{"id":34565,"date":"2024-12-17T18:55:35","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T13:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/?p=34565"},"modified":"2026-05-14T16:43:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T11:13:19","slug":"tier-2-link-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/tier-2-link-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Tier 2 Link Building: The Complete Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/tier-2-link-building\/#What_is_Tier_2_Link_Building\" >What is Tier 2 Link Building?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/tier-2-link-building\/#Tiered_Link_Building_Explained_Tier_1_vs_Tier_2_vs_Tier_3\" >Tiered Link Building Explained: Tier 1 vs. Tier 2 vs. Tier 3<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/tier-2-link-building\/#What_are_Tier_2_Links\" >What are Tier 2 Links?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/tier-2-link-building\/#What_are_Tier_3_Backlinks\" >What are Tier 3 Backlinks?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/tier-2-link-building\/#Why_Tier_2_Link_Building_Matters\" >Why Tier 2 Link Building Matters<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/tier-2-link-building\/#When_Should_You_Use_Tier_2_Link_Building\" >When Should You Use Tier 2 Link Building?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/tier-2-link-building\/#Where_to_Build_Tier_2_Backlinks_7_Strategies_That_Work\" >Where to Build Tier 2 Backlinks: 7 Strategies That Work<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/tier-2-link-building\/#How_to_Find_Tier_2_Link_Building_Opportunities_Using_Ahrefs\" >How to Find Tier 2 Link Building Opportunities Using Ahrefs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/tier-2-link-building\/#Best_Practices_for_Tier_2_Link_Building_Campaigns\" >Best Practices for Tier 2 Link Building Campaigns<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/tier-2-link-building\/#Common_Tier_2_Link_Building_Mistakes_to_Avoid\" >Common Tier 2 Link Building Mistakes to Avoid<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/tier-2-link-building\/#How_to_Measure_Tier_2_Link_Building_Success\" >How to Measure Tier 2 Link Building Success<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/tier-2-link-building\/#Tier_2_Link_Building_Services_When_to_Outsource\" >Tier 2 Link Building Services: When to Outsource<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/tier-2-link-building\/#Frequently_Asked_Questions\" >Frequently Asked Questions<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier 2 link building is the practice of building backlinks that point to the pages already linking to your website, instead of pointing to your website directly. The goal is to make your existing backlinks more authoritative, so they pass more ranking power to your site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you&#8217;ve spent months <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/guest-post-services\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">earning a guest post<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on an industry blog and that page now sits with zero backlinks of its own, it&#8217;s leaking most of its potential value. Tier 2 link building fixes that, and unlike chasing more direct backlinks, it costs a fraction of the time and budget.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This guide is based on what we&#8217;ve actually seen work across hundreds of campaigns. It covers what tier 2 link building is, how it fits into a tiered link building strategy, where to build tier 2 backlinks safely, and when the tactic is worth your time. We&#8217;ll also walk through the common mistakes that get sites flagged and the metrics that tell you whether your campaign is working.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Tier_2_Link_Building\"><\/span><b>What is Tier 2 Link Building?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier 2 link building is an SEO technique where you build backlinks pointing to a page that already links to your website, rather than to your own pages. The pages you&#8217;re strengthening are called your tier 1 backlinks. By giving them their own backlinks, you increase their authority, and they then pass more <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/what-is-link-juice-how-it-flows-and-why-it-matters-for-seo-7114\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">link juice<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to your site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s a simple example. You publish a guest post on an industry blog that links back to your homepage. That guest post is a tier 1 backlink. If you then earn a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/community-mentions-service\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">community mention<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or a directory listing that links to your guest post, those are tier 2 backlinks. They don&#8217;t touch your site directly, but they make your tier 1 backlink stronger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37646\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image8-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1772\" height=\"1226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image8-1.png 1772w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image8-1-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image8-1-1024x708.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image8-1-768x531.png 768w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image8-1-1536x1063.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1772px) 100vw, 1772px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier 2 link building is sometimes called second tier link building or tier 2 link acquisition. All three terms describe the same practice.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tiered_Link_Building_Explained_Tier_1_vs_Tier_2_vs_Tier_3\"><\/span><b>Tiered Link Building Explained: Tier 1 vs. Tier 2 vs. Tier 3<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tiered link building is the broader concept that tier 2 fits into. It&#8217;s a structured, multi-layered backlink hierarchy where each tier supports the one above it. Here&#8217;s how the three tiers compare:<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Attribute<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Tier 1 backlinks<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Tier 2 backlinks<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Tier 3 backlinks<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>What they link to<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directly to your website<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To your tier 1 pages<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To your tier 2 pages<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Typical sources<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High-authority guest posts, digital PR placements, niche-relevant editorial features<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mid-DR guest posts, social media, niche