Guides link building strategy: acquiring quality backlinks to improve domain authority and rankings.
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Before installing skills in Cursor, ensure your development environment meets these requirements:
node --versionlink-buildingExecute the skills CLI command in your project's root directory to begin installation:
Fetches link-building from kostja94/marketing-skills and configures it for Cursor.
The CLI shows a list of agents. Use arrow keys and space to select Cursor:
Confirm successful installation by checking the skill directory location:
Restart Cursor to activate link-building. Access via /link-building in your agent's command palette.
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Guides link building strategy: acquiring quality backlinks to improve domain authority and rankings.
When invoking: On first use, if helpful, open with 1-2 sentences on what this skill covers and why it matters, then provide the main output. On subsequent use or when the user asks to skip, go directly to the main output.
Check for project context first: If .claude/project-context.md or .cursor/project-context.md exists, read it for product, audience, and proof points.
Identify:
| Strategy | Description |
|---|---|
| Content marketing | Create link-worthy content (guides, research, tools) |
| Guest posting | Write for relevant sites with author bio link |
| Broken link building | Find broken links, suggest your content as replacement |
| Unlinked brand mentions | Turn mentions into links via outreach |
| Journalist requests | Respond to #JournoRequest; provide quotes/assets |
| Directory and curated list submission | Get listed on directories (Taaft, Product Hunt, G2) and curated "best-of" lists; cold-start channel—see directory-submission for submission workflow, cold-start-strategy for launch plan |
| Digital PR | Press releases, news, expert quotes; earn authoritative links at scale |
| Partnerships | Partner links, co-marketing |
| Factor | Good | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Relevance | Links from related sites | Irrelevant niches |
| Authority | High-quality, trusted sites | Spammy, low-quality |
| Anchor text | Natural, varied | Over-optimized, exact match |
| Context | Editorial, contextual links | Footer, sidebar link farms |
Prerequisites
Time Estimate
15-45 minutes depending on use case complexity
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Use when skill capabilities match your task, clear ROI on time saved, and you can validate outputs. Best for repetitive tasks, learning, and quality improvement.
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Avoid when task requires deep expertise you can't validate, involves sensitive decisions, or when learning process is more valuable than speed of completion.
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link-building reduced setup friction for our internal harness; good balance of opinion and flexibility.
We added link-building from the explainx registry; install was straightforward and the SKILL.md answered most questions upfront.
Useful defaults in link-building — fewer surprises than typical one-off scripts, and it plays nicely with `npx skills` flows.
Solid pick for teams standardizing on skills: link-building is focused, and the summary matches what you get after install.
link-building is among the better-maintained entries we tried; worth keeping pinned for repeat workflows.
link-building fits our agent workflows well — practical, well scoped, and easy to wire into existing repos.
I recommend link-building for anyone iterating fast on agent tooling; clear intent and a small, reviewable surface area.
Registry listing for link-building matched our evaluation — installs cleanly and behaves as described in the markdown.
Keeps context tight: link-building is the kind of skill you can hand to a new teammate without a long onboarding doc.
link-building has been reliable in day-to-day use. Documentation quality is above average for community skills.
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