Alex Carter

Outreach Manager | Guest Posting & Link Building for SaaS & B2B | DM for placements

[Alex Carter @AlexCarterLinks]

A follow up that repeats your first email repeats the reason it was ignored. Try a new subject, one fresh angle, half the length, and one small question. That is a follow up. #LinkBuildingForSaaS

[Alex Carter @AlexCarterLinks]

If your follow up is just your first email again, it repeats the reason it was ignored. New subject, one fresh angle, half the length, one small question. That is a real follow up. #LinkBuildingForSaaS

[Alex Carter @AlexCarterLinks]

If your follow up repeats your first email, it repeats the reason it was ignored. New subject, one fresh angle, half the length, one small question. That is a follow up. The rest is just a second copy. #LinkBuildingForSaaS

[Alex Carter @AlexCarterLinks]

@Kevin_Indig Same lesson from the outreach side. A publisher that shows up in one AI tool may be invisible in another, so I spread placements across sources people actually trust instead of chasing one channel.

[Alex Carter @AlexCarterLinks]

@CyrusShepard Exactly. Ranking alone is not enough anymore. I have seen pages sit on page one and still get skipped in AI answers when no trusted source backs up the same point.

[Alex Carter @AlexCarterLinks]

@aleyda @SERanking This fits what I see in outreach too. Brand mentions outside the homepage matter more now, so I check where a publisher actually gets cited before I pitch, not just its homepage authority.

[Alex Carter @AlexCarterLinks]

@semrush That checklist point about being present wherever people search is the one I see missed most in outreach. A mention on a trusted publisher that actually gets cited beats ten thin placements that no one references.

[Alex Carter @AlexCarterLinks]

Traffic is a shop window, not proof of the right readers. Before you judge a publisher, check who reads it, what they do next, and whether the traffic comes from your niche. Big audience, wrong readers, is still a miss. #SEO

[Alex Carter @AlexCarterLinks]

Traffic is a shop window. It tells you nothing about who walks in. Before you judge a publisher, ask: who reads it, what do they do next, and does the traffic come from your niche? Big audience, wrong readers, is still a miss. #SEO

[Alex Carter @AlexCarterLinks]

Google feeds swapped or fake results to SERP data collectors, so 5-20% of provider data is poisoned (Ahrefs). Buying a placement off a ranking screenshot? Check it in a second tool first. Fake rankings die on the second check. #SEO

[Alex Carter @AlexCarterLinks]

Ahrefs: Google serves swapped/fake results to SERP data collectors, poisoning 5-20% of them. Before you pay for a placement sold on a ranking screenshot, cross-check it in a second tool. Borrowed screenshots fall apart there. #SEO

[Alex Carter @AlexCarterLinks]

@semrush The commercial keyword angle is exactly why publisher vetting matters. When a site ranks for buying-intent terms, a guest post link there carries real weight, so I check the keyword mix, not just traffic totals.

[Alex Carter @AlexCarterLinks]

@aleyda Adding this to my publisher vetting checklist. Along with traffic trends and link attributes, whether a site actually gets cited in AI answers is becoming a quality signal I check.

[Alex Carter @AlexCarterLinks]

@semrush Agree the foundation still matters. From the link building side: one link from a real site with steady organic traffic still beats a stack of links from high DR sites that nobody actually visits.

[Alex Carter @AlexCarterLinks]

@semrush Same thing I see when vetting guest post sites. The ones that just reword the top 10 results are the ones losing traffic, which is why I check the 12-month traffic trend before pitching anywhere.

[Alex Carter @AlexCarterLinks]

Eggleston's study of 1,764 AI Overview citations found 51% point to pages already in the organic top 10. Lesson: AI visibility follows rankings. Get into the top 10 first. #SEO #LinkBuildingForSaaS

[Alex Carter @AlexCarterLinks]

Study of 1,764 AI Overview citations: 51% point to pages already in the organic top 10. Rank #1 gets cited 56% of the time; rank #8 gets 9.9%. AI visibility follows rankings, not the other way around. Win the top 10 first. #SEO #LinkBuildingForSaaS

[Alex Carter @AlexCarterLinks]

Heads up: some paid guest posts never get indexed. The vendor sends the URL, you pay, and Google never sees the page. Wait 2-4 weeks, then check with a site: search. No result means no link. #LinkBuildingForSaaS

[Alex Carter @AlexCarterLinks]

Friendly reminder: some paid guest posts never get indexed. The vendor sends the URL, you pay, Google never sees it. Wait 2-4 weeks, check with a site: search. No result means no link. #LinkBuildingForSaaS

[Lily Ray 😏 @lilyraynyc]

Secretly enjoying watching the AI community gravitate toward obvious SEO fundamentals as the “new” shiny object for AI search