Listicle Link Building Services

Get your brand featured in relevant “best of” and comparison listicles on authoritative websites. Our listicle link building service earns listicle backlinks that put your brand where buyers, search engines and AI platforms look for recommendations.

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What Is Listicle Link Building?

A listicle is an article written as a list, such as “10 Best CRM Tools for Small Businesses” or “The Top Project Management Apps for Remote Teams”. Listicles are some of the most widely read content online because they let readers compare options quickly.

Listicle link building places your brand in relevant listicles on authoritative websites, with a contextual backlink to your site. These listicle backlinks build authority for SEO and put your brand in front of people who are already comparing options. AI platforms such as ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews draw heavily on listicles when they recommend brands, so listicles in SEO now shape AI visibility as well as rankings.

At Click Intelligence, we have delivered link building since 2013. We tailor every listicle outreach campaign to your:

Product or service

Target audience

Market position

Competitors

Top industry terms

Core Listicle Link Building Focuses

Every listicle campaign is built around your business, your audience and the lists your customers actually read. These four focuses shape every campaign we run.

Relevant Listicle Placements

We only place your brand in listicles that are relevant to what you sell and published on sites your audience trusts. Through our wider Blogger Outreach work, we have built relationships with publishers that produce credible comparison and “best of” content in more than 40 sectors. Every listicle backlink we secure is placed on a site your audience already reads.

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Positive Brand Positioning

How your brand is described matters as much as where it appears. Our content team writes each listicle entry to present your strengths accurately and in the right context, so readers and AI platforms understand what makes you a strong choice.

SEO & AI Visibility

Listicle backlinks strengthen your backlink profile for traditional rankings. Repeated mentions in reputable listicles also help AI platforms recognise your brand as an option worth recommending. Learn more about our AI SEO services.

Reporting & Monitoring

We track every placement after it goes live and report on your campaign each month, so you can see what each listicle backlink is delivering.

What’s Included In Our Listicle Link Building Service?

We never take a one-size-fits-all approach to listicle link building. Every campaign is built around your market, your competitors and the listicles your buyers actually read, so each listicle backlink we secure supports your goals. Here is what our listicle link building service includes:

Listicle Opportunity Research

We start by finding the listicles that matter in your market: the lists your competitors appear in, the comparison terms your buyers search, and the articles AI platforms cite when recommending brands in your category. This shapes where we focus your outreach.

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Listicle Outreach

Our outreach team contacts relevant publishers to secure a place in new and existing listicles. Listicle outreach depends on relationships, and we work with a vetted network of more than 50,000 publishers at DR20 and above.

Listicle Content Creation

Our in-house writers create the content for each placement, whether that is a full listicle or a well-written entry within one. Every piece is unique and written to suit the publishing site and its readers.

Listicle Backlinks

Each listicle includes a contextual backlink to the page you want to grow, with anchor text agreed with you. Because these listicle backlinks sit naturally within content readers value, they carry far more weight than a link placed in isolation.

AI & LLM Visibility

Listicles are among the sources AI platforms rely on most when they compare brands. We prioritise placements that support your visibility in AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode, and track the results in Click Insights, our own platform.

Reporting

You receive a report of every live placement, with its URL, Domain Rating and target page, and monthly updates on how your campaign is performing.

Listicle Link Building Packages

Every listicle link building campaign is tailored to your goals. These are the elements we typically combine:

Your strategy and its size will be built from the below offering to provide you with results that help you stand out in your industry. Your AI SEO campaign will be built utilising the below example service offerings:

Listicle Opportunity Research
Competitor Listicle Analysis
Listicle Outreach
Bespoke Listicle Content
Listicle Backlinks
Brand Positioning
AI & LLM Visibility Tracking
Monthly Reporting

Listicle Backlinks Pricing

Choose between non-approval and pre-approval listicle backlinks across five Domain Rating tiers. Order online, or talk to an account manager about a larger listicle outreach campaign.

Our listicle link building pricing does not apply to the Adult, iGaming, Bitcoin, CBD or Gambling sectors, which are covered by our Specialist Backlinks service.

£ GBP $ USD

No Approval Pre Approval

DR30+ Brand MentionsNon Approval

DR30+ Placement
1K Traffic+
Listicles
Bespoke, Unique Content
Authority Signal for AI & LLM
Fully Scalable Solution

From £100Per link

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Delivery: 14 days

Bulk Discounts

1+ £100 Each
25+ £95 Each
50+ £90 Each

DR40+ Brand MentionsNon Approval

DR40+ Placement
2K Traffic+
Listicles
Bespoke, Unique Content
Authority Signal for AI & LLM
Fully Scalable Solution

From £180Per link

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Delivery: 14 days

Bulk Discounts

1+ £180 Each
25+ £170 Each
50+ £160 Each

40% off

DR50+ Brand MentionsNon Approval

DR50+ Placement
3K Traffic+
Listicles
Bespoke, Unique Content
Authority Signal for AI & LLM
Fully Scalable Solution

From £280£168Per link

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Delivery: 14 days

Bulk Discounts

1+ £168 Each
25+ £162 Each
50+ £156 Each

DR60+ Brand MentionsNon Approval

DR60+ Placement
5K Traffic+
Listicles
Bespoke, Unique Content
Authority Signal for AI & LLM
Fully Scalable Solution

From £360Per link

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Delivery: 14 days

Bulk Discounts

1+ £360 Each
25+ £350 Each
50+ £340 Each

DR70+ Brand MentionsNon Approval

DR60+ Placement
10K Traffic+
Listicles
Bespoke, Unique Content
Authority Signal for AI & LLM
Fully Scalable Solution

