Digital PR & link building — earned properly, the right way
High-quality editorial links — plus toxic-backlink cleanup.
Authority is still earned with links — but the right ones, from real publications, pointing at pages that deserve them. We earn editorial coverage through genuine stories and data, and we clean up the spammy, bought, or inherited links that drag a profile down. Built and managed properly, not bought in bulk.
in a profile cleanup before a single new editorial link was earned.
What working with us on digital pr & link building looks like
Backlink audit
A full review of your link profile to find what's helping, what's neutral, and what's actively harming you.
Toxic link identification
We flag spam, paid, and irrelevant links — the patterns that look manipulative to Google and put you at risk.
Disavow management
Where cleanup is warranted, we prepare and maintain a careful disavow file rather than reaching for it as a blunt instrument.
Digital PR campaigns
Campaigns built on real angles — data, expertise, commentary — that journalists actually want to cover.
Story & asset creation
Original research, tools and data stories designed to earn coverage and links naturally.
Outreach to real publications
Relationship-led outreach to relevant, credible outlets — not mass-blast emails to link farms.
A clear path, no mystery
- 01
Audit the profile
We benchmark your backlinks and your competitors' to see where authority gaps and risks actually are.
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Clean up the toxic
We identify spam and manipulative links and, where appropriate, disavow them so they stop weighing you down.
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Build the assets
We create the data, stories and pages worth linking to — the part most 'link building' skips.
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Earn the coverage
We pitch those assets to real publications and build genuine editorial links that stand the test of time.
See how digital pr & link building played out on a real brief and what it delivered.
Harbour Financial — SEO turnaround
Undoing a previous agency's spam links, then rebuilding authority with genuine editorial coverage.
A plain-English read on the thinking behind this work.
Toxic backlinks: how to audit, clean up and earn links the right way
Cheap links promise quick wins and deliver long-term damage. Here's how to clean up a toxic profile and build authority that lasts.
Digital PR & Link Building, answered straight
Still wondering about something? Ask us directly.
Do you buy links?
No — firmly. Buying links violates Google's guidelines and creates a liability that can wipe out rankings overnight. We earn editorial links the legitimate way, which is slower but actually compounds and is safe.
What counts as a 'toxic' link?
Links from link farms, irrelevant foreign-language directories, obviously paid networks, comment and forum spam, and unnatural exact-match anchor patterns. Individually some are harmless; in volume they signal manipulation.
How is this different from spam outreach?
Spam outreach blasts thousands of templated emails begging for links. Digital PR creates something genuinely newsworthy and pitches it to relevant journalists. One is a numbers game; the other earns coverage you'd be proud of.
Can you help recover from a penalty or drop?
Often, yes. We audit the link profile, clean up the manipulative links, document the cleanup, and rebuild authority legitimately. We're honest about what's recoverable and what isn't before you commit.
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Ready to talk about digital pr & link building?
Tell us where you are and where you want to be. We'll tell you, plainly, whether we can help and what it would take.