1 expired domain with backlinks every 44 seconds.
No auctions. No backorder queues. Just a crawler following the web's own link graph to find SEO-ready drops.
First numbers from our Drop Harvester approach ↓
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Our co-founder just published an iGaming SEO case study built on https://t.co/ywu3ltWfCg.
2,500+ FTDs in one month. 67 brands. 8,000+ domains. Every stage automated on our platform.
2,500+ FTDs in one month from SEO. Here's what that actually looks like.
We built a branded mirror network for an iGaming operator. 67 brands, 8,000+ domains, full SEO cycle automated on https://t.co/O2GaUNQGLd. Goal: capture competitors' branded search traffic and convert it into real players.
What we learned:
Scale is the only defense. One mirror is a liability. 8,000 domains with the right infrastructure is a stable, manageable asset.
Attacks never stop. DDoS, DMCA filings, toxic backlink campaigns. All of it, constantly. The question isn't whether they come - it's whether your infrastructure keeps running through them. Interesting footnote: some of the operators who attacked us later became our clients.
DMCA is not a protection strategy. It works in regulated markets. In most iGaming geos it does nothing. Operators need to understand this before building a defense around it.
Full case study with real tracker data: https://t.co/SuU1zLnyCV
Video walkthrough: https://t.co/PBH6MovrUz
Fire every GEO / AEO / AI SEO (pick your favorite, new terms show up every week) "expert" claiming backlinks no longer matter.
Here's what I'm looking at in the SERPs right now.
A dropped domain, purchased less than a month ago. New owner changed the topic completely. Already ranking top 3 in the new niche. Already cited in AI Mode.
The first part doesn't surprise me. The second part does.
The mechanism is straightforward. The dropped domain carried a strong legacy link profile from its previous life. That profile did the work. New content, new topic, same signals, same result. Classic SEO, confirmed in AI search.
This aligns with a recent study by Cyrus S. on AI Citation factors. The main finding: classical SEO practices are the decisive variable for AI Citations. I agree completely.
I deliberately reduced classical SEO practices down to backlinks. Here's why.
I've been practicing SEO for 20+ years in the most competitive niches. The query I used for this test was from iGaming. One of the most competitive niches in SEO, where players consciously go all-in on backlinks. That's what makes the argument stronger: if the signal works where it's used most aggressively, it works everywhere.
There's a real difference between an "expert" and a practitioner. Experts are like politicians. They operate with large aggregate numbers and have no idea what it feels like on the ground. Practitioners deal with specific businesses and solve specific problems in specific SERPs.
So whatever the "experts" say, in practice there is no other objective metric with even close to the same weight that could replace a backlink. I haven't seen one. And I'm looking.
I've written before that I operate from one core assumption: I know nothing upfront, and every thesis gets tested in practice.
This is the answer to everyone asking how we approach website visibility in the AI search era at @dvigaiseo