directories, forum threads, press releases, content syndication<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Web 2.0 properties, blog comments, social bookmarks, low-DR directory submissions<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Quality bar<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Highest \u2014 DR 50+ ideal, strict editorial standards<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medium \u2014 DR 20\u201360, relevance still matters<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lowest \u2014 bulk-friendly, indexing-focused<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Risk if penalized<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Direct hit to your site<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buffered \u2014 affects tier 1, not your site<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buffered twice \u2014 affects tier 2, not your site<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Cost per link<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Often $200\u2013$1,000+<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Often $20\u2013$100<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Often pennies, sometimes free<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Volume needed<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few dozen high-quality links<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few links per tier 1 you want to power up<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Larger volumes, mainly for indexing<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hierarchy lets link equity flow upward: tier 3 strengthens tier 2, tier 2 strengthens tier 1, and tier 1 strengthens your site. The buffer also reduces risk;\u00a0 if a tier 3 source gets penalized, the damage stops at tier 2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In our experience, most professional SEOs stop at tier 2. Tier 3 is more often automation-driven and tends to be used for indexing tier 2 links rather than passing meaningful authority. We don&#8217;t recommend tier 4 or beyond, as the diminishing returns aren&#8217;t worth the complexity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>A note on Google&#8217;s view of tiered link building:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google&#8217;s<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/docs\/essentials\/spam-policies\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">link spam policy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is clear that links built primarily to manipulate rankings violate their guidelines, regardless of which tier they sit on. The version of tier 2 we describe in this guide (manual placements on relevant publications that pass real authority and would be useful to a human reader) is fundamentally different from automated link blasts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Treating tier 2 as a license for low-quality bulk linking is exactly what gets sites devalued. We&#8217;ve seen the cleanup work firsthand.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_Tier_2_Links\"><\/span><b>What are Tier 2 Links?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier 2 links are backlinks that point to a page already linking to your website. They sit one degree of separation from your domain. Their purpose is to increase the authority of that intermediate page so more link equity flows through to your site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image3-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1618\" height=\"908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image3-4.png 1618w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image3-4-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image3-4-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image3-4-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image3-4-1536x862.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1618px) 100vw, 1618px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Search engines treat tier 2 links the same way they treat any other backlink. They score the source&#8217;s authority, the relevance to the destination, and the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/anchor-text\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">anchor text<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> used. The only thing that makes a link &#8220;tier 2&#8221; is the role it plays in your strategy: it&#8217;s strengthening another link, not pointing to your own pages.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_Tier_3_Backlinks\"><\/span><b>What are Tier 3 Backlinks?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier 3 backlinks are links that point to your tier 2 pages. They sit two degrees of separation from your website and are typically built in higher volume from lower-authority sources, including social bookmarks, blog comments, and lightweight directories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37644\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image6-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image6-2.png 1440w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image6-2-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image6-2-1024x654.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image6-2-768x491.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier 3 has two practical jobs: helping search engines discover and index tier 2 links faster, and adding a thin layer of authority to the tier 2 layer. As tier 3 sources are often lower quality, they&#8217;re kept far from your money site by the buffer that tier 2 provides.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most SMBs don&#8217;t need tier 3. In our agency work, it mainly comes into play for clients running large-volume campaigns who want to compress indexing time and squeeze out marginal gains.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Tier_2_Link_Building_Matters\"><\/span><b>Why Tier 2 Link Building Matters<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The practical case for tier 2 link building comes down to four things:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>It rescues link juice that&#8217;s currently being diluted.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> When a page links out to your site alongside many other outbound links, the original<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/infolab.stanford.edu\/pub\/papers\/google.pdf\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PageRank model<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the algorithm that started Google, published by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998, describes link equity as being divided among all outbound links on a page. Building tier 2 links to that page increases its total authority, so even after dilution, the share flowing to your site is larger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>It speeds up indexing of your tier 1 backlinks.