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Research

Check Backlinks: What a Backlink Check Shows on 2,721 Sites

A backlink check on 2,721 sites: the median site had 361 websites linking to it, 37% of them with nofollow links, and 25% of its links in the article rather than headers or footers. 473 sites had over 100 links per linking site. More linking sites did not always mean a link worth more: sites with 10 to 99 were worth a median $2.99 a link.

Palash Bagchi · October 23, 2026 · 5 min read

audit-fundamentals

Backlink Audit: A Practical Framework for Finding Risk, Quality, and Opportunity

Most backlink audits stop at checking one authority score, which misses why profiles actually need auditing in the first place: links decay, toxic exposure shifts over time, and vendors don't always deliver what they sold. This piece builds a repeatable framework, inventory, risk classification, quality scoring, action plan, and covers how audit scope and frequency should change between a 50-page site and a 50,000-page one.

Palash Bagchi · September 15, 2026 · 20 min read