How to use LinksToro: Complete User Guide

LinksToro is a comprehensive Chrome extension designed for link-building professionals and SEO specialists to analyze websites. Read the information about extension tabs and functions below.

Relevant Pages

Find pages on the current domain that are relevant to your target keywords.

Why This Matters for Link Building

• Targeted Outreach: Instead of blindly contacting website owners, you can identify the most relevant pages for your link placement, increasing your chances of success.
• Contextual Relevance: Search engines value contextual relevance in link building. Finding pages that naturally relate to your content improves link quality and SEO value.
• Efficiency: Saves hours of manual page browsing by automatically identifying the best opportunities.
• Better User Experience: Relevant links provide actual value to users, which search engines reward.
• Reduced Risk: Contextually relevant links are less likely to be flagged as manipulative.

How to Use the Relevant Pages Tab

1. Open the website you want to analyze.

2. Click the LinksToro extension icon.

3. Go to the “Relevant Pages” tab.

4. Click “⚙️ Settings” to configure your topical keywords.

5. Enter relevant keywords that match your content (e.g., “business, marketing, sales”).

6. Click “🔍 Find Relevant Pages” to search the pages you need.

7. Focus on pages with existing content that could naturally link to your resource.

Page Content Analysis

Comprehensive analysis of the current page’s content quality and structure.

Why This is Important for Link Building

• Content Quality Assessment: Before requesting a link, you need to ensure the page has high-quality content that won’t harm your site’s reputation.
• Contextual Fit: Understanding the page’s content helps you craft more relevant outreach messages and link insertion requests.
• Risk Mitigation: Poor content quality or AI-generated content can indicate low-quality sites that might be penalized.
• Competitive Analysis: Analyze how competitors structure their content to improve your own strategies.

Key Metrics Analyzed

1. Word Count: Total words on the page (aim for 1000+ words for quality content or the top pages average).
2. Title Analysis: Checks title length and optimization (50-60 characters optimal).
3. Meta Description: Analyzes description length and quality (150-160 characters).
4. Readability Score: Flesch Reading Ease score with color-coded indicators (60+ is good).
5. AI Detection: Identifies potentially AI-generated content (high AI scores = risk).
6. Heading Structure: Visual chart showing H1-H6 distribution (proper hierarchy is crucial).
7. Top Keywords: Most frequently used keywords with counts and percentages.

Visual Indicators for Metrics

– 🟢 Green: The analyzed metric meets the required quality parameters.

– 🟡 Yellow: Acceptable but could be improved or needs additional review.

– 🔴 Red: Needs attention and could be critical for SEO.

Also, look for indicators on the main menu tabs to see which tabs need your attention first.

Indexability Check

Analyze whether the page can be indexed by search engines.

Why This is Critical for Link Building

• Link Value: Links from non-indexable pages provide zero SEO value – they’re essentially invisible to search engines.
• Risk Assessment: Non-indexable pages might indicate technical issues or intentional hiding from search engines.
• Crawlability: Search engines must be able to crawl and index pages.

Checks Performed

1. URL: Current page URL.
2. Robots.txt: Checks if the page is blocked by robots.txt.
3. Noindex Tags: Detects if the page has noindex meta tags.
4. Canonical URLs: Verifies canonical link implementation (prevents duplicate content issues).
5. Indexation History: Links to check page indexation over time (1 month and 1 year).

Status Indicators: Green dot – indexable, and red dot – not indexable.

Page Links Analysis

Comprehensive analysis of all links on the current page.

Why This Matters for Link Building

• Link Profile Understanding: Analyze the page’s existing link profile to understand its linking patterns and preferences.
• Risk Evaluation: Pages with too many low-quality or spammy links should be avoided.
• Anchor Text Diversity: Analyze anchor text patterns for the page.

Link Types Analyzed

1. Internal vs External links.
2. Dofollow vs Nofollow links.
3. Sponsored and UGC links.

Additional Features:

– Interactive pie chart showing link distribution.

