About This Gig
Resource pages are lists a site owner curates by hand: “useful tools for landlords”, “further reading on type 2 diabetes”, “beginner guides for learning Python”. When the list is maintained by a real person and sits on a site with real visitors, a mention there is one of the cleanest links you can get. Our resource page link building service finds those pages in your niche and pitches your best content to the people who look after them.
Resource page link building is a good fit for blogs, SaaS companies, nonprofits, educational publishers and service businesses with helpful guides or tools. If your site has nothing useful to recommend yet, we will say so before taking your money.
What Makes a Resource Page Worth Pitching
Plenty of pages call themselves resource pages and are nothing of the sort. Before a page goes on our outreach list, it has to pass a handful of checks:
- It is edited by a person. We look for signs of curation, such as short descriptions, recent additions and links that still work.
- The host site has steady organic traffic. We review the trend over several months, since a single month can mislead.
- The page is indexed and not hidden behind noindex tags or blocked folders.
- The outbound links relate to each other. A page linking to casinos, essay mills and dog food in one list is a link farm, not a resource.
- There is no “submit your site for $50” form. Pay-to-list directories are excluded.
- There is real topical overlap with your page, so the link reads as a natural recommendation.
Pages on universities, libraries, councils and charities often turn up during prospecting. We include them when they fit, but we never promise a specific domain extension, because those editors decide on merit alone.
Our Resource Page Link Building Workflow
1. Asset review
Everything starts with the page you want linked. We read it as a curator would and ask a blunt question: would someone add this to their list? Sometimes the answer is yes straight away. Sometimes a few changes, like a downloadable checklist, a clearer introduction or updated statistics, turn an average page into a strong linkable asset. Standard includes a full written review, and Premium adds suggested edits written out for you.
2. Prospecting with search operators
We find candidates using search operators such as intitle:resources, inurl:links and “useful websites” alongside your topic terms, then add pages taken from the backlink profiles of competitors who already appear on curated resource lists. That mix catches pages a single tool would miss.
3. Vetting
Each candidate is checked against the criteria above. A large share of what the operators return gets thrown out. That is normal, and it is the step that keeps the final links clean.
4. Outreach
Resource page outreach only works when it reaches the right person, who is often a librarian, a content manager or whoever wrote the list, rather than a generic inbox. Our email is short, names the page, explains in a line or two why your resource helps their readers, and leaves it there. Follow-ups are polite and limited.
5. Confirmation
When a curator adds your link, we check it is live, crawlable and placed with sensible text around it, then log it in your report.
Picking the Right Package
The Basic package aims for 3 resource page links on sites at DR 20+. We vet around 100 pages, send about 100 tailored emails with one follow-up, and give your linkable asset a quick check. It suits a single strong guide or tool.
Standard targets 7 links at DR 30+, drawn from roughly 250 vetted pages and 250 emails with two follow-ups. The asset review is a full one, with written feedback before outreach begins.
Premium goes after 15 links at DR 40+. We vet about 500 resource pages, send around 500 emails with three follow-ups, review your asset in full and supply edits to strengthen it, and actively work edu and gov prospects where they suit your topic. Larger sites with several good guides get the most from this tier.
Information We Ask For
Send us the target URL, the audience you write for, and any anchor text preferences. Curators usually link with the title of your page or your brand name, so keep expectations around exact-match anchors low. Let us know about competitors or sites you would rather not appear next to, and whether your content is aimed at a particular country.
If you have more than one page that could work, send them all. We will pick the strongest for each prospect, since a list about budgeting tools wants something different from a list about first-time home buying, and matching the right page to the right curator lifts the acceptance rate.
The Line We Draw on Quality
No PBNs, no paid directory listings, no spam comments, and no mass email software firing identical pitches at thousands of addresses. We do not build fake “resource” sites to link to you either, a tactic some sellers use quietly. Any copy we suggest for your asset is written by a person, never auto-generated. Our editorial guidelines set out the writing standards we apply on every resource page link building campaign.
Your Delivery Report
When the campaign closes, you receive a spreadsheet with every live link, the resource page URL, its domain rating, the anchor used and the date it went live. We include a short summary of outreach volume and responses, plus any asset feedback we gave along the way. If a link is removed within 6 months, we replace it free.
How Long Results Take
Curators update their pages when they have time, which may be the same afternoon or several weeks later. That is why delivery spans two to four weeks. Resource page link building rarely moves in a straight line, but once live, these links tend to stay put, because the page exists to recommend useful things and the editor chose yours.
Links help rankings build over weeks and months rather than overnight, and they work best next to solid on-page work and other quality links. We do not guarantee rankings. If you want contextual placements inside articles as well, our niche edit services pair well with this campaign.
Compare Packages
| Feature | Basic · $99 | Standard · $239 | Premium · $449 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resource page links | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| Minimum domain rating | DR 20+ | DR 30+ | DR 40+ |
| Resource pages vetted | 100 | 250 | 500 |
| Linkable asset review | Quick check | Full review | Full review + edits |
| Personalised outreach emails | 100 | 250 | 500 |
| Follow-ups per prospect | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Edu and gov prospects included | – | – | ✓ |
| Live link report | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delivery time | 14 days | 21 days | 30 days |
| Price | $99 | $239 | $449 |
Frequently Asked Questions
What counts as a resource page?
A resource page is a hand-curated list of helpful links on a particular topic, such as tools for small business owners or reading lists for parents of children with dyslexia. The best ones are maintained by a real person, sit on sites with genuine visitors and link to a tight cluster of related content. We avoid pay-to-list directories and pages that link to anything for a fee.
What sort of content gets accepted on resource pages?
Practical, non-salesy content does best: in-depth guides, free tools, calculators, checklists, glossaries, templates and well-sourced research. Product pages and service pages rarely get added because curators do not want to send readers to a sales pitch. If your best page is commercial, we may suggest creating a supporting guide that links internally to your money pages.
Will I get links from .edu and .gov sites?
Edu and gov pages often appear during prospecting, and Premium actively works those prospects where your topic suits them. We cannot promise a specific number, though, because librarians and public sector editors decide entirely on merit and many have strict policies. Anyone who guarantees edu links for a fixed fee is usually selling placements on hacked or abandoned pages, which we will not touch.
How do you vet each resource page?
We check that the page is curated by a person, indexed, and hosted on a site with a steady traffic trend over several months. We look at whether its outbound links are topically consistent, whether there is a paid submission form, and how closely the page matches your topic. Pages that fail any of these checks are dropped before outreach, however good their authority score looks.
What anchor text will the links use?
Curators usually link with the title of your page, your brand name or a short description, because that is how a resource list reads. You are welcome to suggest anchors and we will mention them, but we keep expectations realistic. Natural anchors like these are healthy for your link profile, and pushing exact-match keywords tends to get pitches ignored.
What if my content is not strong enough?
We review your page before outreach on every package. Basic gets a quick check, Standard gets a full written review and Premium includes suggested edits. If we think curators will pass on the page as it stands, we tell you before spending your budget on emails. Small improvements, such as a printable checklist or updated data, often make a noticeable difference to acceptance.
How long until links go live?
Most packages complete within two to four weeks. Curators update their pages on their own schedule, so some links appear within days of our first email while others come after a follow-up. Once a link is live we verify it and add it to your report. After that, it may take Google a few weeks to crawl the change and reflect it.
Do resource page links get removed often?
They tend to be stable, because the curator chose to recommend your content and resource pages are updated less often than blog posts. Removals do happen when a page is redesigned or a site closes. If a link is removed within 6 months, we replace it free, so you are covered during that period.