The rate at which a site gains or loses backlinks over time.
Link velocity tracks how quickly backlinks are acquired or lost. Natural, steady growth often indicates genuine interest, while sudden spikes from low-quality sources can appear manipulative. Monitoring velocity helps teams understand campaign impact and maintain a healthy, sustainable link profile.
| Criteria | Recommended | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Intent Alignment | Map $link velocity to user journeys and topics | Validate with SERP and on-site behavior |
| Consistency | Encode in components and content standards | Use CMS validations and preview QA |
| Measurement | Track internal CTR, sync signals, conversions | Set guardrails to catch regressions |
Gradual growth in referring domains from PR and content marketing
Detecting an unnatural spike from spammy directories
Monitors health of link acquisition
Surfaces unusual or risky patterns
Helps attribute results to campaigns
Pursue quality links at a sustainable pace
Investigate sudden spikes or drops
Diversify sources and anchor types
The clickable, visible text in a hyperlink.
The value or authority passed from one page to another through hyperlinks.
Recovering lost or unlinked brand mentions into working backlinks.
An annotation indicating language and regional targeting for duplicate or similar pages.
A report indicating which pages are indexed, excluded, or have errors in search engines.
Pages with no internal links pointing to them, making them hard to discover and rank.
Search engines surface relevant passages from long documents for specific queries.
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Pages with little unique value, depth, or originality for users.
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