Link building
SaaS Link Building Agency Run by a Link Team Lead
You need links and mentions on the sites search engines and AI answers actually trust, not a monthly count from a vendor. Our SaaS link building agency is led by Amit Malvi, who built and led a 20-person link building team at Invideo AI, and we never buy links or use private blog networks (PBNs). Viggle AI went from 4 pages cited in AI answers to 279.
Led by the former Senior SEO Manager at Invideo AI. Trusted by Viggle AI, HeyOz, Wisemonk and Monk.
Measured against a fixed baseline on every engagement.
- Viggle AI
- HeyOz
- Wisemonk
- Monk
- Zivoke
- TryScent
Backlinks still matter, but where they come from matters more
Links still help pages rank in Google and Bing, and AI answers that search the web pick their sources from those results. Those engines also read the sites linking to you, from roundups and publications to comparison pages and communities. One link from a page your buyers and AI engines read beats dozens from sites nobody visits.
How our SaaS link building agency earns links
We build links the way an in-house team does when its own domain is at stake. Every target comes from what already ranks or gets cited in your category, every link has a reason to exist, and every one points at a page that matters.
Covered on every engine your buyers use
- ChatGPT
- Perplexity
- Claude
- Gemini
- Google AI Overviews
- Google AI Mode
- Copilot
- Bing
ChatGPT search and Copilot draw on Bing's index, so Bing rankings feed AI answers. We work on search and AI engines as one program.
How it works
The same four steps on every engagement, with a clear view of what to expect at 30, 60 and 90 days.
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Understand
Map your product, buyers, competitors and the prompts and searches that decide your category.
Days 1 to 30. A fixed baseline across every engine and the prompts that matter.
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Prioritize
Pick the few moves that will get you recommended fastest and turn them into a focused roadmap.
Days 1 to 30. A focused roadmap agreed, with the first fixes already shipping.
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Execute
Do the technical, content, authority and AI visibility work ourselves.
Days 30 to 60. Content, technical and authority work shipping every week.
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Improve
Track citations, rankings and conversions against the baseline and keep refining.
Days 60 to 90. A first read against the baseline, then the next quarter planned.
Results we can show you
Every engagement is measured against a fixed baseline set before the work started, so the before and after can be checked rather than taken on trust.
Who this is for, and who it is not for
A good fit
Funded AI startups, seed to Series B, with pages worth ranking and too few sites pointing at them
- AI products losing ground on competitive terms
- Startups missing from the roundups AI answers cite
- Teams with data or tools worth referencing
- Founders with expertise editors would publish
Not a fit yet
- Anyone wanting a fixed number of links per month
- Buyers of PBN or paid link packages
- Sites without pages worth linking to yet
- Teams that need ranking changes within weeks
How our link work differs from link vendors
| SearchAxe | Link package vendor | Guest post marketplace | PR agency | |
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| How links are earned | Outreach, assets and expertise | Bought or traded placements | Paid posts on listed sites | Press pitches |
| Source selection | Sites that rank or get cited in your category | Anything above a metric threshold | Whatever is in the catalog | Media with reach, topic optional |
| Considers AI answer sources | Yes, prompt by prompt | No | No | Rarely |
| Where links point | Commercial pages, chosen per link | Usually the homepage | Whatever the post allows | Homepage or press page |
| Risk to your domain | Low, nothing is bought | High if the network is found | Moderate to high | Low |
| Reporting | Each link, its target and its source's citations | A monthly count | Order receipts | Coverage clippings |
What you get each month
- Baseline report Where you stand on every engine and in search before any work starts.
- Monthly AI citation and ranking report Citations by engine, rankings and referring domains, read against the baseline.
- Signups and demos attributed The pipeline that search and AI answers drove that month.
- Slack access A shared channel with the people doing the work.
- Rolling roadmap What shipped, what is next and why, updated every month.
- Competitor movement Which competitors gained or lost ground in AI answers and search, and why.
How we get started
From first call to work in progress in three steps.
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Book a free consultation
A call about your product, your market and where you stand in AI answers and search today.
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Get a plan and a quote
We send a plan for what we would do first, with a clear quote for the work.
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Work starts right away
Once the plan and quote are approved, the work starts immediately.
What clients say
Who's behind SearchAxe
Amit Malvi spent four and a half years at Invideo AI, rising from SEO Executive to Senior SEO Manager. He built and led a 20-person link building team and owned the company's GEO and AEO programs. Today he works hands-on with a small number of AI startups.
Questions buyers ask us
Do backlinks still matter for AI visibility?
Yes, in two ways. Links help pages rank in Google and Bing, and AI answers that search the web pick sources from those results. ChatGPT search and Copilot draw on Bing's index. Separately, the sites linking to you are often the same roundups and articles AI answers cite, so a link there doubles as a mention in a source the engines already trust.
Do you buy links or use PBNs?
No. We don't buy links, rent them, use private blog networks or run link exchange schemes. They put your domain at risk, and the sites involved are rarely ones buyers or AI engines read. Every link we report was earned through outreach, an asset worth citing or your team's expertise, and you can see where each one came from.
How many links will we get each month?
We don't promise a count, because a count is how link vendors justify weak placements. Volume depends on your assets, your category and how much your team can contribute. What we commit to is the target list, the outreach and the reasoning behind each placement, and we report every link against the fixed baseline.
How long before links move rankings or citations?
Longer than most other work. Outreach takes time to land, engines take time to recrawl and reweigh, and a single link rarely moves anything alone. Expect links to show their effect over months, not weeks, and mostly in combination with strong pages to point at. That is why link work starts once the target pages are ready.
What does running a 20-person link team mean for our account?
Amit built and led that team at Invideo AI, so the process here comes from running link building at volume for an AI company's own domain, where bad links had real consequences. For you that means clear criteria for every target, pitches written for editors rather than templates, and the judgment to skip placements that look good in a report and do nothing.
What makes a source trusted by AI engines?
We go by evidence, not guesses. If a page ranks for your category's searches and shows up as a cited source when buyers ask AI engines about your category, it is trusted for that topic. Review sites, best-of roundups, industry publications and active community threads often qualify. We build the target list from those observed citations.
Will outreach use our founder's name?
Only with approval. Expert commentary and contributed articles land better coming from a founder or senior team member, and editors prefer a real person. We draft pitches and pieces for review, handle the back and forth, and never publish anything under someone's name without that person signing it off first.
Which pages should our links point to?
Mostly the pages that earn signups, such as comparison, use-case and product pages, not only the homepage. We choose the target URL and anchor for each placement before outreach starts, and only point links at pages strong enough to hold a ranking. If a target page is thin, we fix the page first, because a link can't rescue it.
What does link building with you cost?
It depends on how much outreach, asset creation and PR the plan needs. We don't publish prices or sell link packages. After a free consultation we send a plan describing how we will build the target list and earn placements, with a quote, and the work starts when you approve both.
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