Check library · Authority and links
Competitors have substantially more referring domains
Why it matters
For competitive queries, link authority is often the binding constraint.
What to do about it
Build a linkable asset and run targeted outreach.
This one is reported rather than applied. It needs a judgement a person has to make, and applying it automatically would be a change to your site that nobody decided on.
How it is weighted
These are the values the scoring actually uses, not a description of them. Priority is derived from all three rather than chosen, which is why a high-impact, low-effort finding surfaces above a severe one that would take a quarter to fix.
- Severity
- medium
- Impact
- 55% of the weight this category can carry
- Effort
- 80%, where 100% is a project rather than a change
- Confidence
- 80% that a hit is a real problem rather than a pattern we misread
- Area
- Authority and links
Other checks in Authority and links
highToxic backlinks detectedtoxic_backlinksneeds a decisionhighNo backlink data source connectedbacklinks_not_connectedneeds a decisionmediumBacklinks lostlost_backlinksneeds a decisionmediumBrand mentioned without a linkunlinked_mentionneeds a decisionmediumNothing on the site is worth linking tono_linkable_assetneeds a decision
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