What Is the Authority Building Feature?
The Authority Building section in Search Atlas is a suite of tools designed to help you grow your website's domain authority, improve link signals, and increase your brand's visibility across the web. It brings together several powerful sub-tools under one unified workspace.
To access Authority Building, navigate to the left sidebar and click Authority.
Overview of Authority Building Sub-Tools
Once inside the Authority section, you will find the following tools in the left sidebar:
- Cloud Stacks — Build structured cloud-based link networks to strengthen your site's authority signals.
- URL Indexer — Submit URLs to help search engines discover and index your pages faster.
- QUEST LLM Visibility — Monitor and improve how your brand appears in AI-generated responses and large language model outputs.
- Campaigns — Create and manage outreach campaigns to build backlinks and press coverage.
- Inbox — Review and respond to incoming messages related to your outreach campaigns.
- Sent — Track all outreach emails and communications you have already sent.
Getting Started with Authority Building
- Click Authority in the left sidebar to open the section.
- Choose the sub-tool that matches your current goal — for example, use Campaigns to launch a new outreach effort, or URL Indexer to speed up page indexing.
- Follow the on-screen prompts within each tool to configure your settings and begin work.
- Use the Inbox and Sent tabs to manage your outreach communications in one place.
Common Tasks and How to Complete Them
Here are some of the most frequent actions customers take inside Authority Building:
- Starting a new outreach campaign: Navigate to Authority → Campaigns, click the button to create a new campaign, and follow the setup steps to define your targets and messaging.
- Submitting URLs for indexing: Go to Authority → URL Indexer, paste the URLs you want indexed, and submit. Results typically reflect within a short processing window.
- Setting up Cloud Stacks: Navigate to Authority → Cloud Stacks and follow the guided workflow to build your link stack structure.
- Checking LLM brand visibility: Go to Authority → QUEST LLM Visibility to view how your brand is represented in AI-generated content and identify improvement opportunities.
- Managing replies to outreach: Visit Authority → Inbox to see all incoming responses to your campaigns and reply directly.
If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type human teammate to be connected with a member of our team.