Co-founder & Managing Director
Janis Thies co-founded SEOlutions GmbH and leads its strategic direction, link building methodology and service development. He writes SEOlutions Insights on publisher evaluation, guest posting, digital PR and search visibility.
Experience & perspective
Janis and Roman Filimonov founded SEOlutions GmbH in 2013. Janis’s responsibilities cover company strategy, link building methodology and service development; Roman leads operations and publisher relationships.
His writing focuses on decisions a buyer can examine: what an offer includes, how publisher metrics should be interpreted, how placement formats differ and what a dataset can actually tell you.
SEOlutions operates the PR Portal and sells placement services. The articles are written from that commercial perspective. Research based on portal inventory describes the stated sample and date.
SEO and AI visibility ·
We counted how often ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews cite 1,496 publisher domains. What predicts AI citations, what cited sites cost, and the data to download.
Link building strategy ·
What niche edits (link insertions, curated links) are, how the process works, a worked example of two pages that fit and one we rejected, and current prices.
Link building strategy ·
Yes, on relevant publications with real readers; no, on sites that publish anything for a fee. What changed, AI citations, guidelines and measurement.
Link building strategy ·
What guest posting services do, the 4 service models compared, real price ranges from current listed offers, and how to vet a provider before you pay.
Link building strategy ·
What white label link building is, how agencies resell placements under their brand, margin math, what to check and current listed prices from real marketplace offers.
Guest posting services ·
Understand how blogger outreach and guest posting services overlap. Compare publisher selection, content approval, costs and placement deliverables.
Publisher research ·
Find link prospects in competitor backlinks, open the linking pages, and qualify each site by niche fit and article angle. With a real worked example and data.
SaaS & link strategy ·
Plan SaaS link building around the pages buyers need: features, integrations, comparisons and resources. Match publishers to each buyer role and compare bookable offers.
Ecommerce & link strategy ·
Choose the right ecommerce link destination. Compare product pages, categories and useful content, evaluate real publisher examples and plan outreach you can measure.
Research & strategy ·
104 sourced link-building findings with clear SEO actions. Compare backlinks, rankings and DR, test internal links, calculate campaign costs and download the evidence.
Link building strategy ·
Compare guest posts and niche edits from a seller’s perspective. See what buyers prefer, when each format fits and how to strengthen the finished placement.
Entity SEO & digital PR ·
Learn what co-occurrence and co-citation mean in SEO, how they relate to brand mentions, entities, backlinks and digital PR, and why contextual relevance matters.
SEO and AI visibility ·
Brand mentions and backlinks are different off-site signals. Learn how each relates to SEO, digital PR, entity visibility and AI search—and when each matters.
Link building research ·
Guest post and PR prices from 1,515 offers in our October 2026 snapshot: medians by DR, traffic, niche and link type, and what drives the price.
Link building strategy ·
Where to buy backlinks, what they cost and what to avoid. Compare marketplaces, agencies, publishers and PBNs, with dated listed prices by link type and DR.
Marketplace intelligence ·
Compare link building marketplaces, services and publisher platforms. Learn how to evaluate inventory, vet websites, calculate real costs and choose links that build rankings and brand authority.
Brand visibility ·
Learn how to manage your online presence across Google, websites, reviews, media, social platforms and AI answers. Includes a practical audit and 90-day plan.
PR and SEO ·
Learn how PR and SEO work together. See how high-authority media placements, guest posts and digital PR build trust, links, branded demand and organic visibility.
SEO measurement ·
Confused by DR, DA, Trust Flow and organic traffic? Learn what common SEO metrics mean, what they do not mean and how to use them when buying guest posts.