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80.9%
80.9% -- seo expect link building cost increase share for surveyed SEOs (2026)
80.9% of surveyed SEO professionals believe link building will get more expensive over the next two to three years.
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80.9%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Sample Size
518
Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
anchorial.io
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Tier C
https://www.anchorial.io/blog/authority-backlinks-what-they-are-and-how-to-get-them ↗
Source Article
Authority Backlinks: What They Are and How to Get Them in 2026
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anchorial.io
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Methodology
Survey of 518 SEO professionals
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surveyed SEOs: 80.9% seo expect link building cost increase share. Source: anchorial.io (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/link-building-more-expensive-80-9
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