From $1 per link
Cheap backlinks for city blogs and neighbourhood news sites
CentralBlog is a self-serve marketplace of 50,000+ vetted donor domains. A town blog can start with a single $1 link, see it live within about a day, and stop whenever it likes.
- Pay as you go, no subscription
- Nothing is charged until you pay the basket
- Permanent dofollow placements, usually live in ~24 hours
Rough price per link this estimate uses
- DR 0–9~$2
- DR 10–29~$6
- DR 30–49~$18
- DR 50+~$45
What it is for
Cheap backlinks that suit a town blog, not a link farm
A parish newsletter and a city desk with six reporters need different links. Here is how the price bands fit a local site.
Around $1 to $10
Small donor sites with modest traffic. Fine for a neighbourhood blog that wants a handful of first mentions. Read the price bands before you fill a basket.
Mid-range, local and regional
Sites that cover your county, your language or your trade. We would spend here first, because a relevant niche beats a big number.
Up to about $500
Top domains with real readers. Rarely needed for a hyperlocal blog, and the mistakes list explains why.
Your own site as the donor
Publishers can sell placements too. You set the price and approve every one. See how to sell links on a city blog.
Compare
How a paid placement differs from the links you already collect
| Source | Effort | Speed | Control |
|---|---|---|---|
| Council or library page you asked for | Emails, patience | Weeks to months | Low |
| Event listing on a community calendar | Form and a photo | Days | Medium |
| Neighbourhood directory entry | One-off listing | Days | Medium |
| Marketplace placement | Pick, pay, approve content mode | Usually ~24 hours | High, you choose the page and keyword |
How it works
From a blank basket to a live link
- 1
Find links
Filter the list by Domain Rating, traffic, niche, language and price. Start with sites that share your region or your subject.
- 2
Add to basket
Nothing is charged at this stage. Swap rows in and out until the total feels sensible for the month.
- 3
Choose the content mode
Automatic uses your target URL and keyword. You can also paste your own prompt, or hand over a finished article. The week-by-week timeline shows what follows.
- 4
Pay and watch the status
Once paid, the placement shows in ordered links with its status. Most go live within about 24 hours.
Checklist
Five questions before the first order
- Which one page on your site deserves the link: a guide, a directory, a local-history series?
- Is the donor site read by people near you, or at least by people who read about your subject?
- Would you be happy for a reader to click that link? If not, skip it.
- Have you budgeted for ten or twenty links, not hundreds? Our events and directory checklist covers the free ones first.
- Do you have a sensitive story that needs your own wording rather than the automatic article?
Our view
Worth it for a small, steady local site
A paid link will not replace the goodwill of the library, the football club or the chamber of commerce. It is a supplement for pages that deserve more reach than local goodwill alone can give.
- Good for guides, local business listings and evergreen explainers.
- Weak for breaking news, which ages before an outside link can matter.
- No ranking is promised, and none should be expected within days.
FAQ
Questions local publishers ask us
- Where can I get cheap backlinks for a city blog?
- From a marketplace where you choose each donor yourself. Prices start at $1 per link and rise with donor authority, traffic and niche. Pick local or regional sites first, pay for a few, and check how they behave before ordering more. No subscription is involved.
- Are the links permanent?
- Yes. Placements are dofollow and meant to stay. The article is written for the placement, with one clean link to your page, and it usually goes live within about 24 hours of payment. Sites change over time, so check your ordered links now and then.
- Can I write the article myself?
- Yes. Each order has three content modes: automatic from a target URL and keyword, your own prompt or instructions, or a finished article you supply. For sensitive local topics, such as planning rows or school news, we would always write it ourselves.
- How many links does a town blog need?
- There is no magic number. A blog with forty posts often does better with ten relevant links to its best three pages than with a hundred scattered ones. Start small, wait a few weeks, and let Search Console show what moved.
- Will Google penalise paid links?
- Google's spam policies treat links meant to manipulate ranking as a problem, and nobody can remove that risk. You lower it by choosing relevant, real sites, varying anchors and keeping volume modest. We make no promise about rankings.
- Do I pay anything before I confirm the basket?
- No. Adding a link to the basket charges nothing. Balance is topped up in your dashboard, and invoices or proforma invoices are available if your treasurer wants paper for the committee.
- Can my blog sell links as well?
- Yes. Publishers set their own price, approve every placement, and are paid weekly. If a request does not suit your readers, you simply decline it.