# Audit Backlink Profiles and Find Link Opportunities

Backlink reviews can be slow when data lives across exports, SEO tools, and competitor research. This skill structures link quality checks, toxic link review, gap analysis, and outreach planning.

## Install

```bash
npx skillstore add aaron-he-zhu/backlink-analyzer
```

## Metadata

- - Status: approved
- - Slug: aaron-he-zhu-backlink-analyzer
- - Version: 1.0.0
- - Author: aaron-he-zhu
- - GitHub username: aaron-he-zhu
- - License: MIT
- - Repository: https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/seo-geo-claude-skills/tree/main/monitor/backlink-analyzer/
- - Ref: main
- - Supported tools: Claude, Codex, Claude Code
- - Risk level: low
- - Risk factors: external\_commands, network, filesystem
- - Quality score: 73
- - Public page: https://skillstore.pages.dev/skills/aaron-he-zhu-backlink-analyzer
- - Manifest: https://skillstore.pages.dev/api/skills/aaron-he-zhu-backlink-analyzer/manifest

## Capabilities

- Creates backlink profile summaries with referring domains, authority metrics, anchor text, and link velocity.
- Scores link quality using authority, relevance, traffic, placement, anchor text, and follow status.
- Flags toxic backlink patterns and suggests review or disavow actions.
- Compares competitor link profiles to identify link gap opportunities.
- Provides outreach templates for broken links, guest posts, resource pages, and unlinked mentions.
- Maps backlink metrics into CITE-related citation and trust checks.

## Use Cases

- Audit an Existing Backlink Profile: Review backlink exports, score link quality, and prioritize toxic links for manual review.
- Find Competitor Link Gaps: Compare competitor referring domains and build a prioritized list of attainable link opportunities.
- Plan Outreach Campaigns: Select outreach angles, adapt templates, and track expected effort for link acquisition campaigns.

## Prompt Templates

### Analyze One Domain

```
Analyze this backlink export for [domain]. Summarize profile health, top risks, strongest links, and immediate next steps.
```

### Review Toxic Links

```
Check these backlinks for toxic patterns. Group links by risk level and explain which entries need manual review or disavow.
```

### Compare Competitors

```
Compare our backlink profile against [competitor domains]. Identify shared competitor links we lack and rank opportunities by value.
```

### Build an Outreach Plan

```
Use the backlink gap analysis to create an outreach plan with segments, templates, personalization notes, and success metrics.
```

## Limitations

- Requires user-provided exports or connected SEO data sources for real metrics.
- Does not verify live backlinks without an external link database or SEO tool.
- Disavow recommendations still need human review before upload.
- Outreach templates must be personalized before sending.

## Best Practices

- Provide backlink exports with source domain, target URL, anchor text, follow status, and authority metrics.
- Review high-risk disavow recommendations manually before submitting anything to Google Search Console.
- Personalize outreach with specific page references and clear value for the recipient.

## Anti Patterns

- Do not treat low domain authority alone as proof that a link is toxic.
- Do not send outreach templates without checking the recipient, page context, and publication guidelines.
- Do not disavow broad domains when only one low-quality URL is the issue.

## Security Audit

- - Safe to publish: true
- - Audited at: 2026-06-27T18:48:37.026\+00:00
- - Summary: Static analysis reported many high-risk patterns, but review found them in Markdown examples, SEO terminology, example URLs, and relative documentation links. No executable scripts, hidden network requests, credential access, data exfiltration, or prompt injection attempts were found in the reviewed files.

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