Everything you need to know before you verify backlinks with our engine

VerifyBacklinks is a pre-index backlink audit engine for the Excel backlink lists you already have. You receive 3 deliverables: a client-ready PDF, a full Excel workbook, and a disavow.txt suggestion file.

No. We don’t edit or remove backlinks. We analyze your list and deliver clear outputs so you (or your SEO team) stay in full control.

No. VerifyBacklinks is pay-per-audit. No subscriptions. No automatic renewals.

Upload your backlink Excel and we audit the first 5 backlinks with the same reporting format as a full audit (PDF + Excel + disavow suggestion).

The trial is intended as a one-time preview per client. After that you can run paid audits whenever you need.

Upload the backlink Excel you already have from vendors, outreach or SEO tools. Multiple sheets and mixed column naming are supported upload as-is.

Yes. We read the entire Excel input in multiple languages including URLs, anchor text, and any text context present in your file and apply the same pre-index evaluation to every link.

Works for: EN, DE, FR, ES, NL, PT, IT, SV, NO, DA, FI, JA, KO, HE, RU, TR, VI, ID, PL, RO, BG, UA, AR, HI, TH & ZH_CN.

Mixed-language backlink lists are supported.

Every backlink row includes an Original row number so you can trace results back to the exact line in your uploaded sheet.

Original row number is the exact row in your original Excel file where the backlink was found. The audit detects the first valid backlink row even if the file has extra headers, notes, or blank lines. This number matches what you see in your uploaded sheet.

These fields help you trace every result back to the exact source. Filename is the uploaded Excel file name, Sheet name is the worksheet the backlink row came from, and Input Sr. No. is the row identifier used to keep the input order consistent across processing and exports.

In the Results tab you’ll see the core per-link fields defined in the Explanation tab: Link, Follow type, Risk label, Toxic score, Toxic explanation, Placement, Topical score, Manipulation pattern score, Link power, Indexing recommendation, and Original row number.

Language context captures whether the backlink page language matches the language your project targets. In the Results tab you’ll see fields such as Target language, Detected language, Language category, Language relation, Language naturalness, and the Language score modifier. These help explain why a link can look clean but still be a poor fit for your audience or niche.

Risk label reflects content safety and can be adult, gambling, drugs, violence, or clean. Toxic score reflects SEO risk and ranges from 0 (good) to 100 (extremely bad). They measure different risks and both appear per link in Results and in the PDF legend.

Follow type is the link attribute result for that backlink URL. It can be dofollow, nofollow, no link (backlink not found), or error (page could not be fetched). Follow type is shown per link in Results and counted in Summary.

Topical score is a 0–100 relevance score for your niche. The Excel shows it per link in Results and the PDF reports the average topical relevance across all audited links.

Manipulation pattern score is a 0–100 indicator shown per link in the Results tab. It helps you interpret potential footprint/pattern signals at a glance. Use it as a review and sorting field alongside Topical score and Toxic score.

Link power is a per-link strength indicator shown in EXTREME mode. It appears in the Results tab and in domain rollups so you can compare links and domains more efficiently during review.

Link quality score is a per-link quality indicator shown in the Results tab. It is designed to summarize multiple audit signals into one comparable value so you can sort and filter faster alongside Toxic score, Topical score, and Manipulation pattern score.

These fields provide page context around the backlink. Placement detail adds more specificity to placement (for example, where inside the page layout the link sits). Word count, Links on page, and Text-link ratio describe the page environment and help surface patterns that can indicate weak editorial value or artificial link placement.

These are technical signals that can affect how pages are processed and consolidated. Noindex indicates whether the page signals it should not be indexed. Canonical shows the canonical URL detected. Canonical mismatch flags when the canonical does not match the audited URL. Robots blocked indicates the page could not be accessed due to robots rules. Duplicate status and Duplicate of row help identify repeated or duplicate entries in your input so the report stays consistent and reviewable.

Indexing recommendation is the per-link outcome shown in your report. Use it as the practical label for next steps: keep, treat as low value, or review further. The Decision Matrix tab is included as a reading guide for these labels — not as a disclosure of internal scoring mechanics.

“High-risk” is a reporting label that highlights links that deserve attention in review. You’ll see this reflected directly in the per-link fields in the Excel Results tab and summarized in the PDF.

You receive: (1) PDF report (shareable summary), (2) Excel workbook (full working file), and (3) disavow.txt (suggested disavow list).

