{"id":2728,"date":"2024-10-14T12:09:34","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T12:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewebtoolz.com\/blog\/the-50-best-bootstrapped-backlink-builders-in-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-10-14T12:09:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T12:09:34","slug":"the-50-best-bootstrapped-backlink-builders-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewebtoolz.com\/blog\/the-50-best-bootstrapped-backlink-builders-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"The 50 Best Bootstrapped Backlink Builders in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>We analyzed the organic growth of 1,600 SaaS companies to discover the SEO strategies that work best in\u00a02024.<\/p>\n<p>In this article, we\u2019re looking at bootstrapped SaaS companies that gained the greatest amount of referring domains in the past\u00a0year.<\/p>\n<p>Bootstrapped businesses generally don\u2019t have huge budgets to spend on marketing, so any strategy these small-but-mighty companies use to improve their organic growth is something that <em>you<\/em> can take inspiration from,\u00a0too.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We used the Ahrefs API to pull a list of live referring domains for each company in September 2023 and September 2024.<\/li>\n<li>Companies were ranked by referring domain growth as a percentage of their initial referring domains. We\u2019ve set a minimum starting threshold of 1,000 referring domains.<\/li>\n<li>We\u2019ve reported on referring domains instead of backlinks, because 1,000 referring domains are much, <em>much<\/em> harder to get than 1,000 backlinks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"post-nav-link clearfix\" id=\"section1\"><a class=\"subhead-anchor\" data-tip=\"tooltip__copielink\" rel=\"#section1\"><svg width=\"19\" height=\"19\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 14\" style=\"\"><g fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><path d=\"M0 0h14v14H0z\"\/><path d=\"M7.45 9.887l-1.62 1.621c-.92.92-2.418.92-3.338 0a2.364 2.364 0 0 1 0-3.339l1.62-1.62-1.273-1.272-1.62 1.62a4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.885 5.884l1.62-1.62L7.45 9.886zM5.527 5.135L7.17 3.492c.92-.92 2.418-.92 3.339 0 .92.92.92 2.418 0 3.339L8.866 8.473l1.272 1.273 1.644-1.643A4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.897 2.22L4.254 3.863l1.272 1.272zm-.66 3.998a.749.749 0 0 1 0-1.06l2.208-2.206a.749.749 0 1 1 1.06 1.06L5.928 9.133a.75.75 0 0 1-1.061 0z\" style=\"\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"link-text\" data-anchor=\"50 best bootstrapped backlink builders\" data-section=\"bootstrapped-backlink-builders\"><a id=\"post-181265-_byp94j7fswzy\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">50 best bootstrapped backlink builders<\/h2>\n<p>This is a list of bootstrapped SaaS companies ordered by referring domain growth from September 2023 to September 2024. Did you make the\u00a0cut?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<table id=\"tablepress-350\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-350 tablepress-responsive tablepress-ahrefs-width-720px\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n<th class=\"column-1\">Rank<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-2\">Company<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-3\">Referring Domains 2023<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-4\">Referring Domains 2024<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-5\">Referring Domain Growth<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-6\">Change<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-7\">Estimated Revenue<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">1<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elfsight.com\">Elfsight<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">7,657<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">33,610<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">25,953<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">339%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$8.0M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">2<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/short.io\">Short.io<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">5,709<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">18,573<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">12,864<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">225%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$0.5M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">3<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gymdesk.com\/\">Gymdesk<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1,325<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">3,052<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">1,727<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">130%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$5.5M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">4<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helpjuice.com\">Helpjuice<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">4,015<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">8,672<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">4,657<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">116%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$6.0M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">5<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alsoasked.com\/\">AlsoAsked<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1,602<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">3,343<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">1,741<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">109%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$0.5M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">6<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stripo.email\/\">Stripo<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">2,304<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">4,420<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">2,116<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">92%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$5.5M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">7<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clearscope.io\">Clearscope<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1,883<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">3,580<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">1,697<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">90%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$5.5M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">8<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/surferseo.com\/\">Surfer<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">5,815<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">10,899<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">5,084<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">87%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$37.5M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">9<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordtune.com\/\">Wordtune<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">2,877<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">5,347<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">2,470<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">86%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$1.0M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">10<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/crowdin.com\">Crowdin<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">4,818<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">8,919<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">4,101<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">85%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$17.5M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">11<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialinsider.io\/\">Socialinsider<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">3,264<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">6,007<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">2,743<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">84%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$0.8M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">12<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spyfu.com\">SpyFu<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">8,101<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">14,821<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">6,720<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">83%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$2.0M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">13<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pentest-tools.com\/\">Pentest-Tools.com<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1,543<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">2,779<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">1,236<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">80%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$5.5M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">14<