AI link building tool
Add your website. Every week, HollerScout finds websites that link to your competitors but not to you, blog posts that mention you without a link, and “best of” lists you’re not on yet. You get the page, the reason, and what to say. You send the email yourself.
7 days for $3 · Cancel any time · It never sends emails for you
Found 4 sites for you
This week · who should link to you
Next step: email the writer of the first list. Your draft is ready.
The basics
Link building means getting other websites to link to yours. Google sees a link from a good website as a sign that people trust you, so links help you show up higher in search. A link also brings you visitors by itself, and AI tools like ChatGPT often recommend products they read about on those pages.
Link building software finds websites that might link to you and helps you ask them. HollerScout looks at who links to your competitors, which articles mention you without a link, and which “best of” lists you’re missing from. You get each page with a link, a score and what to ask for.
What it finds
You won’t get tips like “get more backlinks.” Each item is one real page, with a link, a score and a clear next step.
It looks up pages that link to your top 3 competitors but not to you. These sites already recommend products like yours, so asking them to add you is a normal thing to do. It also finds pages that mention you but forgot the link.
Link to your competitors, not you
Mentions you, no link
no link“…we tried three apps and ended up with YourApp, the only one my partner actually kept using…”
Ask the writer to add a link to what they already wrote.
Articles like “12 best budgeting apps for couples” that list your competitors but not you. You get the writer’s email and a short draft asking them to add you.
#3 on Google for “budget app for couples”
12 Best Budgeting Apps for Couples
91
out of 100
To: editor@… · found on the site’s contact page
Subject: An idea for your couples budgeting list
Your list compares apps for tracking shared spending, but none of the twelve lets each partner keep some purchases private…
Draft · edit it, copy it, or open it in your email app
Someone wrote about you but didn’t add a link. These are often the easiest links to get, because the writer already likes you. It quotes the sentence so you can point to it.
It asks ChatGPT search and Google’s AI Overviews about your kind of product. When they name your competitors and not you, it finds the pages they got that from.
Websites that list apps and software like yours. You can usually add your product yourself with a short form.
How it works
It does this every week, on its own. Your first list comes about 10 minutes after you add your website.
It reads your website and works out which products are most like yours.
It searches a big index of links on the web for pages that link to your top competitors but not to you. Then it opens the best ones to see what they really are.
It drops spammy sites and pages that only name a competitor once. The rest get a score from 0 to 100, so the best ones come first.
For “best of” lists, it finds the writer’s email and writes a draft. For other pages, it says which of your pages to link and why it fits. You send it yourself.
Who does what
Google’s rules say buying links, or swapping lots of them, can hurt your site. So HollerScout only looks for pages where a link to you makes sense for their readers. You ask the way a real person would, from your own email.
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Other options
Big SEO tools show you every link on the web, but you dig through it yourself. Email tools send the emails, but you bring the list. Agencies do it all, for a lot more money. Here’s how they’re different.
| Capability | HollerScout | SEO tools | Email tools for link building | Link building agencies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finds sites that link to your competitors but not you | Yes | Yes | You bring the list | Yes |
| Finds mentions of you without a link | Yes | Some do | No | Yes |
| Finds “best of” lists you’re missing from | Yes | With some digging | No | Yes |
| Tells you which ones to do first | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Writes the email | For “best of” lists | No | From templates | Yes |
| Sends emails for you | Never | No | Yes | Yes |
| Checks if you got the link | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Also finds questions to answer and pages to write | Yes | No | No | No |
| Cost | $19 a month | Often $100+ a month | Often $150+ a month | Often $200+ per link |
Link building is one part of HollerScout. Each week’s list also has questions to answer and pages worth writing. See everything it does.
Questions
Link building means getting other websites to link to yours. Google sees a link from a good website as a sign that people trust you, so links help you show up higher in search. A link also brings you visitors by itself, and AI tools like ChatGPT often recommend products they read about on those pages.
Link building software finds websites that might link to you and helps you ask them. HollerScout looks at who links to your competitors, which articles mention you without a link, and which “best of” lists you’re missing from. You get each page with a link, a score and what to ask for.
A backlink is a link from another website to yours. The easiest ones to get are from websites that already mention you, “best of” lists in your category, and pages that already link to products like yours. Send each one a short, friendly email that says why your product fits their page. HollerScout finds these pages for you every week.
It’s when a website names your product but doesn’t link to it. The writer already knows you, so a short email asking them to add the link often works. HollerScout opens each page to make sure the link is really missing.
No. It writes drafts for “best of” lists and tells you what to ask for the rest. You read it, change it and send it from your own email. People reply more to emails that sound like a real person wrote them.
No. Paying for links breaks Google’s rules and can hurt your site. HollerScout only finds pages where a link to you would help their readers.
Not yet. It doesn’t check the page again later. When the link goes up, mark it as done, and it won’t show it to you as new again.
Yes. It works best for software, apps and online shops, where there are lots of “best of” lists, review sites and directories to get on.
No. Link building is one part. Each week’s list also has questions to answer on Quora and forums, and pages worth adding to your website.
It costs $19 a month for one product, and it includes link building. You can try it for 7 days for $3.
Add your website. In about 10 minutes, you’ll see sites that link to your competitors and lists you’re missing from. You can try it for 7 days for $3.