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Google discovers new pages by crawling the links on pages it has already indexed. A brand-new guest post sitting on a low-traffic blog can take weeks to be discovered. A few tier 2 links pointing at it can compress that to days. (We&#8217;ve covered the mechanics of this in our guide on<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/how-to-check-if-backlinks-are-indexed-on-google\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how to check if backlinks are indexed on Google<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>It strengthens your authority indirectly without triggering scrutiny.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Building lots of direct backlinks to your money site quickly is one of the patterns Google watches most closely. Tier 2 link building moves that activity one step away from your domain, which both reduces risk and lets you operate at higher volume.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vHnp4g_YC_U?si=qV0vCCmpp7LbnuxN\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>It makes your backlink profile look more natural.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A profile with only DR 70+ links and nothing supporting them looks engineered. Real backlink profiles have layers, such as high-authority links surrounded by lower-tier mentions, social shares, and forum references. Tier 2 link building reproduces that natural shape.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_Should_You_Use_Tier_2_Link_Building\"><\/span><b>When Should You Use Tier 2 Link Building?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier 2 link building isn&#8217;t always the right next move. Use it when:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>You have at least 50\u2013100 quality tier 1 backlinks.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Below that threshold, your time is better spent earning more direct backlinks. Tier 2 only pays off when you have something worth strengthening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Your tier 1 links are underperforming.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If you&#8217;ve earned strong placements but they&#8217;re not moving rankings the way you expected, tier 2 is often the lever that unlocks them \u2014 particularly when those tier 1 pages are on mid-DR sites (DR 30\u201360) that benefit most from a power-up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>You&#8217;re operating in a competitive niche.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In categories where your competitors all have similar tier 1 profiles, tier 2 is one of the few levers that creates separation without a massive new budget.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>You have budget pressure.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tier 2 links are typically 5-10X cheaper per link than tier 1. If you&#8217;ve maxed out what you can spend on direct outreach, tier 2 is how you keep the program moving.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skip tier 2 if your site is brand new (under six months and fewer than 50 referring domains), if your existing tier 1 links are already on DR 80+ sites that don&#8217;t need help, or if you haven&#8217;t fixed obvious on-page issues yet. No amount of tier 2 work will rescue a page with thin content or broken intent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image5-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image5-2.png 1440w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image5-2-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image5-2-1024x707.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image5-2-768x530.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_to_Build_Tier_2_Backlinks_7_Strategies_That_Work\"><\/span><b>Where to Build Tier 2 Backlinks: 7 Strategies That Work<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier 2 link building uses many of the same tactics as direct link building, but the relevance bar is slightly lower because you&#8217;re strengthening another page rather than your own.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>1. Guest posts on mid-DR sites<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Write a guest post for a relevant blog and link to your tier 1 placement instead of your own site. This is the highest-quality tier 2 tactic because the link is contextual, editorial, and dofollow. Aim for sites in the DR 30 to 60 range, high enough to pass meaningful authority, low enough to be reasonably accessible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The article doesn&#8217;t need to be a clone of the topic on your tier 1 page. It just needs to be naturally relevant enough that linking to your tier 1 page reads as a useful reference rather than a forced placement.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>2. Niche edits<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/niche-edits-services\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Niche edits<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, also called link insertions, involve adding your tier 2 link to existing, already-indexed content on a relevant site. Because the host page is already crawled and ranking, the link gets discovered and starts passing authority faster than a brand-new guest post would. We compare both formats in our<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/niche-edits-guide\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">guest posts vs. niche edits<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> breakdown.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>3. Niche directories<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Submitting your tier 1 page to relevant industry directories still works, especially for local businesses and niche B2B sites. The key is quality control: only use directories that are Google-indexed, have visible editorial guidelines, and sit in your niche or a closely related parent niche.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q-8memYiPLo?si=oZfH0CZoi7kStwCy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A quick way to vet a directory: search the directory&#8217;s domain in Google. If thousands of pages are indexed and the site has a reasonable Domain Rating, it&#8217;s safe to use. If it ranks for nothing and looks like an open-submission farm, skip it.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>4. Press releases<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Distribute a press release that references the noteworthy aspect of your tier 1 placement. It can cover a study, a list inclusion, an award, or a milestone. Modern PR distribution networks pick this up across multiple outlets, generating a cluster of tier 2 links to your tier 1 page from news and industry properties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The trigger for a press release has to be genuinely newsworthy. &#8220;We have a new blog post&#8221; doesn&#8217;t qualify. &#8220;We were named one of the top three agencies in the U.S. by [publication]&#8221; does, and that&#8217;s a natural anchor for linking to the listing page.