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Steal the "Friends of" SEO Backlink Hack to Boost Domain Rating
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August 27, 2025
Steal the "Friends of" SEO Backlink Hack to Boost Domain Rating
Turn the dead space in your footer into a "Friends of [Your Brand]" block.
Add 3–5 peer products in your niche and (politely) ask them to add you back. It’s fast, classy, and builds you relevant backlinks.
Mutual Contextual Backlinks: BoltAI ↔ Repo Prompt
Bolt AI links to "Friends of BoltAI."
Bolt AI Footer - Friends of Bolt AI
Repo Prompt mirrors it with "Friends of Repo Prompt." Mutual, on-brand, and sitting site-wide where Google can’t miss it.
Repo Prompt AI - Friends of Repo Prompt
Why Google Eats This Up
Reciprocal links from closely related sites = topical relevance + steady referral clicks.
It’s simple, consistent, and accumulates "domain juice" over time—especially when it’s genuine and not spammy.
The playbook to implement in 10 minutes:
Add a footer section titled Friends of [Your Brand].
List 3–5 complementary products (name → homepage).
DM founders you already know: "We want to add you under ‘Friends of [Brand]’. Want to swap?"
Keep it curated and relevant. Rotate quarterly.
Marc Lou boosted a new site’s Domain Rating extremely fast by linking it from a higher-authority property he controlled—proof that smart, high-quality backlinks move the needle.
"Every developer should have a side project with a high domain rating to rank any new project on Google."
Ask entrepreneurial friends, founder buddies, or colleagues in the same niche for a link back. Keep it reciprocal, tasteful, and on-topic—and let the compounding link equity (and referral traffic) do its thing.
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