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canny.io\">Canny<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">4,411<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">7,675<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">3,264<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">74%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$5.5M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">15<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/surfshark.com\/\">Surfshark<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">13,898<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">24,056<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">10,158<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">73%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$20.0M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">16<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sitebulb.com\">Sitebulb<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1,232<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">2,093<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">861<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">70%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$0.5M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">17<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seobility.net\/\">Seobility<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">3,496<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">5,900<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">2,404<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">69%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$5.0M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">18<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spycloud.com\/\">SpyCloud<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1,192<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">1,987<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">795<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">67%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$14.0M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-20 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">19<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mxtoolbox.com\">MxToolbox<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">10,718<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">17,736<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">7,018<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">65%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$9.0M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-21 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">20<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shiftbase.com\/\">Shiftbase<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1,077<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">1,780<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">703<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">65%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$17.5M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-22 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">21<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/signaturely.com\/\">Signaturely<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1,113<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">1,839<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">726<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">65%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$0.5M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-23 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">22<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemlist.com\/\">Lemlist<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1,613<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">2,654<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">1,041<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">65%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$6.0M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-24 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">23<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sitechecker.pro\/\">Sitechecker<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">5,938<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">9,732<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">3,794<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">64%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$6.1M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-25 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">24<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/savvycal.com\">SavvyCal<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1,272<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">2,070<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">798<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">63%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$5.5M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-26 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">25<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/statusbrew.com\">Statusbrew<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">2,750<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">4,470<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">1,720<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">63%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$14.0M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-27 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">26<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wisepops.com\">Wisepops<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1,291<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">2,086<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">795<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">62%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$3.0M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-28 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">27<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/glassnode.com\">Glassnode<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">5,041<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">8,123<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">3,082<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">61%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$5.5M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-29 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">28<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deviceatlas.com\">DeviceAtlas<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">2,765<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">4,442<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">1,677<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">61%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$19.0M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-30 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">29<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.float.com\">Float.com<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1,021<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">1,638<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">617<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">60%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$5.5M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-31 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">30<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtings.com\/\">RTINGS.com<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">8,601<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">13,779<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">5,178<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">60%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$6.3M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-32 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">31<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smallpdf.com\">Smallpdf<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">13,953<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">22,264<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">8,311<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">60%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$17.5M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-33 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">32<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\">Clockify<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">6,109<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">9,733<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">3,624<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">59%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$5.5M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-34 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">33<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mailtrap.io\">Mailtrap<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">3,162<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">4,991<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">1,829<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">58%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$5.5M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-35 