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>5. Content syndication<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Repurpose the content from your tier 1 page (or a related piece) and publish it on syndication platforms like Medium, LinkedIn Articles, and Substack. Within the syndicated version, include a contextual link back to the original tier 1 page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/canonical-urls-a-beginners-guide-to-canonical-tags\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">canonical tags<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or rel=&#8221;canonical&#8221; pointing to the original tier 1 URL where possible to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/duplicate-content\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">avoid duplicate content issues<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The point isn&#8217;t to rank the syndicated copy. It&#8217;s to send authority and discovery signals to your tier 1 page.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>6. Social media and social bookmarking<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharing your tier 1 page on LinkedIn, X, Pinterest, and Reddit drives traffic and social signals. These links are typically nofollow, so they don&#8217;t pass traditional link juice, but they accelerate indexing, increase the page&#8217;s referral traffic, and contribute to the natural-looking diversity in your overall backlink profile.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don&#8217;t overdo it. A single thoughtful share on each platform, ideally from accounts with real followers, beats a burst of identical posts from new accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>7. Forum and community participation<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Genuinely useful answers on Reddit, Quora, and niche industry forums can include a tier 2 link when relevant. The bar here is real value: any answer that exists primarily to drop a link will get removed, and repeat offenders get banned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best forum tier 2 links come from answering questions where your tier 1 page is genuinely the most useful resource available. Search for the question your tier 1 page answers, find threads where it&#8217;s being asked, and contribute a substantive answer.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Find_Tier_2_Link_Building_Opportunities_Using_Ahrefs\"><\/span><b>How to Find Tier 2 Link Building Opportunities Using Ahrefs<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fastest way to identify where to build tier 2 links is to study what&#8217;s working for your competitors&#8217; best-performing pages. Here&#8217;s the workflow we use internally:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 1.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Open Ahrefs Site Explorer and enter a competitor&#8217;s domain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 2.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Go to Top Pages and identify their highest-traffic pages on topics similar to yours. These are pages that, if you had a similar piece, you&#8217;d want to power up with tier 2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image1-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1164\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image1-5.png 1164w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image1-5-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image1-5-1024x489.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image1-5-768x367.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1164px) 100vw, 1164px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Step 3.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Click into a top page and open its Backlinks report. You&#8217;re looking at the sites currently linking to that page. Many of these will be willing to link to similar resources, including yours or your tier 1 placements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image10-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1194\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image10-1.png 1194w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image10-1-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image10-1-1024x510.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image10-1-768x383.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1194px) 100vw, 1194px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 4.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Filter the backlinks by &#8220;DR 30+&#8221; and &#8220;Dofollow&#8221; to narrow to placements worth pursuing. Export the list. These are your tier 2 outreach targets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image4-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1054\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image4-3.png 1054w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image4-3-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image4-3-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image4-3-768x431.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1054px) 100vw, 1054px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>A second workflow:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open Ahrefs Content Explorer and search for a keyword closely related to your tier 1 page&#8217;s topic. Sort by Referring Domains. The pages that have attracted the most backlinks are pages whose linking sites are likely receptive to linking to similar content, making them strong candidates for tier 2 outreach to your tier 1 placement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37645\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image7-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1343\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image7-1.png 1343w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image7-1-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image7-1-1024x455.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image7-1-768x341.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1343px) 100vw, 1343px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Best_Practices_for_Tier_2_Link_Building_Campaigns\"><\/span><b>Best Practices for Tier 2 Link Building Campaigns<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few principles separate tier 2 campaigns that compound over time from ones that get the tier 1 page penalized:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Build links gradually.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sudden spikes in backlinks to any page, including a tier 1 page, look unnatural. Drip your tier 2 work over weeks rather than days. A sustainable pace is 3\u201310 tier 2 links per tier 1 page, built over 30\u201360 days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Diversify anchor text.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Use a mix of branded, generic (&#8220;click here,&#8221; &#8220;this article,&#8221; &#8220;this guide&#8221;), partial-match, and naked URL anchors. Exact-match keyword anchors should be a small minority. Over-optimization on the tier 2 layer doesn&#8217;t just hurt the tier 1 page \u2014 it creates a footprint Google associates with paid link campaigns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Keep it contextual.