While looking for cost effective ways to efficiently carry out SEO, I came across a pretty interesting platform called Icopify. Now this website claims they provide high quality white-hat backlinks. Anyone who has background knowledge on SEO knows just how important it’s to get white-hat backlinks. While this got me excited, it sounded a little bit to go to be through so I knew I had to try out icopify.
What To Expect
Icopify Review : The Ups
Icopify is a website that helps new and emerging websites boost their online authority through Guest posting. At least this is what the webi3site claims to do on their Ad. So I decided to take a deeper dive into their website so you don’t have to
Icopify Website Overview?
While browsing through to the Icopify website, I found the website to be pretty average in my opinion. The website is not bad but there is nothing that really screams awesome. However, you are going to notice a list of blurred out websites with their average monthly traffic, Ahrefs Domain Rating, Moz Domain Rating, Spam score and cost per guest posting on the side. There were some websites with some massive authority and website traffic. So I tried to see if I could unblur these websites to use their actual name, but I didn’t have any luck as you are required to create an account and deposit some money into it before the websites get unblurred. This forced my hands and I had to create an account with Icopify.
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Account Creation
The account creation process is a pretty straightforward one, like most websites, Icopify requires you put in your email and password. Once you have done that, a verification message is sent to the email you used for you to verify your email. After you have verified your email and that you’re not a robot, you can now deposit money into the account.
Money Deposition
As I earlier mentioned, you can’t view the websites listed on Icopify if you haven’t deposited some money into it. So, I now needed to put some cash in to view some of these amazing websites listed.
Icopify takes two methods of payment: PayPal and Card Payments. There is also a minimum amount of money you can deposit into your account which is $10. Above the $10 you have the $25 and so on until $2500, meaning you can only deposit the amounts they have mapped out for you. You can’t deposit like $15 or $20, it is only particular amounts the website had listed. This was a big downer for me because although a lot of websites have a minimum deposit amount, they don’t map out how you can deposit.
So I deposited $10 for a start which was their minimum range and this unblurred every single website on the list, even the once above $10.
Websites Listed on Icopify
Now that I was able to view all the websites listed on Icopify, I now needed to go through them. And you know what, most of them are actually really nice with some recognizable websites on their list as well. I found a lot of websites, particularly the cheap ones lying about their average monthly traffic. They would put up values like they have about 4,000 average monthly traffic but actually had 0 monthly traffic according to Ahrefs Traffic Checker. However, I did find that some of these websites, although not all, were affected by Google’s 2024 algorithm. This new algorithm saw a lot of websites see a massive drop in their average monthly traffic.
Icopify Guest Post Authenticity
After going through these websites, it was time for me to order my first guest post for my website. I found a website that suits my needs but it cost $19.95. So I had to make another deposit of $10, meaning I now had a grand total of $20. I clicked the buy post button beside the website and I was redirected to a page showing various contributors who were going to do the guest post for me. Some would do a guest post with a Nofollow link while others could do a guest post with Dofollow backlinks. Nofollow links won’t help my website rank higher, so you should always thrive for Dofollow backlinks. I ordered from someone who unfortunately didn’t do a good job. I had accidentally ordered a Nofollow link because on their front-page, all the websites show 3 Dofollow links. I didn’t know you had to go into the person’s credential to see if it was Nofollow or Dofollow. Nevertheless, it was my mistake, but I was still expecting a great job to be done, but the guy just went and posted my website link on his profile post. This was Nofollow, but it was not a guest post.
However I had better luck with the second order I placed. It was actually nice and I actually checked for Dofollow this time. I ordered a Dofollow link from a popular website, scanned the page the person did the guest post on and found it was a Dofollow backlink.
Icopify Review: The Downs
While Icopify seems to be moving towards the right direction as a hub for guest posting, I can’t help but notice it still needs some improvements.
First of all, it needs to ensure sites listed on their website are accurate and up to date. You won’t believe the number of websites that lied about their average monthly traffic or those that had experienced drops but were never updated. There are even some popular websites that mark all external links as Nofollow but on the Icopify list of websites, it says Dofollow.
The next issue I have with Icopify is with the amount of money you can deposit. This listing out the amount of money some one can pay is a big problem.
Bearal: Final Verdict
There isn’t much I can say about the platform that I haven’t said before in the article. However, I would say Icopify is a solid website offering guest posting services for growing business or websites to gain online authority from already established websites. It’s relatively easy to use and has the potential to be among the top SEO choices for individuals and brands. Nonetheless, there is still a lot of work to be done before it can become a top SEO pick.
Pros
- Easy account creation process
- User-friendly website
- Large library of websites offering guest post
- Secure payment gateway
- Quick and on time delivery
- Possibility of a Revision
Cons
- Some websites don’t have accurate data
- The mapped out amount to deposit is a problem for most users