Keywords, content & growth
Backlinks & Directories
2 min read · Updated 2 Sept 2026
Links and listings are how the rest of the web vouches for you. The Backlinks section covers three things: a strategy, a directory workflow, and (with real data connected) your actual backlink profile.
Link-building strategy
LiveAll paid plans
An AI-built, white-hat off-page plan: prioritised tactics, linkable-asset ideas, the types of prospects to pursue (never a fabricated list of domains), outreach tips, and a 90-day plan. Steer or regenerate it, then "Generate calendar" to schedule the work as tasks.
White-hat only
Every strategy carries a safety note against bought links, PBNs, "link exchanges," and mass auto-submissions — the shortcuts that get sites penalised. RankAgent won't suggest them.
Directories & the submission kit
LiveList & kit: everyone · AI niche suggestions: paid
A curated directory list filtered to your business type — each with a link, an India/Global chip, a free/paid chip, and a note — with a checkbox to tick off what you've submitted. Fill in your business details once and every directory gets a paste-ready "Fill sheet" with copy buttons for each field, so submitting is copy-copy-paste. Paid plans add "Suggest niche directories with AI."
The directory list with free/paid chips and the Fill sheet with copy buttons
Screenshot coming soon
You submit — we don't
There's no auto-submission. Every directory link opens for you to submit manually, then you tick it off. AI-suggested directories come with a "verify each link before you rely on it" warning.
Your real backlink profile (DataForSEO)
LiveStarter and up
On Starter and up, RankAgent pulls your real backlink profile: authority rank (0–1000), total backlinks, referring domains with the dofollow split, spam score, and your top referring domains. Add up to five competitors to compute a link gap — the domains linking a competitor but not you, highest-authority first, as a copyable outreach list.
The backlink profile with authority rank and a competitor link-gap list
Screenshot coming soon
Plan
The backlink profile and link gap are on Starter and up (every paid plan carries a monthly live-data allowance; over it, fetches fall back to cached data). Profiles refresh about every two weeks (cost-bound and cached). The link gap is computed from the top referring domains we pull, and says so.
Next: size yourself up in Competitors.