PBNs (private blog networks) are a saucy way to power up your main websites with niche relevant, do-follow backlinks completely under your control 🔥 At a fraction of the price versus buying placements on other peoples sites.. You can also build these networks up in popular niches outside your industry to sell link placements on (backlinks are more valuable than ever) AI makes building PBNs easier than ever imo Here's how to build PBNs from scratch: 1. Plan Your Targets - List the money-site pages that need authority. - Define the topical niche the network should match - Aim for 10 to 30 sites per niche instead of one big generic network - Set a budget for domains, hosting, and content per site 2. Source Expired Domains - Search expireddomains(.)net or SpamZilla for dropped domains - Watch auctions and drops on GoDaddy, DropCatch, and NameJet - Filter by referring domains from real, relevant sites - Don't rely on DR or DA alone, since both are easily inflated - Check Majestic Topical Trust Flow for niche fit - Existing traffic is worth its weight in gold versus all other metrics 3. Vet Every Domain - Review its history in the Wayback Machine - Reject domains with past spam, a foreign-language pivot, or casino/pharma content - Audit anchor text for over-optimized or spammy patterns - Run a "site:domain(.)com" search to see if it's still indexed - Skip domains that have changed owners repeatedly 4. Register Without Footprints - Spread purchases across several registrars - Turn on WHOIS privacy for every domain - Use different registrant emails for each - Vary payment methods where possible 5. Host Diversely - Use different hosting providers across the network - Make sure IPs and nameservers differ - Avoid cheap "SEO hosting" with sequential C-class IPs, a known footprint - Never share Analytics, Search Console, or AdSense accounts between sites - Use different Gmail accounts for each site - Don't reuse themes or plugin stacks across every site 6. Rebuild The Expired Domain - Find old URLs that had backlinks, using Ahrefs or Majestic - Restore those pages with rewritten content, or 301 them to relevant pages - Vary the CMS and design across sites - Add About, Contact, and Privacy pages - Make each site look like a real, maintained blog 7. Publish Real Content On Drip Feed Schedule - Use Blogr.ai to automatically schedule and post unique inner pages and articles that match the domain's original topic - Link out to authority sources naturally (gov, edu, wiki, etc) - Keep most posts free of money-site links - Let the site age with content before adding too many links 8. Place Links Carefully - Use one exact match link per PBN site to the money site homepage - Point additional links at inner pages, not just the homepage - Keep anchors mostly branded, naked URL, or generic - Use exact-match anchors sparingly - Refrain from interlinking the PBN sites with each other 9. Reduce Discoverability (optional) - Block the Ahrefs, Semrush, and Majestic bots via .htaccess - This stops competitors from mapping the network - It's debated and optional, because the blocking itself can be a footprint 10. Maintain & Measure - Post new content occasionally on every site - Renew domains before they expire - Track rankings for each target page - Log when each link goes live - If rankings drop after a link goes live, pull that site A lower-risk alternative is to rebuild one or two strong expired domains as real niche sites that can earn and rank on their own The downside is these take alot more work and centralize your risk for manual or algorithmic penalties