What 5,566 audited links show

Every bklink audit checks each link a customer placed on a publication: whether it is still on the page, followed or nofollow, in the article or tucked in a footer, and whether the article also ran elsewhere. These are those checks, every account's together: 5,566 links on 2,817 publications, 17,445 checks, first audits and re-checks together. No customer, campaign or account is named.

5,566links audited

2,817publications

25%followed

58%kept over time

How the links behaved

The same measures the Top lists rank publications by, added up across every audited link.

Measure	Figure	Over
Followed · Share of the audited links a check could read that pass credit to the site they point to (dofollow).	25%	of 4,619 links a check could read
Still in place · Share of the audited links a check could read that were neither removed nor on a dead page.	66%	of 4,619 links a check could read
Kept over time · Of the links present at a first check and checked again 14 or more days later, the share still there.	58%	of 2,004 links checked again 14 or more days later
In the article · Share of the read links that sit in the article's text, not in a sidebar, header or footer.	85%	of 2,328 links read in full
Editorial · How likely each read link is an editorial citation or a guest post (levels A or B), averaged.	8%	averaged over 2,328 links read in full
Original · Share of the placements whose article ran on no other site.	29%	of 5,566 placements
Outside links · Median number of links to other sites on a placed page. Fewer is a cleaner page.	10	median, over 2,328 pages
Article length · Median words on a placed page.	856	median words, over 2,328 pages

How long links last

Of the links on the page at their first check and checked again later, how many were still there at the latest check, by how long after. A link on a page that no longer answers counts as gone.

Checked again after	Links	Still there
30–59 days	2,004	58%

Longer and shorter spans appear here as links are checked again.

What kind of link

How each link read in full was judged — the four link types BV prices — as the probability of each, added up over 2,328 links.

Type	Share	What it is
A	2%	An editorial citation: the site linked because it is useful to its readers.
B	6%	A guest post, sponsored post or paid listing.
C	46%	A press release, syndicated copy, profile, forum post or listing.
D	46%	A link from a site on one owner's network.

The most audited publications

Publication	Audited links
oppalerts.com	133
shinylaunch.com	111
markets.financialcontent.com	109
saaswheel.com	95
aitechviral.com	78
aitoolzs.com	76
productwing.com	74
poweruptools.com	71
saastoolsdir.com	67
saashubdirectory.com	66

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Sources: bklink audits, every account's, as measured on 27 September 2026; the link types are Jev's reading of each page. A figure is a total of the measure each site's report and the Top lists show, over the links a check could read. How BV and the audits work.