Paid link farms
Networks of sites built only to sell links. Google spots them and discounts or penalises the sites that use them.
Link Building in Ireland
Links that come from real Irish activity.
Link building in Ireland that holds up: mentions from local newspapers, sports clubs, sponsorships, suppliers and trade bodies. Each link is earned through something real your business does, so it keeps working long after it is placed and never puts your site at risk.
- No setup fee
- No lock-in
- 26 counties
2 a monthearned links on the National plan
Irishsites first, always
0paid link farms or private networks
€449a month for National with links included
Why it matters
Why Irish links matter
1 good linkfrom a county paper can beat fifty from foreign directories
Links from other websites act as votes of confidence. When a respected site links to yours, Google takes it as a sign you can be trusted on that topic. For local searches, links from sites in your own county carry even more weight.
Most Irish small businesses have very few links, which means a handful of good ones can make a real difference. A mention in the county paper, a link from the GAA club you sponsor and a listing with your trade body can do more than hundreds of links from foreign directories.
Quality matters far more than count. One link from a local news site beats fifty from sites nobody reads.
Sources
Sources of Irish links
Every business already does things worth a mention. Our job is to find them and turn them into links.
- Local and county newspapers and their websites
- Sports clubs and community groups you support
- Sponsorships of events, teams and fundraisers
- Trade bodies, registers and associations
- Chambers of commerce and business networks
- Suppliers and partners who list their stockists
- Local guides, tourism sites and event listings
- Useful guides that other Irish sites want to cite
Localclubs and papers carry real weight
Never
What we never do
Some link tactics still get sold in Ireland. We do not use any of them.
Link swaps at scale
Swapping links with dozens of unrelated businesses looks unnatural and helps nobody.
Spam comments and profiles
Links dropped into blog comments and forum profiles add risk and no value.
Foreign directory blasts
Hundreds of listings on overseas directories that no Irish customer will ever see.
How we do it
How a month of link building works
Find
We look for what your business already does that deserves a mention, and the Irish sites that cover it.
Make
Where needed we write a short guide, a local data piece or a quote that gives a site a reason to link.
Ask
We reach out to the right person with a short, relevant request, never a template blast.
Report
Every link earned is listed in your monthly report with the page it sits on.
Where links fit
Links are one part of the plan
Afterthe profile and pages for most local businesses
Links work best on top of a sound site and a strong profile. If you are starting out, our SEO agency in Ireland page explains how links fit with technical and content work.
For local businesses, links usually come after the profile and county pages under local SEO in Ireland. For national firms they matter from the start.
Pricing
Plans and prices
Two earned links a month are part of the National plan. Other plans earn links as they come.
Kickstart
€295 one-off
A fast fix for a profile that is set up wrong or missing.
- Full local SEO audit
- Google Business Profile rebuild
- Eircode and citation clean up
- Written 90 day plan
Local Start here
€179 a month
For a business serving one town or county.
- Google Business Profile management
- Irish citations kept current
- 1 local page or article a month
- 10 tracked search terms
- Monthly report
Ecommerce
€329 a month
For Irish online shops selling across the country.
- 2 product or category optimisations a month
- Technical checks
- 15 tracked search terms
- Monthly report
National
€449 a month
For businesses covering several counties.
- 2 county or service pages a month
- 2 links a month
- AI answer check
- 30 tracked search terms
- Monthly report
Questions
Link building, answered
The questions we hear most on this topic.
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We reply by email within one working day, 8am to 4pm Irish time.
hello@irelandlocalseo.comSend a questionDo you buy links?
No. Paid links from link farms and private networks break Google's rules and put the site at risk. We earn links through real local activity and useful content.
How many links will I get a month?
The National plan includes two earned links a month. On other plans links come as they are earned through listings and local activity.
Do links from UK sites help an Irish business?
Some do, but links from Irish sites carry more weight for Irish searches and are usually easier to earn for an Irish business.
What is a good link?
One from a real Irish site that people read, on a page related to what you do, placed there because the content deserved it.
How long do links take to work?
Most links take one to three months to show their full effect on rankings.
Free audit
Link building in Ireland starts with a free audit
Link building in Ireland works best when you know where you stand. The free audit shows how many sites link to you and to the three businesses above you.