Most link building agencies will take your money, send you a report, and hope you do not look too closely at the links.
We are not that agency.
The link building agency space is full of churn-and-burn operations.
Here is what a lot of them actually do:
This is not a fringe problem. It is the default business model for a large chunk of the industry.
You have probably experienced some version of this already.
A real link building agency:
That last one matters.
We turn down work regularly. Not because we are precious about it, but because we only want to take on campaigns we can actually deliver results on.
The founder of TDL is Dutch.
That is relevant because Dutch professionals have a cultural reputation for directness that sometimes makes other nationalities uncomfortable.
We do not pad out emails. We do not run 45-minute onboarding calls when 10 minutes would do. We do not tell you your campaign is going great when it is not.
We built TDL because there was a gap in the market for an agency that:
If you want to learn more about our approach, read through our link building services page or dig into the playbooks to see how we think.
We do not have a network of sites we funnel every client through.
Every link we build is sourced through fresh research and fresh outreach for your specific site, your specific niche, and your specific goals.
That is more work. It produces better links.
Private blog networks are a Google penalty waiting to happen.
They were effective in 2012. Today, Google is good at identifying them, and the risk-to-reward ratio is terrible.
More importantly: they are not links. They are a simulation of links. And simulations do not build real authority.
We do white hat link building exclusively. Every tactic we use is one you could describe to your board without embarrassment.
Our outreach is manual.
That means:
This is why our response rates are higher than the industry average and why we get placements on sites that shut the door on templated pitches.
Some of our best link placements come from editors and webmasters we have worked with before.
Those are relationships we have built over years of treating people like people, not like a means to a placement.
When you work with us, you benefit from those relationships without having to build them yourself.
Every month you receive a report that shows every link, every domain, every DR, and every URL.
You can cross-check every single link. We encourage it.
Nothing hidden. No padding the report with metrics that sound impressive but tell you nothing.
Let us be direct about this.
We do not do:
If any of those things show up in an agency pitch, walk away.
Here are the red flags that tell you an agency is operating a churn-and-burn model:
The common thread: they are selling a product, not a service. The links are pre-packaged. Your campaign is just a client ID in a spreadsheet.
Our typical engagement works like this:
No lock-in contracts after the first month. We want to keep clients because the work is good, not because of contract clauses.
Our clients include:
We work best with clients who understand that link building is a long-term investment, not a one-month fix.
Honest answer: it depends.
It depends on your niche, your current authority, your content quality, and how competitive your target keywords are.
What we can tell you:
We give every new client a realistic projection at the start based on their specific situation. Not a generic guarantee.
If you want an agency that tells you the truth, does the work properly, and treats you like a professional:
Tell us your domain, your niche, your goals. We will give you a straight answer on whether we can help and what it would look like.