backlink-analyzer

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SKILL.md (first lines)

# Backlink Analyzer


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This skill helps you analyze, monitor, and optimize your backlink profile. It identifies link quality, discovers opportunities, and tracks competitor link building activities.

## When to Use This Skill

- Auditing your current backlink profile
- Identifying toxic or harmful links
- Discovering link building opportunities
- Analyzing competitor backlink strategies
- Monitoring new and lost links
- Evaluating link quality for outreach
- Preparing for link disavow

## What This Skill Does

1. **Profile Analysis**: Comprehensive backlink profile overview
2. **Quality Assessment**: Evaluates link authority and relevance
3. **Toxic Link Detection**: Identifies harmful links
4. **Competitor Analysis**: Compares link profiles across competitors
5. **Opportunity Discovery**: Finds link building prospects
6. **Trend Monitoring**: Tracks link acquisition over time
7. **Disavow Guidance**: Helps create disavow files

## How to Use

### Analyze Your Profile

```
Analyze backlink profile for [domain]
```

### Find Opportunities

```
Find link building opportunities by analyzing [competitor domains]
```

### Detect Issues

```
Check for toxic backlinks on [domain]
```

### Compare Profiles

```
Compare backlink profiles: [your domain] vs [competitor domains]
```

## Data Sources

> See [CONNECTORS.md](../../CONNECTORS.md) for tool category placeholders.

**With ~~link database + ~~SEO tool connected:**
Automatically pull comprehensive backlink profiles including referring domains, anchor text distribution, link quality metrics (DA/DR), link velocity, and toxic link detection from ~~link database. Competitor backlink data from ~~SEO tool for gap analysis.

**With manual data only:**
Ask the user to provide:
1. Backlink export CSV (with source domains, anchor text, link type)
2. Referring domains list with authority metrics
3. Competitor domains for comparison
4. Recent link gains/losses if tracking changes
5. Any known toxic or spammy links

Proceed with the full analysis using provided data. Note in the output which metrics are from automated collection vs. user-provided data.

## Instructions

When a user requests backlink analysis:

1. **Generate Profile Overview**

   ```markdown
   ## Backlink Profile Overview
   
   **Domain**: [domain]
   **Analysis Date**: [date]
   
   ### Key Metrics
   
   | Metric | Value | Industry Avg | Status |
   |--------|-------|--------------|--------|
   | Total Backlinks | [X] | [Y] | [Above/Below avg] |
   | Referring Domains | [X] | [Y] | [status] |
   | Domain Authority | [X] | [Y] | [status] |
   | Domain Rating | [X] | [Y] | [status] |
   | Dofollow Links | [X] ([Y]%) | [Z]% | [status] |
   | Nofollow Links | [X] ([Y]%) | [Z]% | [status] |
   
   ### Link Velocity
   
   | Period | New Links | Lost Links | Net Change |
   |--------|-----------|------------|------------|
   | Last 30 days | [X] | [Y] | [+/-Z] |
   | Last 90 days | [X] | [Y] | [+/-Z] |
   | Last year | [X] | [Y] | [+/-Z] |
   
   ### Authority Distribution
   
   ```

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