13 posts in case studies
3 domains link to every major landing page builder
we compared 8 landing page builders using the top 2,000 referring domains per subject from common crawl. 3 non-platform domains link to the full set.
13 domains link to every major social media scheduler
we compared 8 social media schedulers using the top 2,000 referring domains per subject from common crawl. 13 non-platform domains link to the full set.
12 domains link to every major help desk
we compared 8 help desks using the top 2,000 referring domains per subject from common crawl. 12 non-platform domains link to the full set.
35 domains link to every major web host
we compared 8 web hosts using the top 2,000 referring domains per subject from common crawl. 35 non-platform domains link to the full set.
13 domains link to every major no-code tool
we compared 8 no-code tools using the top 2,000 referring domains per subject from common crawl. 13 non-platform domains link to the full set.
8 domains link to every major fintech app (and they are all press or capital)
we pulled the backlinks of 8 big fintech apps from common crawl. the 8 domains that link to all of them are finance trade press, newsletters, and the VC/startup databases. no integrations, no dev tools. the niche runs on trust and money.
only 5 domains link to every major AI agent framework (and the shelf is still being built)
we pulled the backlinks of 8 AI agent frameworks from common crawl. only 5 domains link to all of them, and they are not tech media. the niche's link graph is dev platforms plus a brand-new crop of agent directories you can still get into.
only 2 domains link to every major CRM (and that is the lesson)
we pulled the backlinks of the 8 biggest CRMs from common crawl. only 2 domains link to all of them, both integration hubs. compare that to SEO tools, where 37 did. the shape of a niche's link graph tells you the strategy.
the 37 domains that link to every major SEO tool
we pulled the backlinks of 8 major seo tools from common crawl. 37 domains link to all of them, and the list is the seo trade press plus the 'best seo tools' roundups. here is the playbook that falls out of it.
only 6 domains link to every major email marketing tool
we ran the same backlink-overlap study on the 8 biggest email tools. the overlap almost vanished - only 6 domains link to all of them. that collapse is itself the most useful finding.
the 34 domains that link to every major ai writing tool
we pulled the backlinks of the 8 biggest ai writing tools from common crawl. 34 domains link to all of them, and the list is almost entirely ai-tool directories and ai-news media. here is the playbook that falls out of it.
the 27 domains that link to every major website builder
we pulled the highest-authority backlinks of the 8 biggest website builders from common crawl. 9,189 domains link to at least one. only 27 link to all eight, and they reveal a very different playbook than you would guess.
the 35 domains that link to every major project management tool
we pulled the highest-authority backlinks of the 8 biggest project management tools from common crawl. 9,347 domains link to at least one of them. only 35 link to all eight, and that short list is the entire link-building playbook for the niche.