How to approach the work
Inventory existing referring pages and inspect their relevance, audience and reason for linking. Identify assets that deserve wider attention. Pitch a specific contribution to publications that genuinely cover the topic rather than sending the same request to unrelated sites.
What to check and change
Agree how paid placements and sponsorships will be handled and labelled. Avoid contracts built around guaranteed ranking links, automated comment campaigns or networks that exist mainly to sell authority. A low-quality placement can create maintenance work without attracting a useful reader.
A practical example
Example: an agency publishes an original migration checklist with before-and-after checks from its own work. A development publication may find it useful for readers. That is a stronger editorial reason than inserting an agency keyword into an unrelated lifestyle article.
What to measure and ask your agency
Measure qualified referral visits, useful mentions and relevant commercial outcomes alongside link acquisition. Ask your SEO agency for the actual placements and rationale. No third-party authority score substitutes for reviewing where and why the link appears.
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Technical reference: Google Search Central
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