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Backlink donor evaluation checklist: what to check before you pay

Browser-saved 22-item checklist for evaluating a backlink donor before you buy. DR/DA alone has burned through the operator consensus; this is the 2026 evaluation that survives SpamBrain.

Andrei

May 26, 2026 • 18 min

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Anchor text portfolio health checklist (what 2026 data actually shows)

Browser-saved 21-item checklist on anchor text portfolio health in 2026 — built on Ahrefs and Joy Hawkins' published data, not the <5% exact-match folk rule from 2018.

Andrei

May 26, 2026 • 17 min

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The disavow file checklist: when to use it (and when most sites shouldn't)

Browser-saved 22-item checklist on the Google disavow tool in 2026 — honest about when most sites don't need it, specific about the three cases when they do, and step-by-step on submitting it correctly.

Andrei

May 26, 2026 • 17 min

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"Link building is dead" — why that's still wrong in 2026

Links didn't die. They just got a new job — verifying reality for AI systems. With 75% of AI Overview citations coming from top-12 organic results, the question isn't whether you need backlinks. It's whether AI trusts you enough to cite you. Here's what actually changed.

Andrei

Dec 05, 2025 • 6 min

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Backlink donor evaluation checklist: what to check before you pay

Anchor text portfolio health checklist (what 2026 data actually shows)

The disavow file checklist: when to use it (and when most sites shouldn't)

"Link building is dead" — why that's still wrong in 2026

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