The PDF starts with a summary panel (health, ratios, averages and totals), then provides a table view of backlinks including follow type, risk label, toxic score, explanation, indexing recommendation and errors. Use the PDF for fast decision-making and client reporting.

Follow type explains dofollow, nofollow, no link (backlink not found), and error (page could not be fetched). Indexing recommendation explains Index (keep), Noindex (keep but don’t count), and Consider disavow (high risk or policy risk). Risk label reflects content safety and Toxic score reflects SEO risk from 0 (good) to 100 (extremely bad).

Backlink profile health (0–100) is an overall indicator (higher is better). Backlink profile health after cleanup is the projected health after removing links that are flagged for review. Bad quality ratio and Bad risk ratioAverage LinkPower, Average topical relevance and Average PBN / manipulation scoreTotal links is the audited count and the report highlights the higher-risk portion of the profile for review.

Use Results for the full backlink-by-backlink table (filter, sort, decide). Use Summary for counts by follow type and risk level. Use Explanation to understand each column. Use Decision Matrix to see how Index, Noindex, and Consider disavow are decided. Use Tier Summary for tier distribution when present. Use Domain Authority, Authority Explanation and Authority Summary for domain-level rollups and the metric panel values.

Results contains every backlink row. Summary shows counts by follow type and risk label. Explanation defines each column. Decision Matrix documents how Index, Noindex, and Consider disavow decisions are made. Tier SummaryDomain AuthorityAuthority ExplanationAuthority Summary

Decision Matrix is a reading guide that helps you interpret the recommendation labels shown in your outputs (Index / Noindex / Consider disavow) consistently across files and clients. It is included for clarity and does not expose internal scoring weights or implementation details.

Summary provides counts by follow type and risk label. Follow type includes dofollow, nofollow, no link and error. Risk label includes clean and content safety categories such as adult, gambling, drugs and violence.

Explanation defines each Results column and how to interpret it. It includes Link, Follow type, Risk label, Toxic score, Toxic explanation, Placement, Topical score, Manipulation pattern score, Link power, Indexing recommendation and Original row number.

Domain Authority is a referring domain rollup with a Domain authority score from 0 to 25 in EXTREME mode. It also includes Total links, Dofollow links, Tier 1 links, Tier 2 links, Risky links, Avg LinkPower and Max toxic score.

Domain authority score is an EXTREME mode rollup indicator where lower values generally indicate weaker or less trusted sources and higher values indicate stronger/cleaner sources. Use it together with Avg LinkPower and Max toxic score to prioritize review.

Authority Summary contains the metric panel values: health_all, health_after, bad_quality_ratio, bad_risk_ratio, avg_linkpower, avg_topical, avg_pattern, Total links, and Bad links (high risk/toxic). These values match the summary block shown in the PDF.

It’s a suggestion based on the audit results. Always review it first in the Excel/PDF context. Nothing is applied automatically.

No. You decide if and when to upload anything to Search Console.

The disavow.txt suggestion includes only links that are flagged as Consider disavow in your audit outputs. Links marked as Noindex due to no link or error are not included as disavow suggestions.

The file can include domain entries and individual URL entries. Domain entries are used when multiple risky links come from the same source domain. Individual URLs are listed when specific pages are flagged. This keeps the suggestion precise and reviewable.

Protected domain is the property you are protecting with the audit. Protected brand token is the brand keyword used for brand related detection and context. Both appear as comments in the disavow file for traceability.

Pricing depends on audit size/capacity and is listed on the pricing page. The FAQ explains the model, not live amounts.

Pay-per-audit. Choose an audit size, upload your Excel, pay once. No subscriptions and no automatic renewals.

Pricing scales with audit capacity and processing resources. You always see the price before checkout.

Links are processed up to the plan capacity and the report clearly shows how many were audited.

It depends on file size and system load. Once complete, your PDF, Excel and disavow suggestion are generated and ready to download.

Errors are captured in the report so you can review them alongside the other columns and recommendations.

Error message is shown when the backlink cannot be verified. Examples include Backlink not found, Connection failed, and HTTP errors. Error message is shown per link in Results and appears in the PDF tables so failures are visible immediately.

No. We only need your uploaded backlink Excel. You remain in full control of any actions you take after the audit.

Audit data is retained only for the minimum time required to process and deliver your outputs. Details live in the Privacy Policy and Data Processing Agreement.