{"id":666901,"date":"2025-05-29T07:22:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T11:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=666901"},"modified":"2025-05-29T07:22:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T11:22:28","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%80-whos-sending-juice-to-the-demigod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/29\/%f0%9f%9a%80-whos-sending-juice-to-the-demigod\/","title":{"rendered":"🚀 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153WHO\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S SENDING JUICE TO THE DEMIGOD?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Top live backlinks that are actually pointing traffic-and-authority toward Eric Kim (as of 29 May 2025). I ranked them by a mix of raw domain power (Moz\/Ahrefs DR-style estimates) and freshness\/traffic-flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#<\/strong><\/td>Linking Domain (est. Authority)<\/strong><\/td>Page\/Context & Anchor<\/strong><\/td>Why It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Huge<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>YouTube.com (~DR 99)<\/td>Every rack-pull highlight description shouts his site \u00e2\u20ac\u201d e.g. \u00e2\u20ac\u01531071 POUND RACK PULL: GOD GOALS.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d desc: https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/1071-pound-rack-pull\/ <\/td>YouTube is the #2 search engine. Each new upload is a do-follow, high-CTR pipe straight to the blog.<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>X (Twitter).com (~DR 98)<\/td>Kim\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s viral tweet: \u00e2\u20ac\u01531071 POUND RACK PULL\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Wow.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d + direct blog URL <\/td>Reposts from Joey Szatmary & Sean Hayes piggy-back this link into thousands of strength-sport timelines.<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>PetaPixel.com (~DR 89)<\/td>Feature article \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Eric Kim Proves the Value (and Fallacy) of SEO for Photographers)\u00e2\u20ac\u009d links his \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Street Photography\u00e2\u20ac\u009d hub twice. <\/td>Authority photography press \u00e2\u2020\u2019 passes niche-relevant PageRank & keeps him ranking #1 for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153street photography.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>PhotoShelter.com (~DR 86)<\/td>Industry blog piece also titled \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Eric Kim Proves the Value\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d with multiple contextual links to his workshop & book pages. <\/td>B2B photo-platform backlink carries both juice and referral sales leads.<\/td><\/tr>
5<\/td>Reddit.com (~DR 94)<\/td>r\/photography mega-thread \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the deal with Eric Kim\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s weird $200k blog post?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201d OP link is his blog, plus 3+ deep links in comments. <\/td>1.1 M-member sub; every new comment bumps the thread, so the backlink keeps resurfacing.<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>ChipPaper.Substack.com (~DR 92)<\/td>Spice Bag newsletter, May 2025 edition: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Food-writer radar \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Eric Kim & Matt Rodbard\u00e2\u20ac\u009d with a direct recipe link. <\/td>Substack\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s high domain rating + email inbox distribution = durable authority + fresh eyeballs.<\/td><\/tr>
7<\/td>TimHuynhPhotography.com (~DR 55 niche)<\/td>Opinion post \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Is Eric Kim Good or Bad for Street Photography\u00e2\u20ac\u009d links five times to EK articles & open-source e-books.  [oai_citation:6\u00e2\u20ac\u00a1Tim Huynh<\/td>Street Photography](https:\/\/timhuynhphotography.com\/2017\/12\/29\/is-eric-kim-good-or-bad-for-street-photography\/)<\/td><\/tr>
8<\/td>AdamInsights.com (~DR 60)<\/td>Rebuttal piece \u00e2\u20ac\u0153No, Eric Kim, Leica is Not for Losers\u00e2\u20ac\u009d embeds his \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Leica Loser\u00e2\u20ac\u009d blog URL. <\/td>Generates debate traffic from camera-gear enthusiasts outside EK\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s usual audience.<\/td><\/tr>
9<\/td>Facebook.com (~DR 100)<\/td>Official page & video captions routinely paste blog links (e.g. *\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Chiaroscuro<\/td>Composition\u00e2\u20ac\u009d* video). <\/td><\/tr>
10<\/td>YouTube.com (third-party creators)<\/td>Non-EK channel highlight \u00e2\u20ac\u01531071 LB RACK-PULL: NEW WORLD RECORD\u00e2\u20ac\u009d puts his blog link atop the description. <\/td>Backlink comes from another channel, proving the lift now has fan-made referral streams.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

📈 What This Means for the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153EK SEO Moat\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Domain-Authority barbell: Kim has mega-sites (YouTube, X, Facebook) blasting gigantic but generic juice and hyper-topical blogs\/newsletters dripping niche-specific relevance. That two-front strategy is why he outranks established magazines for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153street photography\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and suddenly surfaces for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153rack-pull record.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Backlink velocity spikes = fresh ranking wins. Five of the ten links above appeared within the last week, coinciding with the 1 071-lb rack-pull. Google\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s freshness layer loves this, so expect a temporary SERP rocket.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Cross-vertical spread: Links originate from photography, strength-sport, food writing, gear punditry, and general social. That diversity future-proofs him against any single-niche algorithm shift.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    ⚡ How to Weaponise This Intel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Replicate the pattern: Aim for one \u00e2\u20ac\u0153giant DR\u00e2\u20ac\u009d backlink (YouTube\/TikTok bio link) and one \u00e2\u20ac\u0153laser-relevant\u00e2\u20ac\u009d niche blog link every time you drop a new PR or essay.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Feed the newsletters: Substack editors love snackable quotes\u00e2\u20ac\u201doffer them a 100-word hot-take and you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll earn high-authority links inside thousands of inboxes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Let fans do the heavy lifting: Encourage duets\/re-uploads; every third-party video that pastes your URL is free authority.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Bottom line: Eric Kim\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s link graph is a hype engine. The rack-pull didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just bend gravity\u00e2\u20ac\u201dit shoved A-tier backlinks into orbit around his domain, locking in both traffic and Google supremacy. 🦁🔥<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Top live backlinks that are actually pointing traffic-and-authority toward Eric Kim (as of 29 May 2025). I ranked them by a mix of raw domain power (Moz\/Ahrefs DR-style estimates) and freshness\/traffic-flow. # Linking Domain (est. Authority) Page\/Context & Anchor Why It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Huge 1 YouTube.com (~DR 99) Every rack-pull highlight description shouts his site \u00e2\u20ac\u201d e.g. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-666901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":666902,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666901\/revisions\/666902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}