Amit Raj | Founder @ The Links Guy

"I'm quite experienced so probably not the right person." Got that reply from a 4-year link builder when we promoted our course. AI is reshaping what skill means in this industry. That mindset will get you left behind. Every day is a school day --> Academy.thelinksguy.com

Suddenly everyone's selling "AI link building" or "AI SEO" courses The same people who prob couldn't build a quality link manually. You can't shortcut to AI if you don't have the fundamentals. Learn from someone with the track record first -> Academy.thelinksguy.com

🔮AI is changing SEO faster than ever. What do SEO experts predict in 2026? Industry experts are already preparing for the next big shifts. Here are 10 SEO predictions for 2026 from leading experts: 𝟭. 𝗨𝗻𝗳𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 – David Pagotto (Founder & Managing Director of SIXGUN) 𝟮. "𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻" 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 – David Bachetti @DavidBachetti (Founder & CEO of Agent AGENTUR GmbH & SEO Agentur Zürich) 𝟯. 𝗚𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗜 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 – Davor Karafiloski@davork9(SEO Director at SmartClick) 𝟰. 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗘𝗢 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄 – Jasja ter Horst @JasjaterHorst (Founder of SEO Review Tools) 𝟱. 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 – Andrii Shum (Head of SEO at SeoProfy) 𝟲. 𝗦𝗘𝗢 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗸𝗲𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 – Dennis Benjak (Online Marketing Manager at Backlinked) 𝟳. 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 – Taylor Scher (Founder of Taylor Scher Consulting) 𝟴. 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗔 – Mayur Bhatasana (Co-founder of Jeenam Infotech) 𝟵. 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗸𝗲𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 – Dr. Tuhin Banik (CEO of ThatWare) 𝟭𝟬. 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 “𝗵𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀” 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 – Amit Raj @thatlinksguy(Founder and link building consultant at The Links Guy) The future of SEO will be defined by authority, originality, and real expertise, not just keywords. 🔥 Want the full breakdown of these trends? Read the complete article on Adsy: bit.ly/472jWL9 #SEO #SEO2026 #AISEO #SEOStrategy #adsy_com

"Avoid exact match anchors" is oversimplified. This shows the results of descriptive links (not branded) to a cluster of MOFU pages. 37 referring domains. The risk isn't the anchor text. It's the quality, context, and off-page presence behind it.

Link marketplaces are a great business decision. Until they quietly eat your results. Pay X, get X links. No thinking required. It works. Until Google pattern-matches the footprint. Own the strategy. Or rent someone else's - and hope the bill never comes due.

Just build organic links" is terrible advice. 5.7% of pages ever earn a backlink without promotion. The rest? Invisible. Passive isn't safe. It's just slow failure with a clean conscience.

Been quoted in this interesting article from @drewturney - AI definitely can be useful (if you know what you’re doing). Use AI don’t let the AI use you…

We've shut down our link building service. The truth is, the business wasn't working. We built great results—helped brands scale to millions of monthly visitors, built 10,000+ links since 2016—but the agency model was breaking. Market shifted. Margins tightened. (1/5)

It's a recalibration. If you've followed along, worked with us, or learned from our content - thank you. The next chapter: more frameworks, honest conversations, clarity in a noisy industry. Subscribe to The Link Letter or stay connected here. See you on the inside (5/5)

→ TLG Academy: courses on modern, authority-first link building → Selective consulting & audits (strategy, not execution) → Connecting clients with vetted partners when they need execution → Training and upskilling in-house or agency teams This isn't the end. (4/5)

@levikmunneke Ai

Anyone who's serious about cold outbound... Seriously, you should not be doing your own lead searches. I never have to do mine, fully done by AI. like and comment "AI" I'll send you a link to this GPT - 100% free + the prompt

@tyler_agg Video

the best way to pump out content, is to build a video content library you can pull ideas from that's why I just made a walkthrough on how to build an AI-powered video content library here’s what it can do: – scrape + store marketing videos (TikTok, Reels, YouTube, FB ads, etc) – extract hooks from both visuals and transcripts – summarize the full video (background, characters, visuals, dialogue) in clean, structured database – log engagement metrics alongside each video once it’s built, you can: – steal proven hooks from top-performing videos in your niche – instantly repurpose ad angles without watching hours of content – generate fresh ideas tailored to your brand, on demand reply “video” and I’ll DM you the walkthrough (must be following)

@mus_enam AI

@maxxmalist Offers

super cheap offers ($5) are one of the most underrated way to print money online they’re cheap, easy to sell, and build trust faster than any $997 course (+ you can make it in few mins with ai) you only need to solve one small problem and people won't look twice as it's low commitment like, rt + reply with ‘OFFERS’ and i’ll send you step-by-step playbook on how to run it (must follow so i can dm)

@tyler_agg Reddit

I just built a plug-and-play AI system that turns Reddit into your personal customer research assistant - feeding you ad angles, pain points, trends, and emotional hooks on autopilot here’s what it does: – pulls exact phrases your market uses (ready for ads & copy) – spots trends before your competitors – uncovers hidden objections & desires you can exploit - builds a constantly updating knowledge base based off the scraped posts all in a single view you can scan in under a minute comment “reddit” and I’ll DM you the walkthrough (must be following)

@THArrowOfApollo July

We're now sending 300,000 cold emails a month for Adam Robinson with 34% positive reply rates. This is after we just burned $10,500 discovering why RB2B's cold email infrastructure went to zero. And we rebuilt everything and 2X'd their efficiency in 30 days. Here's what nobody will tell you about sending cold emails at scale: The strategy everyone uses for sender names will actually KILL your deliverability in 2025. We proved it by accidentally torching their entire infrastructure (375 domains, all dead). What else did Sales Automation Systems learn this month? Variant A: 775 emails per positive reply (our baseline from last year) Variant F: 387 emails per positive reply We literally double the efficacy of RB2B's copy with the smallest changes. Same lists. Same targeting. One weird change nobody talks about. Most agencies would bury this after losing $10k of client infrastructure. But Adam asked me to build in public. Full transparency. So here’s how we fucked up, and how we fixed it. Comment JULY and I'll DM you: - The 8-minute video showing our exact July results - Why 375 domains burned to zero (and how to never make this mistake again) - The sender name strategy that's somehow crushing it - Which copy variant cut our work in half Fair warning: This goes against what every cold email "guru" teaches. We burned $11k learning this so you don't have to. Like, Comment JULY, and Follow

Most brands treating Reddit as a link building channel get banned. Reddit = 21% of AI overview citations (highest of any platform) But brands still think: Spam for quick links Buy fake accounts Game the algorithm Reality: Community respect takes months, not days.