– Detailed link table with filtering options. The filter options are saved to the next extension launch.

– Search functionality to find specific links.

– Link highlighting on the actual page.

– Export capabilities for further analysis.

High-Risk Niches Content

Identify potentially problematic content that could affect website health and link-building results.

Why This is Essential for Link Building

• Brand Protection: Avoid associating your brand with controversial or risky content or websites that could damage your reputation.
• SEO Risk Mitigation: Links from high-risk sites can trigger algorithmic filters.

Functionality

• Scans page content for high-risk keywords.
• Customizable forbidden topics list.
• Domain-wide risk assessment.
• Color-coded risk indicators.

My Links Found

Check if your domain’s links are present on the current page or domain.

Why This is Crucial for Link Building

• Link Monitoring: Track where your links are placed and ensure they remain active.
• Duplicate Prevention: Avoid requesting links from pages that already link to you.

Features:

– Check existing links on the page.

– Check existing links on the domain.

Setup Required:

1. Configure your domains in settings (add all your domains and subdomains).

2. Upload CSV file with referring domains (optional, for domain-level analysis).

3. Extension automatically scans for your links and shows indicators and additional information.

Domain Information

Comprehensive domain analysis and metrics.

Why This is Essential for Link Building

• Quality Control: Check the domain metrics to ensure that the website meets your minimum requirements.
• Budget Planning: Understand the potential cost of link placements.
• Domain IP Check: Check if the domain is related to other domains in your outreach list.

Metrics Provided

– Page URL: Current page URL.

– Potential Link Price: Estimated cost for link placement if the information exists in our database.

– Domain IP: Server IP address (identifies shared hosting and potential PBNs).

– Domain Rating (DR): Ahrefs domain authority score. Ahrefs metrics will be displayed if you have connected the Ahrefs API key. Be sure to set a limit for the number of API units that can be consumed via this API key.

– Referring Domains: Number of unique referring domains.

– Linked Domains: Number of domains this site links to.

– Organic Traffic: Estimated monthly organic traffic.

– Organic Keywords: Number of keywords ranking.

Integration Features:

• Google Sheets export functionality. Export website data to Google Sheets for campaign tracking and reporting.
• Domain information copying (for easy sharing and documentation).

Website Contacts

Extract contact information from websites for outreach.

Why This is Helpful for Link Building

• Time Savings: Automatically find contact information instead of manually searching.
• Multiple Touchpoints: Vary your outreach methods to improve response rates and build stronger relationships.
• Professional Approach: Having the right contact information improves outreach success.

Information Extracted

• Email addresses: Direct contact for personalized outreach.
• Contact page URLs: Alternative contact methods and additional information.
• Social media links: Modern communication channels and relationship building.

Link Insertion

Generate contextual link insertion text using AI.

Why This is Game-Changing for Link Building

• Contextual Relevance: AI generates text that naturally fits the existing content, increasing acceptance rates.
• Time Efficiency: Eliminates the time of manual text writing for each link insertion request.
• Professional Quality: AI-generated text is often more polished and professional than manual drafts.

How to Use

1. Enter your OpenAI API key (required for AI functionality). Be sure to set a limit for the API budget that can be consumed via this API key.

2. Select an AI model (balance quality, speed, and cost).

3. Provide your page URL and description (detailed descriptions improve results).

4. Click “Generate Text” or “Check Page Relevance” (test relevance before generating).

5. Copy generated text for outreach (ready-to-use content).

Conclusion

LinksToro is a powerful, all-in-one tool for link building professionals. By combining content analysis, domain research, contact discovery, and AI-powered text generation, it streamlines the entire link building workflow. The extension’s comprehensive feature set makes it an essential tool for anyone serious about link building and SEO.

Remember to always use the tool ethically and in compliance with website terms of service and search engine guidelines. The extension is designed to help you build high-quality, relevant links that provide value to both your site and the target websites.