--- title: "alternative.me Backlink Value & Traffic Report" url: https://mxverify.uk/publications/alternative.me description: "alternative.me: a followed link from it is worth $242 by BV 2.9 (link type B). About 669.1K visits a month, 30% organic. Not yet audited." site: mxverify generated: 2026-11-06T01:48:16.780Z --- # Backlink value and traffic report for alternative.me **In short:** A new followed link from alternative.me is worth about $242 to rankings by BV 2.9 (level B, Site Strength 65 of 100); BV is an estimate, not a price anyone charges. It gets about 669.1K visits a month, 30% from organic search, down 5.3% since Jul 2026. No link placed on it has been audited. First recorded 06 November 2026 · Last updated 06 November 2026 · [Visit alternative.me](https://alternative.me/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) [Compare](https://mxverify.uk/compare/alternative.me#add) Show alternative.me's BV badge on your site The badge shows what a link from alternative.me is worth, as this report does, and updates by itself. It links to this report. Embed code (HTML) Copied Paste it where the badge should appear. ## Backlink value · what one new followed link from alternative.me is worth to rankings [BV **$242** per link · level B · strength 65](https://bklink.uk/methodology?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report#bv) reading confidence **Low, 16 out of 100** Reading confidence 16 / 100 - What we read 23 - Our model's certainty 63 - Its view of the pages 33 1 of 1 page read had text · 7 links to other sites seen · posts from Aug 2018 How much of alternative.me we read, and how sure our model was about the kind of link it gives. Never higher than what we read. [The full reading](https://mxverify.uk/publications/alternative.me#reading) **Priced from our reading of the site.** No reliable sample of checked links yet: its link type comes from the articles mxverify read on the site. Priced 6 Nov 2026 · pages read 6 Nov 2026. **Relevance to the linked site moves it** **$121** unrelated ×0.5 **$302** same topic ×1.25 **By the kind of link it gives** - A editorial $507 - B guest, sponsored $254 - C neutralised $51 - D network $25 Priced on a blend of link types: A 10% · B 73% · C 6% · D 11% → ×0.48. [How BV is worked out](https://mxverify.uk/publications/alternative.me#bv-detail) · BV 2.9 · not a price anyone charges **[669.1K](https://mxverify.uk/publications/alternative.me#traffic)** monthly visits −5.3% since Jul 2026 **[202.6K](https://mxverify.uk/publications/alternative.me#traffic)** from organic search 30% of visits **[#91,559](https://mxverify.uk/publications/alternative.me#traffic)** global rank **[2008](https://mxverify.uk/publications/registered/2000s)** domain registered expires Jul 2027 **[2.0 s](https://mxverify.uk/publications/alternative.me#tech)** page load for real users (LCP) passes Core Web Vitals **[0%](https://mxverify.uk/publications/alternative.me#reading)** of its own links nofollow in the articles we read **Monthly visits** Jul 2026: 706.6K visits; Aug 2026: 646.4K visits; Sept 2026: 669.1K visits **Where visitors come from** Direct 52%, Organic search 30%, Referrals 8.3%, Social 6.4%, Email 2.6% - [Direct](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/direct) **52%** - [Organic search](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/organic-search) **30%** - [Referrals](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/referrals) **8.3%** - [Social](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/social) **6.4%** - [Email](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/email) **2.6%** - Other channels **0.8%** Organic search, in green, is the traffic BV prices on. **Top countries** - [United States](https://mxverify.uk/publications/audience/united-states) 20% - [Germany](https://mxverify.uk/publications/audience/germany) 15% - [Korea, Republic of](https://mxverify.uk/publications/audience/south-korea) 4.5% - [Canada](https://mxverify.uk/publications/audience/canada) 3.8% - [France](https://mxverify.uk/publications/audience/france) 3.5% - Other countries 53% More like it: [Guest post sites](https://mxverify.uk/publications/level/b) · [Backlink sites worth $100 to $249 a link](https://mxverify.uk/publications/value/100-249) · [Technology write for us sites and tech blogs](https://mxverify.uk/publications/category/technology) · [2000s websites](https://mxverify.uk/publications/registered/2000s) ## Links to this site Link counts for alternative.me are fetched at the next daily update, usually by 05:00 UTC, and shown here from then. ## Links placed here No link placed on alternative.me has been audited yet. [An audit on bklink.uk](https://bklink.uk/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) checks each one — still there, followed or not, where it sits — and marks this report audited. This report's link to alternative.me is nofollow. It is followed when the site's owner audits alternative.me's own backlinks on bklink.uk, chooses to publish it and proves the site is theirs (for 90 days from each audit), or once a one-time payment of $9 is made for it. [When a link here is followed](https://mxverify.uk/methodology#followed-links) ## How it links out **100%** of its links followed **7** links to other sites **1** article