Which single automated tool is most efficient for Tier 1 Web 2.0 backlinks in 2026?

Anonymous

If you had to choose just one automated tool for Web 2.0 backlink creation in 2026 (for Tier 1 use), which would you pick and why?

Last time I tested, RankerX was the most reliable.

• SEO Autopilot felt slow, buggy, and cluttered with PBNs disguised as Web 2.0s.
• Money Robot was even worse - mostly self-hosted sites, same issue as Autopilot.
• Serlib addon I haven’t tested it yet. It seems better than Serengines, which had a terrible success rate even back in its prime a decade ago.

Curious to hear from others - which tool do you find most efficient in 2026 for Tier 1 Web 2.0s, and what’s your success rate like compared to older setups?

sickseo

Not much of a choice these days. All those tools have their issues, so it's like picking the best from the worst list of tools available.

Money robot and rankerx have been my choice. I prefer money robot to rankerx:
- more domains
- html supported
- 100% do follow
- permanent links
- only good for google

Only negatives for me are the high obls on blogs, high spam score generally on some of the sites and the difficulty in getting links indexed.

Rankerx I still use, mainly due to my heavy investment into their lifetime licenses (14) over the years and my custom zenno bots for creating campaigns.

It's quick if just running T1 campaigns. Most of the sites don't have seo friendly urls or support content with html. Site metrics though are high on the premium sites and no sites have crazy obls like MRS does.

Last time I ran just T1's I got 280 links - contextuals and profiles.

- 50% do follow
- their bookmark module is mostly redirects that don't index.
- their wiki module doesn't run properly and fails to retrieve the correct backlink url. 30% of wiki sites are effected by this which messes up any multi-tier campaign containing wiki module
- contextual link sources amount to around 100 sites - 50% of which are no follow.
- link loss on non premium sites such as forums and web profiles is pretty insane over 3-6 months

So like I said - lots of issues with both, but still using them as there aren't better alternatives.

Tank

@sickseo What's your opinion on SEONEO? Have you used it at all?

sickseo

I tried it once for a few days (trial version) - did not like it at all. It seems to be a combo of rankerx and gsa in 1 (in terms of link sources). I'm done with blog comments and redirects and most of the site list seems to be just this. Does not offer much extra if you already have rankerx and gsa.

I think the price tag is just plain ridiculous. I have to pay an extra 20% vat plus an extra 5% fee for paypal on top of the $149 monthly. If they had a lifetime option, I might consider investing into 1 of them. But otherwise just the price tag alone is enough to make me steer clear.

Even the cloud blogs system - nice idea - but talk about draining your bank account every month - expensive add on.

I didn't even run a single campaign on it - just thinking about the cost of using the tool was enough to make me stay away. It's not something I could buy multiple licenses of and scale up.

dillpickle

idk man, I tried a bunch last year and everything felt like spinning wheels. Some newer stuff popped up but still kinda meh. RankerX was okay back in the day tho.

Anonymous

sickseo said:

Not much of a choice these days. All those tools have their issues, so it's like picking the best from the worst list of tools available.

Money robot and rankerx have been my choice. I prefer money robot to rankerx:
- more domains
- html supported
- 100% do follow
- permanent links
- only good for google

Only negatives for me are the high obls on blogs, high spam score generally on some of the sites and the difficulty in getting links indexed.

Rankerx I still use, mainly due to my heavy investment into their lifetime licenses (14) over the years and my custom zenno bots for creating campaigns.

It's quick if just running T1 campaigns. Most of the sites don't have seo friendly urls or support content with html. Site metrics though are high on the premium sites and no sites have crazy obls like MRS does.

Last time I ran just T1's I got 280 links - contextuals and profiles.

- 50% do follow
- their bookmark module is mostly redirects that don't index.
- their wiki module doesn't run properly and fails to retrieve the correct backlink url. 30% of wiki sites are effected by this which messes up any multi-tier campaign containing wiki module
- contextual link sources amount to around 100 sites - 50% of which are no follow.
- link loss on non premium sites such as forums and web profiles is pretty insane over 3-6 months

So like I said - lots of issues with both, but still using them as there aren't better alternatives.

Got it, thanks for the detailed response. What I don’t understand is this: since Money Robot runs its own PBN‑style sites, when you create web 2.0 contextual backlinks they don’t get deleted unlike the standard platforms like WordPress or Tumblr.

But if these sites are essentially spammy, with no authority, no organic keywords, and no traffic on the root domain, how can they be safe to link to money sites? In reality, they don’t offer more value than a standard contextual SER link.

The only difference is that because MR owns the sites, the links won’t get deleted. So when you build tier‑2/3 links to tier‑1, if the tier‑1 gets deleted all that effort is wasted. With MR’s tier‑1s, since they won’t be removed, the structure stays intact and the power remains.

The challenge for me is that I can’t get “power links” right now PBNs, SAPE, guest posts, or link insertions are outside my budget. My only realistic option is running GSA SER contextuals and web 2.0s in combination. That’s why I’m looking for tools that can handle contextual links properly, with dofollow only, and not waste effort on nofollow sources.