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A tier 2 link wedged into an unrelated paragraph adds nothing and signals manipulation. The link should make sense to the reader of the tier 2 page first, and serve your SEO goals second.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Pick the right tier 1 pages to boost.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Not every tier 1 link deserves tier 2 support. Prioritize pages that are on mid-DR domains (where the boost will matter most), that link to your highest-converting pages, and that don&#8217;t already link out to many of your competitors. If a tier 1 page links to five competitors alongside you, strengthening it benefits them too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Hold the quality line.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tier 2 doesn&#8217;t mean low-quality. It is slightly more accessible than tier 1. The principle &#8220;would I be embarrassed if Google looked at this&#8221; still applies. Stick to<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/white-hat-link-building\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">white hat strategies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the tier 2 layer too.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Common_Tier_2_Link_Building_Mistakes_to_Avoid\"><\/span><b>Common Tier 2 Link Building Mistakes to Avoid<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37649\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-1.png 940w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-1-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-1-768x569.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Relying on PBNs and link farms.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Private blog networks and bulk-link services are the fastest way to get a tier 1 page deindexed. The buffer that tier 2 provides isn&#8217;t infinite \u2014 Google can and does follow link patterns up the chain. This pattern is explicitly called out in<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/docs\/essentials\/spam-policies\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google&#8217;s link spam policy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a violation, regardless of which layer the links sit on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Stuffing exact-match anchors.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This is the single most common over-optimization signal in tier 2 campaigns we audit. Vary your anchors deliberately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ignoring relevance.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Building a tier 2 link from a parenting blog to a tier 1 page about industrial machinery does nothing for either page. Even when the tier 2 source has good authority, irrelevance limits the value passed through. We see this often when teams chase DR numbers without checking topical fit. Relevance is one of the strongest signals tied to whether<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/contextual-link-building\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contextual link building<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> actually moves rankings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Forgetting to monitor.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A tier 2 link from a site that turns spammy six months later still counts against you. Audit your tier 2 placements quarterly using a tool like the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/free-backlink-checker\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free backlink checker<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/how-to-disavow-in-ahrefs\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">disavow<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the ones that have gone bad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Sending tier 2 links to pages that link to many competitors.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> As noted above, this can do more for your competitors than for you. Always check the tier 1 page&#8217;s outbound link profile before investing.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Measure_Tier_2_Link_Building_Success\"><\/span><b>How to Measure Tier 2 Link Building Success<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier 2 work pays off indirectly, so you have to track the right indicators:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37647\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image9-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image9-1.png 1440w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image9-1-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image9-1-1024x715.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image9-1-768x537.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Tier 1 page metrics.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Watch the URL Rating (UR) and referring domain count of the tier 1 pages you&#8217;re powering up. A successful tier 2 campaign should noticeably increase both within 60 to 90 days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tier 1 page rankings.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If your tier 1 page itself ranks for a keyword, watch that ranking. As the page gains authority, its ranking on the SERP it appears in should improve, which compounds the referral traffic flowing to your site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Your money page rankings.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The metric that matters. Track the keywords your money page targets, particularly the ones where the tier 1 pages you&#8217;re powering up are the most authoritative backlinks pointing to that money page. Improvements should appear 60 to 120 days into a sustained tier 2 campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Referral traffic.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If your tier 2 links are placed on pages with real audiences, you should see incremental referral traffic to the tier 1 pages and, secondarily, to your site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Indexation speed.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> For new tier 1 placements, time-to-index should drop from weeks to days once tier 2 links are in place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Domain Rating drift.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sustained tier 2 work should contribute a measurable lift to your overall DR over 3\u20136 months. It&#8217;s a lagging indicator, not a primary one, but it&#8217;s a useful sanity check.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tier_2_Link_Building_Services_When_to_Outsource\"><\/span><b>Tier 2 Link Building Services: When to Outsource<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Running a tier 2 campaign manually is genuinely time-intensive. You&#8217;re identifying targets, vetting domains, doing outreach, writing content, monitoring placements, and tracking metrics across multiple tier 1 pages, on a continuous schedule. For most in-house teams, that quickly becomes a full-time job.