read Followed 100% Thin sample Read 6 Nov 2026 · [the full reading](https://mxverify.uk/publications/alternative.me#reading) ## Domain and hosting - **Domain registered**: [09 July 2008](https://mxverify.uk/publications/registered/2000s) - **Registration expires**: 09 July 2027 - **Content category**: [technology](https://mxverify.uk/publications/category/technology) - **Server address**: 54.39.131.114 - **Hosting network**: OVH · AS16276 · CA ## Tech stack alternative.me's homepage has not been read yet; every site with a report is read within a few days. ### Page speed Chrome users, 28 days to 3 Nov 2026: LCP 2.0 s · INP 90 ms · CLS 0.02 — passes Core Web Vitals. Data from the Chrome UX Report (Google), CC BY 4.0. Devices: 57% phone · 42% desktop · 1% tablet — share of Chrome page loads, same 28 days. How to use this report 3 ways to use these figures - **Price check.** BV puts one new followed link from alternative.me at $242 (level B), priced on a blend of link types (A 10% · B 73% · C 6% · D 11%): $121 to an unrelated site (×0.5), $302 to a same-topic site (×1.25). A followed editorial link (level A) would be worth up to $507 before relevance. A quote far above $317 for a level B link pays for what BV does not measure. · [Backlink value](https://mxverify.uk/publications/alternative.me#value) · [what this means](https://mxverify.uk/guide#use) - **Qualification and risk.** Its Site Strength is 65 / 100; the link it usually gives is mostly level B — may be discounted (a guest, sponsored or listed link). In the 1 article we read, 0% of the links to other sites are nofollow, sponsored or ugc. · [How BV is worked out](https://mxverify.uk/publications/alternative.me#bv-detail) · [what this means](https://mxverify.uk/guide#levels) - **Traffic reality check.** Set any traffic claim beside the Sept 2026 estimate: 669.1K monthly visits, 30% from organic search (202.6K). Visits fell 5.3% from Jul 2026 to Sept 2026. Its top keyword by Visits (est.) is “fear and greed index”, about 26.4K a month; the ad value beside it is the whole market's. · [Traffic in detail](https://mxverify.uk/publications/alternative.me#traffic) · [what this means](https://mxverify.uk/guide#traffic) What each figure means, and what it cannot tell you: [How to read a site report](https://mxverify.uk/guide). Quick answers about alternative.me 8 questions answered ### What is a link from alternative.me worth? BV, mxverify's backlink value, is an estimate of what one new followed link from a site is worth to rankings: by BV 2.9, a new followed link from alternative.me is worth about $242 (level B). Relevance moves it: $121 to an unrelated site, $302 to a same-topic site. In short: a link from alternative.me is worth about $242 to rankings, up to $302 on the same topic. Source: [mxverify BV 2.9 methodology](https://mxverify.uk/methodology) ### Is a link from alternative.me worth placing? That depends on the kind of link: by BV 2.9, a link from alternative.me is worth $507 as an editorial citation (level A), $254 as a guest, sponsored or listed link (level B), $51 as a press-release, syndicated, profile or forum link (level C), $25 as a network link (level D), before relevance. A price far above $317 for a level B link pays for something BV does not measure, such as the site's own readers. Source: [mxverify BV 2.9 methodology](https://mxverify.uk/methodology) ### How does alternative.me's BV compare with other sites? At about $242 a link, alternative.me is in the “$100 to $249” value band, with 339 of the 4,378 sites valued on mxverify. 208 sites are in a higher band. In short: 208 of the 4,378 valued sites sit in a higher value band than alternative.me. Source: mxverify's own directory, counted at the last daily update ### How much traffic does alternative.me get? alternative.me gets about 669.1K visits a month (Sept 2026), by a modelled estimate of all its visitors, not analytics measured on the site. 30% of them (202.6K) come from organic search. Visits fell 5.3% from Jul 2026 to Sept 2026. In short: alternative.me draws about 669.1K visits a month, down 5.3% since Jul 2026. Source: [third-party traffic estimate, Sept 2026](https://mxverify.uk/publications/alternative.me#evidence) ### Does alternative.me pass Core Web Vitals? Yes: real Chrome users see alternative.me's largest content load in 2.0 s (LCP), and every vital reported for it is at Google's good level. The figures are from the Chrome UX Report (CC BY 4.0), the 75th percentile of real visits. Core Web Vitals describe how a page feels to its visitors; BV does not use them. In short: alternative.me passes Core Web Vitals on real-user data. Source: [Chrome UX Report, 28 days to 3 Nov 2026](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/crux); [web.dev: Web Vitals](https://web.dev/articles/vitals) ### Does alternative.me link out with nofollow? In the 1 article we read, alternative.me made 7 links to other sites, and 0% of them were nofollow, sponsored or ugc; the other 100% were followed. BV prices a nofollow link at level C (×0.1), whatever the site is otherwise worth. Source: [mxverify's reading of 1 article, 6 Nov 2026](https://mxverify.uk/publications/alternative.me#reading); [Google Search Central: qualify your outbound links](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/qualify-outbound-links) ### How