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">34<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bamboohr.com\">BambooHR<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">8,511<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">13,410<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">4,899<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">58%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$237.8M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-36 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">35<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/setapp.com\">Setapp<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">13,178<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">20,696<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">7,518<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">57%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$15.0M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-37 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">36<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webceo.com\">WebCEO<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">2,495<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">3,891<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">1,396<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">56%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$25.0M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-38 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">37<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visme.co\">Visme<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">10,354<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">16,135<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">5,781<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">56%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$1.0M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-39 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">38<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uplead.com\/\">UpLead<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1,823<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">2,833<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">1,010<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">55%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$17.5M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-40 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">39<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/slickplan.com\">Slickplan<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1,345<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">2,086<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">741<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">55%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$1.0M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-41 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">40<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jotform.com\">Jotform<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">45,485<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">69,553<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">24,068<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">53%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$21.0M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-42 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">41<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiza.co\/\">Wiza<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">2,013<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">3,070<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">1,057<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">53%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$5.5M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-43 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">42<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/bootstrapped-backlink-builders\/ahrefs.com\">Ahrefs<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">52,536<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">80,036<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">27,500<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">52%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$100.0M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-44 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">43<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plausible.io\">Plausible Analytics<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">6,084<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">9,251<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">3,167<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">52%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$5.5M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-45 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">44<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/creately.com\/\">Creately<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">7,816<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">11,844<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">4,028<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">52%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$12.0M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-46 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">45<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/homerun.co\">Homerun<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">2,040<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">3,068<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">1,028<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">50%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$38.4M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-47 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">46<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/\">Yardi<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1,928<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">2,880<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">952<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">49%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$5500.0M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-48 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">47<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/bootstrapped-backlink-builders\/infinitecampus.com\">Infinite Campus<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1,029<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">1,534<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">505<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">49%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$56.0M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-49 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">48<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.filemail.com\">Filemail<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">3,829<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">5,694<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">1,865<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">49%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$1.0M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-50 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">49<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveagent.com\">LiveAgent<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">4,740<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">7,034<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">2,294<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">48%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$5.0M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-51 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">50<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/semaphoreci.com\">Semaphore<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">2,727<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">4,025<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">1,298<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">48%<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">$4.0M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"post-nav-link clearfix\" id=\"section1\"><a class=\"subhead-anchor\" data-tip=\"tooltip__copielink\" rel=\"#section1\"><svg width=\"19\" height=\"19\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 14\" style=\"\"><g fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><path d=\"M0 0h14v14H0z\"\/><path d=\"M7.45 9.887l-1.62 1.621c-.92.92-2.418.92-3.338 0a2.364 2.364 0 0 1 0-3.339l1.62-1.62-1.273-1.272-1.62 1.62a4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.885 5.884l1.62-1.62L7.45 9.886zM5.527 5.135L7.17 3.492c.92-.92 2.418-.92 3.339 0 .92.92.92 2.418 0 3.339L8.866 8.473l1.272 1.273 1.644-1.643A4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.897 2.22L4.254 3.863l1.272 1.272zm-.66 3.998a.749.749 0 0 1 0-1.06l2.208-2.206a.749.749 0 1 1 1.06 1.06L5.928 9.133a.75.75 0 0 1-1.061 0z\" style=\"\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"link-text\" data-anchor=\"How to analyze any company\u2019s backlink strategy in 60-seconds\" data-section=\"analyze-backlink-strategy\"><a id=\"post-181265-_pd2l6fsbxv3\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to analyze any company\u2019s backlink strategy in 60-seconds<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Want to work out how virtually any company builds its best backlinks? Here\u2019s how I do it in Ahrefs.