From £520Per link

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Delivery: 14 days

Bulk Discounts

1+ £520 Each
25+ £510 Each
50+ £500 Each

DR30+ Brand MentionsApproval

DR30+ Placement
1K Traffic+
Listicles
Bespoke, Unique Content
Authority Signal for AI & LLM
Fully Scalable Solution

From £120Per link

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Delivery: 28 days

Bulk Discounts

1+ £120
25+ £115
50+ £110

DR40+ Brand MentionsApproval

DR40+ Placement
2K Traffic+
Listicles
Bespoke, Unique Content
Authority Signal for AI & LLM
Fully Scalable Solution

From £210Per link

Order Now

Delivery: 28 days

Bulk Discounts

1+ £210 Each
25+ £200 Each
50+ £190 Each

DR50+ Brand MentionsApproval

DR50+ Placement
3K Traffic+
Listicles
Bespoke, Unique Content
Authority Signal for AI & LLM
Fully Scalable Solution

From £310Per link

Order Now

Delivery: 28 days

Bulk Discounts

1+ £310 Each
25+ £300 Each
50+ £290 Each

DR60+ Brand MentionsApproval

DR60+ Placement
5K Traffic+
Listicles
Bespoke, Unique Content
Authority Signal for AI & LLM
Fully Scalable Solution

From £390Per link

Order Now

Delivery: 28 days

Bulk Discounts

1+ £390 Each
25+ £380 Each
50+ £370 Each

DR70+ Brand MentionsApproval

DR60+ Placement
10K Traffic+
Listicles
Bespoke, Unique Content
Authority Signal for AI & LLM
Fully Scalable Solution

From £540Per link

Order Now

Delivery: 28 days

Bulk Discounts

1+ £540 Each
25+ £530 Each
50+ £520 Each

What Is Included In Your Listicle Link Building Budget?

We work with you to get the most from your budget. Order online, or talk to us about which Domain Rating tier and approval option suits your goals, and we will recommend the right mix of placements.

Our Listicle Link Building Process

Steps To Success

1

Kick Off Call

Get things started by booking a call with one of our professional Account Managers to help us determine the right approach we should take to brand mentions for your business.

2

Planning and Strategy

Once we fully understand your business and goals, we’ll plan a strategy that’s 100% bespoke to you. We’ll carefully select publishers that have relevance to your company and industry so that we can deliver optimum results.

3

Content Creation

Our expert team will then get to work crafting the most effective listicles and review content that will help boost your brand awareness and credibility in the SERPs and AI-driven search.

4

Outreach & Placement

Once the content is ready, it’s time to publish it! Our specialist brand mentions team will work its magic to secure you a top-tier link placement that gets your business noticed.

5

Transparent Reporting

When your links are live, we’ll keep you posted on how things are going and the impact of your brand mentions SEO campaign.

Benefits Of Our Listicle Link Building Service

Our Listicle Expertise 1

Click Intelligence has delivered SEO and link building for 12+ years across more than 40 sectors. We know which publishers produce the listicles your buyers read, and how to secure listicle backlinks that strengthen both your rankings and your AI visibility.

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Your Dedicated Account Manager 2

Every client has a dedicated account manager, available by phone, video call, email and WhatsApp, to plan your campaign and answer questions as it progresses.

Strategic Dashboard Reporting 3

You get access to our reporting dashboard, where you can track every placement and view reports at any time.

Our Customers See Real Results

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Users

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Transactions

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Conversions

Get Huge Increases In:

Page visits

New users

Sales

Ready to start your listicle link building campaign? Book your call now.

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White Label Listicle Link Building

If you are an agency, you can resell our listicle link building and listicle backlinks service under your own brand. More than 500 agencies already white label our services, including Niche Edits, Digital Media Placements, Expert Quotes and International Link Building.

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Listicle Link Building FAQs

What Is A Listicle?

A listicle is an article presented as a numbered or bulleted list, such as “The 10 Best Accounting Tools for Freelancers”. Listicles make it easy for readers to compare options, which is why they are so widely read and shared.

What Are Listicles In SEO?

In SEO, listicles are valuable both as content and as a source of backlinks. A brand listed in a relevant listicle on an authoritative site gains a contextual link and visibility in front of buyers comparing options.

What Is Listicle Link Building?

Listicle link building is the process of getting your brand included in relevant listicles on other websites. Each placement earns a listicle backlink to your own site, combining the authority of a backlink with the visibility of a recommendation.

What Is Listicle Outreach?

Listicle outreach is the work of contacting publishers to secure a place for your brand in their listicles, either in new articles or by adding you to existing ones. It relies on strong publisher relationships, which is why many businesses use a listicle outreach service.

Are Listicle Backlinks Good For SEO?

Yes, when they come from relevant, reputable sites. Listicle backlinks are contextual, sit within content readers value and come from pages focused on your category, which makes them a strong signal for search engines.

How Much Do Listicle Backlinks Cost?

Listicle backlinks are priced per link, by Domain Rating tier and approval option. Higher DR placements cost more. See the pricing above, or talk to an account manager about a larger campaign.

Do Listicles Help With AI Search Visibility?

Yes. AI platforms such as ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews often draw on listicles when recommending brands. Appearing in reputable listicles increases the chance your brand is named in their answers.

Can I Approve The Content?

Yes. With our pre-approval option, you can review the publishing sites and content before anything goes live.

Case Studies

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US Vet Client Increases Active Customers By A Huge 35% Thanks To Highly Targeted Award-Winning Local SEO Campaign

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Why Us?

We are a talented digital marketing agency that specialises in SEO with offices in London and Cheltenham. Our one-of-a-kind approach is data-driven, allowing us to provide high-quality and outstanding results for all your SEO and digital marketing needs.