White-hat link building with guaranteed placements. Press releases live in 7–14 days, guest posts in 14–30.
Your competitors are building Google’s trust one backlink at a time. We’ll get you there faster - safely. JWD is a San Francisco link building company working through an established editorial network: guaranteed placements on real publications inside the DA/DR and traffic ranges you pick. No PBNs. No link farms. No automated spam that looks fine today and destroys your rankings in the next algorithm update.
Why backlinks still decide rankings
Google has run more than 200 algorithm updates in the last decade. Backlinks have survived every single one. That’s not an accident. A link from a credible, relevant website is still the closest thing the internet has to a public vote of confidence - and Google uses those votes to decide who earns page one.
But not all links are votes. Some are traps.A link from a spammy site, a link farm, or a private blog network doesn’t just fail to help - it signals to Google that you’re trying to game the system. And Google penalizes that. Hard.
We’ve seen businesses hire the wrong agency, never see a single link they paid for, and wake up one day to rankings that fell off a cliff. The difference between a campaign that builds your business and one that burns it comes down to howthe links are built. That’s the whole game.
What our link building services actually cover
You deserve to know exactly what you’re paying for. Here it is.
We identify websites in your niche or market with real editorial credibility - actual readership, domain authority worth having, content relevant to what you do. Every target is reviewed and matched to your pages before it goes on the list.
Not every site with decent metrics is worth a link. We manually review every prospect for spam signals, thin content, suspicious link profiles, and relevance. If it doesn't pass, it doesn't make the list.
No automated blasting. Placements run through an editorial network built over years of testing - which is why we can commit to a DA/DR range and a real traffic floor before you pay, instead of hoping a cold pitch lands.
Every link we secure is editorially placed in context. A real article, a real site, a link that makes sense to the reader. Not a footer link. Not a directory listing dressed up as editorial. A placement inside content written for that publication's audience.
A detailed report for every link delivered: domain, URL, anchor text, domain authority, live link. No spreadsheet of mystery metrics. No "trust us, it's working." Just proof - link by link.
Links are how AI assistants find you too
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Google’s AI answers don’t invent their sources - they pull from pages and publications the web already treats as credible. A citation in a real publication is one of the few signals that reaches all of them at once.
That changes what a backlink is worth. The same placement that moves you up a ranking now also raises the odds you get named when someone asks an AI assistant who to hire in your market.
White-hat and manual - because the shortcuts come for you
Let’s talk about what we don’tdo. That’s where most agencies fail you.
Fake-website networks built to manufacture fake-looking links. Google is very good at detecting them. When they get caught, the penalty lands on your site - not the agency's.
Sites that exist purely to link out in exchange for payment or reciprocal links. Zero editorial value. Google knows.
Software that emails 5,000 sites with a templated pitch. This earns you a spammer reputation, not a link. The best sites delete those emails without reading them.
A real person evaluates whether a link from a specific site would genuinely help your rankings.
You set the angle and the target. The article is written for that publication's audience, not spun from a template.
Real articles. Real sites. Contextual links a human chose to publish.
The manual approach takes longer than a PBN. It costs more than automated spam. And it’s the only method that’s still working five Google updates from now. If an agency offers you 50 links for $299, they’re selling you risk. We’re selling you results that last.
Two kinds of clients
Local service & professional businesses
You know your work is excellent. Google doesn't - yet. You're losing work to competitors who rank above you. Whether you're an accountant whose pipeline thins between seasons, a lawyer who needs consistent local visibility, or a contractor losing jobs to worse work that outranks you - link authority is the lever that changes the math.
Agencies needing a white-label partner
Your clients are asking for link building. You don't have the headcount to do it right. We deliver consistent results, keep our mouth shut about who's doing the work, and make you look good. No PBNs. No link farms. No embarrassing penalties landing in your client's Search Console.
We’re not a black box
Same five-step process across every client - whether you’re an accounting practice in San Francisco or an agency running campaigns for 20 clients.
We start by understanding your site's current link profile. What you have. What's hurting you. What your competitors have that you don't. This tells us how aggressive the campaign needs to be.
We map target keywords to the pages that need link authority, then build an anchor text strategy - varied, natural, exactly what Google expects from an organic link profile. No over-optimization.
Custom prospect list for your niche. Every site manually reviewed for domain authority, relevance, spam signals, and editorial quality. Only the ones that pass every check make it to outreach.
Your approved angle goes to the matched publication. Press releases are live in 7-14 days. Guest posts run 14-30, because a writer has to produce it and the publication's editorial process takes its own time. Either way you know the window before you commit.
Every link earned is verified live before it hits your report. URL, domain metrics, anchor text, placement context. Every month. Every link. No surprises.
Published, not hidden behind a discovery call
Link building pricing should never be a mystery. Clear scope, clear deliverable, and a monthly report that proves every dollar was spent.
Link building, answered honestly
Earn the authority. Skip the risk.
Every week you don’t build links, your competitors are. Get a manual, white-hat link campaign that compounds - and a partner who’ll show you every placement, every month.