# Link Roundup: Curated Content Collections for Link Building

Learn what link roundups are, how to get included in them, and how to create your own roundups as a link building and content strategy.

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**A link roundup** is a regularly published post that curates and links to the best content from around the web on a particular topic. Usually published weekly or monthly, these posts naturally include many outbound links, making them opportunities for earning backlinks.

## Understanding Link Roundups

### What They Are

**Link roundups typically**:
- Curate recent quality content
- Published on a schedule
- Cover specific niches/topics
- Include commentary
- Link to many sources

### Common Formats

**Types of roundups**:
- "This Week in [Topic]"
- "Friday Reads"
- "Monthly Best Of"
- "Top Articles This Week"
- "Weekend Reading"

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## Getting Included in Link Roundups

### Finding Roundups

**Discovery methods**:

**Search operators**:
- "[topic] roundup"
- "[topic] + "this week""
- "[niche] + "best of""
- "intitle:roundup [keyword]"
- "[topic] + "friday reads""

**Other methods**:
- Competitor backlink analysis
- Industry blog monitoring
- Social media searches
- Newsletter subscriptions

### Getting Featured

**Increase chances by**:
- Creating excellent content
- Publishing consistently
- Building relationships with curators
- Sharing your content strategically
- Timing publication well

### Outreach to Curators

**If reaching out**:
- Introduce yourself
- Share specific content
- Explain why it fits their audience
- Don't be pushy
- Build ongoing relationship

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## Creating Your Own Link Roundup

### Benefits

**Why create roundups**:
- Build relationships with creators
- Establish industry presence
- Provide value to audience
- Natural networking tool
- Content that's relatively easy to produce

### How to Create

**Process**:
1. Define your niche/topic
2. Set publication schedule
3. Curate quality content
4. Add your commentary
5. Notify featured creators
6. Publish consistently

### Curation Standards

**Include content that**:
- Is genuinely valuable
- Your audience will appreciate
- You've actually read
- Deserves attention
- Comes from quality sources

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## Link Roundup Best Practices

### For Getting Included

**Do**:
- Create linkable content
- Publish before roundup deadlines
- Build relationships
- Share curator's content
- Engage with their community

**Don't**:
- Spam curators
- Submit mediocre content
- Expect inclusion
- Give up after one attempt

### For Creating Roundups

**Do**:
- Be consistent with schedule
- Curate genuinely good content
- Add valuable commentary
- Notify creators you feature
- Build ongoing relationships

**Don't**:
- Include content you haven't read
- Feature just anyone
- Skip notifications
- Abandon the schedule
- Make it purely transactional

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## Notification Strategy

### When You're Featured

**Take action**:
- Thank the curator
- Share the roundup
- Engage with their content
- Build the relationship
- Remember for future

### When You Feature Others

**Notification approach**:
```
Subject: Featured you in our [topic] roundup

Hi [Name],

I included your article on [topic] in this week's
[Roundup Name]: [Link]

Really enjoyed [specific thing about their content].
Keep up the great work!

Best,
[Your name]
```

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## Link Roundup Metrics

### What to Expect

**When getting included**:
- One dofollow link typically
- Some referral traffic
- Relationship opportunity
- Social exposure

**When creating roundups**:
- Builds your authority
- Networking relationships
- Regular content to publish
- Some links from featured creators

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## Types of Link Roundups

### Weekly News Roundups

**Characteristics**:
- Current events/news
- Time-sensitive content
- Regular schedule
- Industry-focused

### Best-Of Roundups

**Characteristics**:
- Quality over recency
- May be monthly/quarterly
- Curated carefully
- Longer shelf life

### Thematic Roundups

**Characteristics**:
- Specific topic focus
- May be one-time
- Deep on particular subject
- More targeted

### Tool/Resource Roundups

**Characteristics**:
- Curated tools or resources
- Less frequent
- Practical focus
- Often evergreen

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## Common Challenges

### Finding Quality Content

**Solution**:
- Set up content alerts
- Follow industry sources
- Use content discovery tools
- Join industry communities

### Maintaining Schedule

**Solution**:
- Create process/template
- Schedule curation time
- Have backup content
- Plan ahead

### Getting Noticed

**Solution**:
- Consistent quality
- Build relationships over time
- Engage beyond just your content
- Provide value first

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## Summary

Link roundups are curated content collections:

**Getting included**:
- Create excellent content
- Find relevant roundups
- Build curator relationships
- Share strategically

**Creating roundups**:
- Pick a niche
- Set a schedule
- Curate quality content
- Notify featured creators
- Stay consistent

**Benefits**:
- Natural link building
- Relationship development
- Authority building
- Value for audience

Link roundups work best as part of relationship-based link building strategy.

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## Related Terms

- [Expert Roundup](/glossary/expert-roundup)
- [Resource Page Link Building](/glossary/resource-page-link-building)
- [Link Building Outreach](/glossary/link-building-outreach)
- [Curated Links](/glossary/curated-links)