Best pages by backlinks
Formerly /best-by-external-links
Query parameters
A manual timeout duration in seconds.
The number of results to return.
A column to order results by. See the response schema for valid column identifiers, except for http_code_target, languages_target, last_visited_target, powered_by_target, target_redirect, title_target, url_rating_target, which are not supported in order_by for this endpoint.
The filter expression. The following column identifiers are recognized (this differs from the identifiers recognized by the select parameter).
anchor: The clickable words in a link that point to a URL.
type: string
dofollow_to_target: The number of links to your target page that don’t have the “nofollow” attribute.
type: integer
domain_rating_source: The strength of the referring domain's backlink profile compared to the others in our database on a 100-point scale.
type: float
first_seen_link: The date we first found a link to your target.
type: datetime
http_code_source: The return code from HTTP protocol returned during the referring page crawl.
type: integer
http_code_target: The return code from HTTP protocol returned during the target page crawl.
type: integer nullable
is_content: The link was found in the biggest piece of content on the page.
type: boolean
is_dofollow: The link has no special nofollow attribute.
type: boolean
is_homepage_link: The link was found on the homepage of a referring website.
type: boolean
is_lost: The link currently does not exist anymore.
type: boolean
is_new: The link was discovered on the last crawl.
type: boolean
is_nofollow: The link or the referring page has the nofollow attribute set.
type: boolean
is_non_html: The link points to a URL with non-HTML content.
type: boolean
is_root_source: The referring domain name is a root domain name.
type: boolean
is_spam: Indicates whether the backlink comes from a known spammy domain.
type: boolean
is_sponsored: The link has the Sponsored attribute set in the referring page HTML.
type: boolean
is_ugc: The link has the User Generated Content attribute set in the referring page HTML.
type: boolean
languages_source: The languages listed in the referring page metadata or detected by the crawler to appear in the HTML.
type: array(string)
languages_target: The languages listed in the target page metadata or detected by the crawler to appear in the HTML.
type: array(string)
last_seen: The date your target page lost its last live link.
type: datetime nullable
last_visited_source: The date we last verified a live link to your target page.
type: datetime
last_visited_target: The date we last crawled your target page.
type: datetime nullable
len_url_redirect: The number of redirect chain URLs.
type: integer
link_type: The kind of the backlink.
type: string
enum: "redirect" "frame" "text" "form" "canonical" "alternate" "rss" "image"
linked_domains_source: The number of unique root domains linked from the referring page.
type: integer
links_external_source: The number of external links from the referring page.
type: integer
links_to_target: The number of inbound backlinks the target page has.
type: integer
lost_links_to_target: The number of backlinks lost during the selected time period.
type: integer
new_links_to_target: The number of new backlinks found during the selected time period.
type: integer
nofollow_to_target: The number of links to your target page that have the “nofollow” attribute.
type: integer
positions_source: The number of keywords that the referring page ranks for in the top 100 positions.
type: integer
positions_source_domain: The number of keywords that the referring domain ranks for in the top 100 positions.
type: integer
powered_by_source: Web technologies used to build and serve the referring page content.
type: array(string)
powered_by_target: Web technologies used to build and serve the target page content.
type: array(string)
redirects_to_target: The number of inbound redirects to your target page.
type: integer
refdomains_source (5 units): The number of unique referring domains linking to the referring page.
type: integer
refdomains_target (5 units): The number of unique referring domains linking to the target page.
type: integer
root_name_source: The root domain name of the referring domain, not including subdomains.
type: string
snippet_left: The snippet of text appearing just before the link.
type: string
snippet_right: The snippet of text appearing just after the link.
type: string
source_page_author: The author of the referring page.
type: string nullable
target_redirect: The target's redirect if any.
type: string nullable
title_source: The html title of the referring page.
type: string
title_target: The html title of the target page.
type: string nullable
top_domain_rating_source: The highest Domain Rating (DR) counted out of all referring domains. DR shows the strength of a website’s backlink profile compared to the others in our database on a 100-point scale.
type: float
traffic_domain_source (10 units): The referring domain's estimated monthly organic traffic from search.
type: integer
traffic_source (10 units): The referring page's estimated monthly organic traffic from search.
type: integer
url_from_plain: The referring page URL optimized for use as a filter.
type: string
url_rating_source: The strength of the referring page's backlink profile compared to the others in our database on a 100-point scale.
type: float
url_rating_target: The strength of the target page's backlink profile compared to the others in our database on a 100-point scale.
type: float nullable
url_redirect: A redirect chain the target URL of the link points to.
type: array(url)
url_redirect_with_target: The target URL of the link with its redirect chain.
type: array(string)
url_to: The URL the backlink points to.
type: string
url_to_plain: The target page URL optimized for use as a filter.
type: string
A comma-separated list of columns to return. See response schema for valid column identifiers.
The protocol of your target.
The target of the search: a domain or a URL.
The scope of the search based on the target you entered.
A time frame to add lost backlinks to the report. Choose between live (no history), since:<date> (history since a specified date), and all_time (full history). The date should be in YYYY-MM-DD format.
The output format.
Responses
The number of links to your target page that don’t have the “nofollow” attribute.
The date we first found a link to your target.
The return code from HTTP protocol returned during the target page crawl.
Indicates whether the backlink comes from a known spammy domain.
The languages listed in the target page metadata or detected by the crawler to appear in the HTML.
The date your target page lost its last live link.
The date we last verified a live link to your target page.
The date we last crawled your target page.
The number of inbound backlinks the target page has.
The number of backlinks lost during the selected time period.
The number of new backlinks found during the selected time period.
The number of links to your target page that have the “nofollow” attribute.
Web technologies used to build and serve the target page content.
The number of inbound redirects to your target page.
(5 units) The number of unique referring domains linking to the target page.
The target's redirect if any.
The html title of the target page.
The highest Domain Rating (DR) counted out of all referring domains. DR shows the strength of a website’s backlink profile compared to the others in our database on a 100-point scale.
The strength of the target page's backlink profile compared to the others in our database on a 100-point scale.
The URL the backlink points to.
The target page URL optimized for use as a filter.