgieter and Willemse Attorneys | 651% Increase in Client Inquiries
Photography To Remember | 48 Top 1-3 positioned keywords within 6 Months of SEO.
PARRIS | EcoSEO Helped a Skincare Brand Achieve 295% More Organic Traffic
Competitor Backlink Replication Strategy | 6 Steps to Authority Parity
In the simplest terms it’s a methodology for converting a competitor analysis into a step-by-step process for steadily replicating (and often surpassing) the strongest backlinks from your chosen competitors. It’s strategic asset building at its most targeted, its most tactical, and yes, its most efficient.
- STEP 1 — Topical Competitor Discovery & Analysis Before you can go after your competitors’ backlinks you need to know who your actual competitors are. Your organic search traffic competitors are the ones Google keeps rewarding for your target keywords (all of them, not just one or two), and that’s the list we start with. It’s usually just 3 to 5 sites tops, then we crawl through each backlink profile and pull in every referring domain into a master list, which looks like an unholy mess to begin with but starts to make a lot more sense when we filter it out by the attributes that matter: topical relevance, DA, niche authority, and the like.
- STEP 2 — Link Gap Comparison & “Easy Win” FilteringWe then compare your backlink profile side-by-side with the competitor list and single out the specific gaps, the 1: 1 matches in the list of sites and pages that are linking to your competitors but not to you. Some of these are the big fish, high-value targets, but many of them are what we call “easy wins”: directories, resource lists, profile sites. Low-hanging fruit. Before we start adding things to your action list we filter out the low quality domains and toxic links and cut that list down to just the links with a realistic chance of helping.
- STEP 3 — Link Acquisition Strategy & Contextual Match Once we have a handle on which links are on the table and worth pursuing we plan out the various means by which you can earn each link. In some cases that will be with a piece of content, in others it will be a small contribution, a resource listing, an image use, etc. The new link needs to fit into the same placement context as the original, and match the audience.
- STEP 4 — Resource Development & Asset Production If a link is contingent on a resource or asset of some kind — a guide, a data resource, an analysis tool — then we either help you create it or help refine the one you have, so that it’s better than what your competitor is pointing to. Not necessarily different, but better: clear, useful, valuable enough that the site owner has a reason to point their link at you instead of them.
- STEP 5 — Personalized Outreach & Value Proposition It’s time to talk to people. We craft custom notes for editors or site owners that focus on nothing but the value of the resource in question. No mention of competitors (if they are in the mix at all, it never lands well). Just a human-to-human note that positions your resource as a newer or clearer or more useful alternative, something that their readers will benefit from.
- STEP 6 — Link Monitoring, Authority Parity & Reporting Once the link is in your hands, we monitor it for indexing and stability. As time passes and you accrue more of the replicated links, we’ll be able to track your progress toward parity with your competitors’ authority, and report on everything that matters: the traffic, the DA, the specific links, the amount of link gap you’ve closed.
FAQs on our Competitor Backlink Replication Services
Do you replicate all of a competitor’s backlinks?
Short answer? No — and quite frankly, you wouldn’t want us to. Some backlinks are garbage, spammy, or just flat-out sketchy. We only go after the ones that make sense: relevant, high-quality links that have the ability to move your authority needle.
How do you identify competitor backlinks?
We comb through a number of SEO tools and manual methods to find out who is giving your competitors a ton of authority. Domain rating, site traffic, topical relevance — all of the typical signals — allow us to quickly identify which links are worth investigating.
Will replying to my competitor’s backlinks get me higher rankings?
No link building agency in the world can guarantee rankings. However, what we will say is that when you match (and even improve on) your competitors’ backlinks you give yourself an immediately higher probability of ranking above them. It’s one of those “stack the odds in your favor” type of things.
What other link building Services do you provide?
We provide an array of link building services. These services include everything from guest posting, NAP citation & directories, competitor link replication, resource page link placement, podcasting, niche links, content driven link building, broken link building, social media backlinks, PR News link placements and even Edu/Gov links.
Do you provide content for competitor backlink replication?
Yes, we do — any time a link requires a content asset, we create it. Whether that’s an article, a resource, or something even more targeted, we put together SEO-friendly assets that actually deserve a backlink, not something that is just whipped up for the sake of doing so.
Is this a safe process for my website?
Yes, it is. We only use white-hat tactics and never recommend anything that could potentially hurt your website. The backlinks we pursue are editorial, relevant to your niche, and completely safe.
How long does this process take?
It depends, of course, but like most things in SEO, link building is generally not a “we’ll get you results in two weeks” kind of service. Most of our clients begin to see noticeable changes — rankings, traffic, domain authority — some place between three-to-six months.
I like what I hear. How do I get in contact with you guys?
Easy – fill out the contact form or just give us a call. We’ll take a look at your website, discuss your goals, and create a strategy that works for your company.