--- title: "From 0 to 8 links without asking: cited for our sourced news" description: "Rigol&Co’s own case: sourced news and data that other sites cite. From 0 to 8 links nobody asked for, SE Ranking among them, and DR from 16 to 30." canonical: "https://rigolco.com/en/projects/rigolco/" lang: "en" --- URL: https://rigolco.com/en/projects/rigolco/ Rigol&Co # From 0 to 8 links without asking: cited for our sourced news On July 30, 2026, rigolco.com had a single real external link. Three months later, eight sites link to it on their own, among them SE Ranking, one of the major SEO tools, and its authority according to Ahrefs (DR) has gone from 16 to 30\. None of them was requested: they cite news and data we publish with a date and sources. [Book a call](https://cal.com/ton-rigol-rojano-okaosp/30min) [ Visit the site ](https://rigolco.com/noticias/) 0 to 8 editorial links nobody asked for Jul 30 → Nov 5, 2026 Checked in each page’s HTML Cumulative editorial links at the end of each month; November, up to the 5th. Only links without nofollow that nobody asked for. The numbers mark the moments in the log. ## How Rigol&Co went from 0 to 8 editorial links nobody asked for 7 moments, each with its date and source 1. **Jul 30, 2026**starting point Semrush ### A single real external link, and it was a directory listing When we measured where we were starting from, rigolco.com had one real external link: its listing in an agency directory. Nearly everything else was the “Made by Rigol&Co” in the footer of our clients’ websites, which we do not count: they appear on every page and are reciprocal, and Google gives them little weight. real external link 1 editorial links 0 of links came from client website footers (Semrush, Aug 10) 96% 2. **early Sep 2026**first citations Page HTML ### One news piece, two links: the automatic switch to AI Max The first piece to earn links was the news about the search campaigns Google would convert to AI Max in September. It is cited as a source by the Spanish agency grafeno247.com, in an article dated September 2, and by markital.cloud, in an entry it updated on September 4\. We did not write to either of them; we found the links on the 11th. 3. **Sep 21, 2026**data page Ahrefs Page HTML ### The statistics page, cited in a guide for small businesses kravo.mx, a Mexican blog, linked to our page of SEO and AI search statistics in a guide, dated September 21, on how to get a site ready for AI agents. It was the first link the data section earned; Ahrefs picked it up four days later. 4. **Oct 2026**three more Ahrefs Page HTML ### Three more links in October, from Nicaragua, Spain and Colombia nicaraguaes.com cited the news piece on links in AI Mode and AI Overviews; informaticasis.com cited the one on Spain’s accessibility Law 4/2026, with its title and date; and posicionamiento.com.co used us as a price reference for managing a Google Business Profile. Two news pieces and a service page with its prices in plain sight. Ahrefs picked them up between October 22 and 27. 5. **Nov 3, 2026**SE Ranking Ahrefs Page HTML ### SE Ranking cites Rigol&Co in its study and links to the news piece SE Ranking, one of the major SEO tools, published a study on Google’s irrelevant results on November 3\. Reviewing what the SEO community had spotted, it names three Spanish-speaking professionals; the first, “Ton Rigol, founder of the Mexican agency Rigol&Co”, with a link to our October 25 news piece on false drops in rank trackers. In early November, yavio.ai, a directory of connectors for AI assistants, also linked to the home page. authority of seranking.com, Ahrefs estimate DR 86 organic traffic of seranking.com, Ahrefs estimate \~1.1M ![Paragraph from the SE Ranking study, in Spanish: “On October 25, Ton Rigol, founder of the Mexican agency Rigol&Co, advised not to react to a single-day drop”, with the word “advised” linked](https://rigolco.com/assets-cases/shots/rigolco-seranking-cita.webp) seranking.com, study of November 3, 2026 (Spanish edition): the citation, with the link on “aconsejó” (advised). The other two professionals are blurred. DR and traffic are Ahrefs estimates as of November 5, 2026, not measured data. 6. **Aug 5 → Nov 8, 2026**authority Ahrefs ### The DR of rigolco.com goes from 16 to 30 Ahrefs’ Domain Rating measures, from 0 to 100, the strength of the links a domain receives: it rises when authoritative sites link to it. For rigolco.com it was 16 on August 5 and 30 on November 8, nearly double in three months. DR on August 5 16 DR on November 8 30 ![Ahrefs chart with the Domain Rating of rigolco.com over the last six months: it climbs to 30 on November 8, 2026](https://rigolco.com/assets-cases/shots/rigolco-ahrefs-dr.webp) Ahrefs, Domain Rating of rigolco.com over the last six months. Screenshot taken on November 9, 2026. DR is an Ahrefs estimate, not a Google metric. 7. **Nov 9, 2026**verification Ahrefs Page HTML ### All eight are still live, checked one by one Every link was checked in the HTML of the page that publishes it: that it exists, that it points to rigolco.com and that it carries no nofollow. On November 9, all eight were still live. We only count links nobody asked for: citations with nofollow, domains Ahrefs flags as spam, directory listings we created ourselves and the footers of client websites are left out. ![Ahrefs backlinks report for rigolco.com showing the links from posicionamiento.com.co, What Launched Today, markital.cloud and seranking.com (DR 86, flagged “Best link”)](https://rigolco.com/assets-cases/shots/rigolco-ahrefs-enlaces.webp) Ahrefs, backlinks report (dofollow, one per domain, without those flagged as spam), November 9, 2026\. Three of the eight are visible —posicionamiento.com.co, markital.cloud and seranking.com— plus one directory listing, What Launched Today, which we do not count. What the eight link to A news piece**5** The statistics page**1** A service page**1** The home page**1** ## Project details Client Rigol&Co Sector Web design, SEO and GEO agency Region Querétaro, Mexico Work Dated, sourced news and data Measured Jul 30 → Nov 5, 2026 Sources Ahrefs, each page’s HTML, Semrush Services behind this case [SEO ](https://rigolco.com/en/seo/) [GEO/AEO ](https://rigolco.com/en/geo/) ## Want your website to be cited without having to ask? Thirty minutes to see what your business could publish that is worth a link. [Book a call](https://cal.com/ton-rigol-rojano-okaosp/30min) Data: every link was checked in the HTML of the page that publishes it (last check, November 9, 2026); only links without nofollow that nobody asked for count, from sites Ahrefs does not flag as spam; directory listings we created ourselves and the footers of client websites do not count. DR and traffic are Ahrefs estimates (rigolco.com, Aug 5 and Nov 8, 2026; seranking.com, Nov 5, 2026); the baseline link audit is from Semrush (Aug 10, 2026).