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Link Research Tools

Score8 out of 10

14 Reviews and Ratings

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What is Link Research Tools?

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Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features Link Research Tools has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
Based on 14 ratings of Link Research Tools's features
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Top Performing Features

  • Competitive analysis

    The tool analyzes your website’s position in comparison to competitive websites in areas such as backlinks, SERP position, etc.

    Category average: 8

  • Site audit / diagnostics

    The tool crawls your website’s pages to discover potential issues search engine crawlers might have with your website.

    Category average: 8.5

  • Local SEO

    The tool helps optimize your website for local searches.

    Category average: 7.6

Areas for Improvement

  • Page grader

    The tool scores each page of your website for SEO.

    Category average: 7.9

  • Task management

    Users can track and manage the tasks associated with SEO.

    Category average: 6.8

  • SERP ranking tracking

    The tool tracks your website’s position in search engine results pages (SERPs) for keywords, over time.

    Category average: 8.2

Reviews

What users are saying about Link Research Tools.
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The only way to look at backlinks on a complete level

Ralf SeyboldView profile
Owner, Visibility Manager & SEO Magician in Marketing at SEYBOLD - Agentur für Sichtbarkeit (1-10 employees employees)

Pros

  • Link Detox
  • Competetive Analysis
  • Link Audits
  • Grandfathering Prices

Cons

  • Pre-Sales support for Link Audits

Return on Investment

  • Rankings are very important because without rankings it is almost impossible to make any business so a fast recovering from problems is necessary. LRT gives us everything we need to get back rankings
  • Checking potential Links for potential toxicity

Alternatives Considered

Ahrefs Site Explorer and Sistrix

Other Software Used

Google Search Console, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Screaming Frog SEO Spider, OnPage.org

The best link audit and link building toolset on the market

Ivan PericView profile
Business Development Manager in Research & Development at Anna Tours (1-10 employees employees)

Pros

  • fast Google penalty recovery
  • keeps a healthy backlink profile
  • calculates the opportunity or risk of potential links that are not built yet, so you can go only after the good ones
  • gives you fresh data from 26 link sources and lets you analyze the full backlink profile. Google search console gives you only a sample of your backlink profile.
  • powerful link prospecting made easy
  • possibility to connect with Pitchbox (professional outreach tool for link removal and link building campaigns), SEMRUSH, Ahrefs, GSC

Cons

  • NONE

Return on Investment

  • Link Research Tools helps definitively to grow your business.

Link Building On Steroids!

Christopher Fleming Dip DigMView profile
Managing Director in Marketing at Equill Media Ltd (1-10 employees employees)

Pros

  • Ability to create the most thorough link profile reports in minutes.
  • Has a great competitor analysis, to help understand how we can better leverage our link building to out perform them.
  • The built in Disavow tool is always handy to have around within the dashboard.

Cons

  • Not for newcomers to SEO simply because its vast array of features may hinder them.
  • Is quite pricey too; so for small businesses etc., it's probably not a viable option.

Return on Investment

  • Invaluable for link, prospecting, building and even clean up

Alternatives Considered

RavenTools and Moz

Amazing Set of SEO Tools for Guaranteed Online Success

Dragan BerakView profile
Senior Marketing Specialist - Lead SEO in Marketing at Chinavasion Wholesale Electronics (11-50 employees employees)

Pros

  • Recover and protect your site from Google Penalties by cleaning up your backlink profile
  • Get the most comprehensive backlink analysis possible for your own and your competitors' sites
  • Compare your competitors with your own site and learn how to outrank them by doing just a little better
  • Review and evaluate new found link opportunities
  • Find out who is ranking well for the keywords in your niche and identify new SEO opportunities
  • Spot trends in the speed of link building and identify spikes that could harm you
  • Monitor your backlinks and check if they are still active

Cons

  • Adding short how-to videos for creating reports on help pages

Return on Investment

  • When we removed Google Manual Penalty, SEO visibility went up and we saw some sales increase
  • We now have cleaner and healthier backlink portfolio and not in danger of any radical Google interventions
  • We now know in advance which websites are good to build links on - this is not only good for traffic but for SEO visibility and at the end for sales overall

Alternatives Considered

Majestic SEO, SEMRush, Ahrefs Site Explorer, SpyFu, CognitiveSEO, Sistrix, SEOProfiler and Moz

Other Software Used

SEMRush, CognitiveSEO, Ahrefs Site Explorer, Majestic SEO, Sistrix

Links, Links, Links and more Links

Christiaan BollenView profile
SEO Expert & Founder in Marketing at Boljoro (1-10 employees employees)

Pros

  • Bulk URL research
  • Links to a website
  • Finding new possible links

Cons

  • Some confusion about the price plans

Return on Investment

  • Building strong links results in better rankings which results in a higher ROI
  • The Link Research Tools community also had a big impact on my networking

Other Software Used

Link Detox, Searchmetrics Suite, Majestic SEO