A residential-proxy and data-collection API provider stuck on page 2 for its core 'proxy API' and 'web scraping API' terms despite a technically solid product.
proxynest.io · SaaS / Data Infrastructure
Placement cadence: 8–12 links/month
Escalated as referring domains matured
| Metric | Month 0 | Month 7 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domain Rating (DR) | 24 | 41 | +17 |
| Referring domains | 96 | 301 | +205 |
| Organic keywords | 410 | 1,380 | +970 |
| Est. monthly organic traffic | 2,100 | 6,600 | +214% |
| Top-10 keyword rankings | 18 | 64 | +46 |
ProxyNest had strong product-market fit but only 96 referring domains against competitors averaging 400+. Their blog covered the product well, but almost nothing on the web pointed back to it outside of their own directory listings, so topical authority for their core terms was thin.
Within 7 months, referring domains grew from 96 to 301 and organic traffic rose 214%. The 'proxy API' cluster moved from position 24 to an average of position 7, and demo-request form submissions attributed to organic search grew alongside the traffic increase.
“We stopped worrying about DR as a vanity number once we saw the traffic these placements actually sent us. The dev-blog guest posts alone brought in signups we could trace directly.”
— Head of Growth, ProxyNest
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