Is your backlink offer legitimate?
According to a 2020 Ahrefs study, 90.63 percent of all pages get zero organic Google traffic, which makes fast link-buying promises tempting. Check a backlink offer you received against 12 verifiable criteria in about 2 minutes, free, no sign-up, entirely in your browser.
- Runs entirely in your browser
- Nothing you enter is stored
- 12 criteria plus a cost check
Price & volume
The basis for the cost check and the price-related criteria.
Metrics mentioned
Both fields are optional, many offers don't mention any numbers at all.
Offer details
Provider transparency
rel="sponsored" breach Google's link spam guidelines (source: Google Search Central, Spam Policies).Why bytebrise doesn't buy backlinks
The trick behind most backlink offers is simple: the Google result in position 1 has on average 3.8 times more backlinks than positions 2 through 10, based on an analysis of 11.8 million search results (Backlinko/Brian Dean, 2020). In our own gap analysis of several competitors in our field, 68 of 75 domains linking to multiple of them showed recognisable link-farm or PBN patterns, an advantage that is bought and can disappear at any time. That's why bytebrise builds backlinks only through genuine mentions, directory listings and digital PR, our own domain stood at 33 referring domains on 30 July 2026, honestly earned rather than bought.
Unsure about a specific offer?
We'll show you how we vet link sources for bytebrise itself, or talk through your case in a free first consultation.
Frequently asked questions
Is it illegal to buy backlinks?
No, buying backlinks is not a criminal offence in Germany. It does breach Google's link spam guidelines if the link is not disclosed as an ad or rel="sponsored", and it can trigger manual actions or algorithmic devaluation (source: Google Search Central, link spam policies).
What is Domain Authority (DA) or Domain Rating (DR)?
DA and DR are proprietary metrics from Moz and Ahrefs respectively, not Google metrics. They estimate a domain's assumed link strength, but have no direct, confirmed relationship to actual Google rankings.
Why doesn't bytebrise buy backlinks itself?
Because undisclosed paid links breach Google's guidelines, and because our own gap analysis of several competitors in our field found that 68 of 75 domains linking to multiple of them showed recognisable link-farm or PBN patterns, an advantage that is bought and can disappear at any time. bytebrise builds backlinks instead through genuine mentions, directory listings and digital PR.
Does this check guarantee whether an offer is legitimate?
No. This check is a self-assessment based on 12 publicly verifiable criteria, not legal advice and not a Google forecast. For a final judgement on a specific offer, consult a lawyer or an experienced SEO advisor.