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/outsource-link-building\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outsourcing tier 2 link building<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to a specialist agency is often the more economical path. The right partner brings four things you can&#8217;t easily replicate in-house:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Vetted publisher inventory.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Agencies that have spent years building relationships with mid-DR publishers can place tier 2 links faster and at lower cost than starting outreach from scratch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Manual outreach instead of automation.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Templated, automation-driven outreach gets ignored or flagged. Manual outreach with personalized pitches is what actually lands placements on quality sites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Editorial-quality content.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tier 2 placements still need real content around them. An agency with native writers in your niche can produce articles that publishers will actually accept.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Scalable execution.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Whether you need 10 tier 2 links a month or 1,000, a properly resourced agency can scale without your turnaround times slipping.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Frequently_Asked_Questions\"><\/span><b>Frequently Asked Questions<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><b>What is tier 2 link building?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier 2 link building is the practice of building backlinks to pages that already link to your website. The goal is to increase the authority of those intermediate pages so they pass more ranking power to your site, rather than building backlinks directly to your own pages.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>What are tier 1 and tier 2 backlinks?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier 1 backlinks point directly to your website from external sites. They&#8217;re your primary backlink layer. Tier 2 backlinks point to those tier 1 pages instead of your site, strengthening them so they pass more authority through to you. Tier 1 quality is non-negotiable; tier 2 has a slightly lower quality bar because the placements buffer your site from any risk.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>What is a tiered link building strategy?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A tiered link building strategy organizes backlinks into hierarchical layers, typically tier 1 (direct backlinks), tier 2 (links to your tier 1 pages), and sometimes tier 3 (links to your tier 2 pages). Each tier strengthens the one above it, so authority flows upward through the structure to your money site. The hierarchy also creates a natural-looking backlink profile and buffers your site from any risk on the lower tiers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>What are tier 3 backlinks?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier 3 backlinks point to your tier 2 pages, sitting two degrees of separation from your website. They&#8217;re typically built in larger volumes from lower-authority sources like social bookmarks, and blog comments. Their main jobs are speeding up indexing of tier 2 links and adding a thin authority layer.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Can I buy tier 2 backlinks?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes. Tier 2 backlinks can be purchased through link building agencies and reputable marketplaces. Just apply the same vetting standard you would for tier 1: check the source domains&#8217; Domain Rating, organic traffic, and backlink profile. Avoid services that promise hundreds of tier 2 links for low flat fees; those almost always rely on PBNs or link farms that can damage the tier 1 pages they&#8217;re meant to strengthen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>How many tier 2 backlinks do I need per tier 1 page?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A reasonable range is 3 to 10 tier 2 links per tier 1 page you want to strengthen, built over 30\u201360 days. The exact number depends on the tier 1 page&#8217;s current authority. A brand-new guest post might benefit from 8 to 10 tier 2 links, while an already strong placement might only need 2 to 3. More than 15 can start to look engineered.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Are tier 2 backlinks safe?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier 2 backlinks are safer than direct (tier 1) link building because they&#8217;re one step removed from your site. If a tier 2 source is penalized, the damage is buffered. That said, &#8220;safer&#8221; doesn&#8217;t mean &#8220;risk-free.&#8221; Sustained spammy patterns at the tier 2 level can still flow upstream and affect the tier 1 page&#8217;s ability to pass authority. The safety comes from quality control and gradual pacing, not from the layering itself. Google&#8217;s<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/blog\/2022\/12\/google-raters-guidelines-e-e-a-t\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E-E-A-T framework<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness) applies to the publishers your tier 2 links sit on, just as it does to tier 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Does tiered link building still work?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, when done with quality tier 2 sources and gradual pacing. The version of tiered link building that doesn&#8217;t work is the old-school approach of pointing thousands of automated low-quality links at tier 1 placements, an approach Google&#8217;s<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/docs\/fundamentals\/creating-helpful-content\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">helpful content guidance<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has made progressively less viable. The version that does work is using tier 2 to strengthen genuinely good tier 1 backlinks with manual, contextual placements on relevant mid-DR sites.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>How is tier 2 link building different from regular link building?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regular (tier 1) link building points backlinks directly at your website, requires the highest quality sources, and carries the most risk if anything goes wrong. Tier 2 link building points backlinks at your tier 1 pages instead, allows for slightly more accessible source sites, and operates at lower cost per link. The strategic difference: tier 1 builds your direct authority, tier 2 amplifies what you&#8217;ve already built.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tier 2 link building is the practice of building backlinks that point to the pages already linking to your website, instead of pointing to your website directly. The goal is to make your existing backlinks more authoritative, so they pass more ranking power to your site. 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