<\/p>\n<p>I usually start with the <strong>Overview <\/strong>report in <strong>Site Explorer <\/strong>to get a quick overview of the website\u2019s referring domain growth. Here\u2019s the chart for our #1 company, Elfsight:\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1496\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-181266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-1.png 1496w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-1-680x341.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-1-768x385.png 768w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-1-400x200.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1496px) 100vw, 1496px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Impressive! Next, I use the <strong>Anchors<\/strong> report to quickly understand the types of links being built: are they all brand mentions, or links to blog content, or free\u00a0tools?<\/p>\n<p>In Elfsight\u2019s case, the vast majority of their referring domains (well over 60%) have anchor text containing the word <strong>widget<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1499\" height=\"1199\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-181267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-2.jpg 1499w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-2-531x425.jpg 531w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-2-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1499px) 100vw, 1499px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1499\" height=\"1199\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-181267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-2.jpg 1499w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-2-531x425.jpg 531w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-2-768x614.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1499px) 100vw, 1499px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Looking at some of these links, it\u2019s clear that the company offers free website widgets that also include a link back to Elfsight:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1008\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-181268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-3.png 2048w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-3-680x335.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-3-768x378.png 768w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-3-1536x756.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1008\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-181268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-3.png 2048w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-3-680x335.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-3-768x378.png 768w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-3-1536x756.png 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>For some websites, anchor text won\u2019t be so revealing. Here\u2019s the <strong>Referring Domains <\/strong>report for a SaaS company I excluded from this article. At first glance, they seem to be doing well, with over 100,00 new backlinks acquired in the past\u00a0year:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1499\" height=\"1252\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-181269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-4.png 1499w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-4-509x425.png 509w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-4-768x641.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1499px) 100vw, 1499px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1499\" height=\"1252\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-181269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-4.png 1499w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-4-509x425.png 509w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-4-768x641.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1499px) 100vw, 1499px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>But digging into the most common anchor text, it becomes apparent that these are almost all spammy links (advertising Korean business massages).<\/p>\n<p>You can exclude spammy links like these using our <strong>Best links <\/strong>filter. By default, the \u201cBest links\u201d filter will only show links that\u00a0are:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dofollow,<\/li>\n<li>In the page content,<\/li>\n<li>On a referring domain with a DR of at least\u00a030,<\/li>\n<li>With estimated organic traffic to the page of at least 500\/m<em>.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have different criteria for defining a \u201cbest\u201d link, you can customize the filter yourself:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"848\" height=\"1271\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-181270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-5.png 848w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-5-284x425.png 284w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-5-768x1151.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 848px) 100vw, 848px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"848\" height=\"1271\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-181270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-5.png 848w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-5-284x425.png 284w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-5-768x1151.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 848px) 100vw, 848px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>With the filter applied, if we run the <strong>Anchors<\/strong> report again, we can filter out all of those spam links, and get a clearer picture of the good quality links this website has acquired. Far, far\u00a0fewer:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1494\" height=\"981\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-181271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-6.png 1494w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-6-647x425.png 647w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-6-768x504.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1494px) 100vw, 1494px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1494\" height=\"981\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-181271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-6.png 1494w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-6-647x425.png 647w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-6-768x504.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1494px) 100vw, 1494px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Lastly, I like to visit the <strong>Best by links <\/strong>report to see the individual pages that have acquired the best\u00a0links.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s an example from another one of our top 50 websites, Clearscope. Aside from common \u201cutility\u201d pages like their homepage, pricing page, and sign-in page, their most linked-to pages are all thought leadership blog posts\u2014opinions, predictions, and research studies:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1502\" height=\"1310\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-181272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-7.jpg 1502w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-7-487x425.jpg 487w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-7-768x670.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1502px) 100vw, 1502px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1502\" height=\"1310\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-181272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-7.jpg 1502w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-7-487x425.jpg 487w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/word-image-181265-7-768x670.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1502px) 100vw, 1502px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Not every company can build links by offering tons of free tools or widgets, but thought leadership content is a <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/link-building-strategies\/\">link-building strategy<\/a> that\u2019s much easier for other companies to emulate.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"post-181265-_b3kp2vn5cy5p\"\/>Final thoughts<\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019ll share more of these data analyses in the coming weeks. Want us to include your company in the next analysis? <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/Ysw9gFBpdyLJntWx6\">Fill out this short Google Form.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/bootstrapped-backlink-builders\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We analyzed the organic growth of 1,600 SaaS companies to discover the SEO strategies that work best in\u00a02024. In this article, we\u2019re looking at bootstrapped SaaS companies that gained the greatest amount of referring domains in the past\u00a0year. 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