AI SEO Backlinks · Social Proof Backlinks
A do-follow link, written into someone recommending your client.
Where a link sits changes what it's worth. This one sits inside the recommendation, not pasted under it. $40 a thread.
- Context decides what a link is worth. — A link in a recommendation beats a link in a signature.
- The link is do-follow. — Do-follow is what lets a link pass credit.
- The link goes inside the answer. — Not bolted underneath it, where nobody put it on purpose.
- A person reads it too. — Most link products can't do that half at all.
- The opening post never names you. — A thread that opens with the pitch is an advert.
- Four shapes of conversation. — Random, Recommendation, Brand comparison, or Experience. You pick.
- One difference from Social Mentions. — The link. $20 buys it, and we won't invent a second reason.
- $40 a thread. — Order 1 to 25 at a time. The draft generator is 20¢.
Someone recommends the brand,
and the link sits in the answer.
A link is a signal. The words around it say what it's about.
So where a link sits changes how much it's worth.
This one sits inside somebody recommending your client.
It's do-follow, so it passes credit like any normal link.
Search reads the recommendation. So does a person.
It's the Social Mentions thread with a do-follow link in it. That's the whole difference.
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Why this costs more
This costs more than Social Mentions for one reason.
The link. That's it. That's the whole reason.
Same thread structure. Same four types. Same opening-post rule.
We could dress that up. Most vendors would. We'd rather you knew.
So here's the real question: is a do-follow link worth $20 on this client?
Sometimes it isn't. Buy the unlinked version then. We'd rather that than have you feel sold to.
Compare the two threads before you pick either.
The account is free and takes no card. Same conversation on both rows. One carries a do-follow link and one has no link at all.
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How a thread gets built
Same conversation. The link goes in the answer.
The intake is Social Mentions plus one field. That field is the reason this costs more, and it's the only reason.
- 01
Pick the client and name the brand
Every order files under a client record. Set the client type too — local, national and ecommerce don't get recommended the same way.
- 02
Add the target URL
This is the field Social Mentions doesn't have. It's the do-follow link, written into the thread instead of pasted under it.
- 03
Choose the shape of the conversation
Random, Recommendation, Brand comparison, or Experience. Recommendation is somebody asking who to use. Experience is somebody reporting what happened.
- 04
Write the opening post, without the brand
This is the rule that makes it credible. The brand is not in the opening post. A thread that opens with the answer is an advert.
- 05
Add the replies, then read them
One to five, and the first is required. Generate a draft for 20¢ if you'd rather edit than write.
- 06
Watch the status, then read the report
Draft, Submitted, In progress, Completed. We don't publish a delivery date. The screenshot lands inline in a branded report.
What you end up holding
One thread doing two jobs.
Picture the next report. Your logo, the thread, the recommendation with the link inside it. Two jobs, one screenshot.
- A screenshot of the thread
- The question, the replies, the recommendation and the link in it. The product's own reasoning: "The deliverable is a screenshot, not a link." The link is real, and the proof of it is the screenshot.
- A do-follow link, in context
- Written into the recommendation, not appended to it. That's where a link counts for most.
- Social proof a prospect will read
- Somebody asked. Somebody answered. Your client was the answer.
- An entity signal
- Discussion is part of how an engine builds a picture of a brand. Whether it then names your client isn't ours to promise.
- A branded report per order group
- Your logo, the client, threads rendered inline. Client-ready.
- Refunds you don't have to chase
- Credits come back if the thread can't be placed.
A thread is $40. The draft generator is 20¢.
Charged when the order is accepted. Refunded on its own if it can't be placed. Credits don't expire.
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The countable part
The numbers, and the one real difference.
- Cost
- $40 a thread today, at the 1,000-credit plan rate. A smaller plan costs a little more per thread, a bigger one less. The Order screen prints the cost before you confirm.
- Unit
- One thread. Order 1 to 25 at a time.
- Link
- One do-follow link, written into the thread.
- Deliverable
- A screenshot of the thread, rendered inline in the report.
- Thread types
- Random, Recommendation, Brand comparison, Experience.
- Structure
- One opening post plus 1 to 5 replies. The first reply is required.
- Opening post rule
- The brand is not named in it. That's what stops the thread reading as an advert.
- Draft generator
- 20¢, plus any extra instructions. You edit it before you order.
- Unlinked version
- Social Mentions, $20. Identical thread, no link at all. The $20 gap between them is the link.
- Which community
- You don't pick it. You choose the thread type, the wording and the client type.
- Indexing
- Not offered here. The deliverable is a screenshot, and a screenshot can't be submitted.
- AI answers
- Discussion is one input into how an engine reads a brand. We don't promise a mention in any assistant's answer.
- Delivery date
- We don't publish one. The status moves Draft, Submitted, In progress, Completed. There's no completion webhook.
$40 is today's price at the 1,000-credit plan rate, and the Order button prints the credit cost it spends. These are placed through outside networks, so a supplier catalogue change moves the number.
What it costs to find out
Price the thread that carries a do-follow link.
The account is free and needs no card. Both Social products print their cost on the Order button — the unlinked thread at $20, this one at $40.
Creating the account is free. Not a trial that takes your card "for verification" — no card at all, and no call with anyone.
And nothing expires on a timer. Credits sit in the account until you spend them.
When you're ready to spend
$0.35–$0.50
per credit, improving with the volume you commit to
See the full pricing page →What you are not signing
No contract, no minimum, no quote and no call. Buy credits monthly if the volume suits you, or buy a block once and owe nothing after it.
Every deliverable in the platform prints its credit cost on the button that spends it, so you always price the work before you run it.
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Before you ask
The questions we'd ask before pointing this at a client.
- What does this do for SEO that a normal link doesn't?
- It puts the link in better company. The words near a link tell search what it's about, and these words are somebody naming your client and saying they're good. The link is do-follow, so it passes credit like any normal link, and the recommendation around it is doing a second job at the same time.
- Why is this $40 when Social Mentions is $20?
- Because of the link, and that is the only difference. Same thread structure, same four types, same opening-post rule, same approval flow. Social Mentions has no link in it at all.
- Will this move my rankings?
- It builds one of the signals rankings are made of, in about the best context a link can sit in. We won't promise you a ranking change from one thread, because nobody honestly can.
- Which of the two should I buy?
- Take Social Mentions when the client's name returns nothing human and you want an asset with no downside attached. Take this one when you want the endorsement and a do-follow link out of the same order.
- Is a link in a community thread worth anything?
- In context, inside a recommendation, on a relevant property — yes, it's a normal link and it behaves like one. Buried in a signature, no, and that's been true for over a decade.
- Does this get my client named in AI answers?
- No promise, from us or from anyone with a straight face. Answer engines assemble from sources they can find, and indexed discussion is a lot of what they find about a category.
- Why a screenshot if there's a real link in it?
- The link is real, but the proof is a screenshot so the thread isn't farmed. Same reason Social Mentions uses one. It also means there's nothing here to submit for indexing.
Someone recommends the brand,
and the link sits in the answer.
Here's the part that has nothing to do with us. One-job assets keep filling reports. Links nobody believes. Endorsements that pass nothing. Both cost real money.
So you have two choices. Separate line items for proof and for links. Or one thread that does both, with the do-follow sitting inside the recommendation.
Build the client's brief and a ranking baseline first. Then buy one thread and read every line before it ships. That habit is worth more than any link in this catalogue.
P.S. — I know why you're hesitating. It's whether the unlinked thread at $20 would have done the job. So don't guess. The account is free, and both prices print on their buttons. Compare them and pick.
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