Hyperlocal link building for agencies
CityDesk places your clients inside genuine hyperlocal newspapers — contextual, indexed, and permanent. Buy in bulk, scale across markets, and run every client from one desk.
No card to start · 5 city papers live · New markets every month
By Marcus Webb · Jun 22, 2026
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The process
Built for agencies running volume — white-labeled desks, predictable cadence, no outreach.
Create an account in seconds and add a white-labeled workspace for each client you manage.
Pick a bundle or order any number of articles à la carte. Set your target URL and anchor.
Our local desks produce a genuine, on-topic article with your contextual link — on a real city paper.
Live links land in your dashboard with URLs and dates. They stay published — no rentals, no expiry.
Backlink packages
Base rate $12 / article · every bundle is published on a steady cadence so links land naturally.
Buy à la carte
Flat $12 / article · bundles bring it as low as $9
The network
Every CityDesk paper runs real hyperlocal coverage across seven sections — the kind of site readers and search engines both trust.
Need a specific market for a client? Ask us — we prioritize by demand.
Also available
List a business across the network for a permanent, indexed directory profile. A simple add-on for clients who want a steady local presence beyond articles.
Billed annually, per business. Add or remove listings any time from your desk.
From the desk of our agencies
Placeholder“The cadence is what sells our clients — links land like clockwork and the reports write themselves.”
“Real articles on real local sites. Our clients can actually read the placement — that's rare.”
“We moved three clients onto the Agency plan and the per-article price made it an easy call.”
Questions
Yes. Every link is placed inside a genuine, original article published on a live CityDesk city newspaper with real hyperlocal coverage across seven sections — not a private blog network or a thin link farm.
Yes. Placements are permanent. Once an article is published it stays on the site and in your dashboard — there are no monthly rentals and nothing expires when your bundle ends.
You set the target URL and preferred anchor for each order. Our editors place it contextually inside an on-topic article so it reads naturally and passes editorial review.
Each client gets its own white-labeled desk inside your account. Buy bundles or à la carte per client, track every placement in one dashboard, and export clean reports with live URLs and publish dates.
Bundles publish on a steady cadence — typically two to three articles per week — so links land naturally over time rather than all at once. À la carte orders enter the same publishing queue.
The directory is a separate annual product: a permanent listing for a business at $89/year, or $149/year for a Featured listing that also runs a banner in the sidebar of article pages across the paper. Backlinks are the editorial placements; the directory is an always-on presence.
Set up a workspace, add your first client, and buy your first links in minutes.