As a friend of the independent station for foreign trade, it is likely that if you continue to follow the concept of outer-chain construction in 2018, this year you will suffer a lot。
Last week i ran into a client for outdoors, who spent $80,000 last year on over 200 so-called "high-quality extra-chains" and lost 30 per cent of the google ranking in the opening of spring this year, cutting the billboard to half, and the outreach team could barely afford it. I looked through his outside watch, half of which was a directory submission link and half of which was a pbn private blog link, a useful operation in 2018, and in 2026 it was just a google fraud。
Google's extra-chain algorithm has been completed for the third time
I did 13 years of foreign trade seo and witnessed three major adjustments in google's external chain algorithm:
We have recently analysed 100 stand-alone stations for foreign trade ranked top10 and found an alarming pattern: 87 per cent have fewer than 300 out-links, far below the industry average of 1,200; 92 per cent have no payout and catalogues submitted out-links; and an average of 47 references and links per site from authoritative industry media。
The core logic behind this is that in the age of ai search, google is able to identify precisely which links are deliberately built and which are actually branded. The traditional external chain numbers, da values and anchor text match these indicators, and the weight share has fallen to less than 20 per cent。
In 2026, only two extra chains worked
The first is the reference to links in the brand of authoritative media. This is the highest external chain type of weight, none. For example, you're a home-based product, and the famous home-based magazine in the united states mentions your brand in its evaluation articles and links to your stand-alone station, a link that could weigh more than 100 ordinary outer chains you bought。
One of the foreign trade clients of cooks that i served the previous year was the receipt of 27 authoritative media links a year through the provision of manuscripts to industry media, free of charge, and the direct increase in natural flows by 120 per cent, the increase in the number of queries by 89 per cent, and the fact that roi was three times the number of google advertisements。
The second is the recommended link generated by the true user. This link weight is second only to that mentioned in the authoritative media and is the most secure type of external chain. Your clients, for example, actively recommend your products on their own blogs, social media, and attach a link to your independent site, a completely natural link that google would love。
Here, it is particularly important to remind us not to buy a link to the producer's evaluation. Google now has a 98 per cent recognition rate and will be reduced if it is discovered. Rather than spending the budget on old client incentives and real bloggers, even if there are few fans, the real recommended value is much higher than the assessment of payments。
These five types of outer chains need to be cleaned up
Not only did these types of outer chains have no weight in 2026, but they could also lead to the curtailment of your independent stations, and it is suggested that we go to seach console tonight to clean up:
A free directory submission, a link to the pbn private blog web link made by the auto-extralink generation tool, does not allow for the manipulation of the same anchor text by people who are manipulating the same links to blogs, meaningless links painted in forum signatures and exchange of friendship links with sites that are completely unrelated to your industry answer
Now google has supported bulk rejection of entire tld domain suffixes, and direct single-click rejections of domain names such as . Xyz and . Top can be 10 times more efficient。
How is the budget allocated for outer chain construction in 2026
Based on our practical experience, it is proposed that the budget for 2026 for the construction of the external chain of independent foreign trade be allocated in the following proportion:
Remember, it's a branding thing. The higher your brand visibility in the industry, the more the authoritative media and real users mention it, the better your google ranking and the flow of traffic and queries。
Focus on me, next issue of the list of competent media cooperation at the independent foreign trade station 2026, which includes 300+ overseas media contacts。
Zhang kevin
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