old is alternative.me? The domain alternative.me was registered in 2008, 18 years ago. Source: the public registration record; [RFC 9083: RDAP JSON responses](https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9083/) ### Has alternative.me been audited? No link placed on alternative.me has been audited yet, so this report shows no rates for how its links behave. Its backlink value comes from site-level figures (its authority rating, traffic and our reading of its articles), not from audited placements. In short: alternative.me's report is valued, not audited. How BV is worked out Site Strength 65 / 100 · level B · each factor and link type A followed editorial link from alternative.me would be worth up to $507 under BV 2.9, before relevance: its Site Strength is 65 out of 100. The link it usually gives is level B, worth about $242 — and relevance to the site it points to moves that between $121 and $302. - **Site Strength**: **65** / 100 ([how Site Strength is worked out](https://mxverify.uk/methodology#reading-a-report)). Traffic: 202.6K estimated monthly organic visits, as of 6 November 2026. - **Worth up to**: $507 · before relevance — [how it is calculated](https://mxverify.uk/backlink-value#how) - **Usual link type**: Mostly level B — may be discounted · A 10%, B 73%, C 6%, D 11% → ×0.48 (each level's factor below, weighted by those shares) Read by Jev from our own reading of alternative.me's homepage and 1 article. No link placed here has been audited yet. - **Relevance to your site**: ×1 · neutral here ([range in an audit](https://mxverify.uk/methodology#reading-a-report)) - **BV score**: **$242** per link - **Domain registered**: 9 July 2008 · shown for context ([how age is used](https://mxverify.uk/methodology#reading-a-report)) ### A link from alternative.me, by link type A link from alternative.me at each level. [What each level means](https://mxverify.uk/methodology#link-levels). | Level | Factor | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | A — Counted | ×1 | $507 | | B — May be discounted | ×0.5 | $254 | | C — Usually neutralised | ×0.1 | $51 | | D — Network | ×0.05 | $25 | How alternative.me links out: the full reading 1 article read · each link counted Read by mxverify on 6 November 2026: the homepage and 1 article (1 linked from its homepage). This is our own reading of the site, not a vendor's figure, and it is what places a new link on the A–D scale until links placed here are audited. Thin sample 7 links to other sites across 1 article published in Aug 2018. Strong takes six or more articles and thirty or more links, spread over at least two months where the articles are dated. **Links its articles make to other sites** - Followed 100% - Nofollow 0% - Sponsored 0% - User-generated (ugc) 0% 7 links to other sites across 1 article, share buttons left out. **What its homepage offers** No guest-post, sponsored-post or advertising pages linked from the homepage. ### Articles read | Article | Published | Words | Links out | Followed | Says | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [11 Best Elastic No Tie Shoelaces - Our Picks, Alternatives & Reviews - Alternative.me](https://alternative.me/elastic-no-tie-shoelaces?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) | Aug 2018 | 2,589 | 7 | 7 | — | Jev, the model that judges every link in a bklink audit, reads these pages as a site whose links are mostly level **A** — A 77%, B 17%, C 6.0%, D 0%. Put together with what kind of site it is, how established it is, whether it sells placements and how it links out, a new link here is priced as A 10%, B 73%, C 6.3%, D 11%. Jev reads it as a directory or launch platform (43%), small or niche as a source (56%), and not selling guest, sponsored or paid posts (98%). Traffic in detail engagement, top keywords, AI assistants Modelled estimates for Sept 2026, as of 6 November 2026: site-wide, all visitors, not analytics measured on the site itself. - **#91,559** global rank - **#99,255** rank in US - **56%** bounce rate - **1.8** pages per visit - **45s** time on site **Every channel** - [Organic search](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/organic-search) 30% - [Direct](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/direct) 52% - [Referrals](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/referrals) 8.3% - [Social](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/social) 6.4% - AI assistants 0.8% - [Email](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/email) 2.6% - [Paid](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/paid) 0.0% - Affiliate and other 0% Share of all visits. Organic search is highlighted: it is the traffic BV prices on. **Top search keywords** | Keyword | Searches / mo | CPC | Ad value / mo | Visits (est.) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [fear and greed index](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/fear-and-greed-index) | 114.7K† | $1.98† | $227K† | 26.4K | | [fear and greed index crypto](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/fear-and-greed-index-crypto) | 10.8K† | $3.24† | $35K† | 6,780 | | [fear greed index](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/fear-greed-index) | 23.9K† | $2.24† | $53.5K† | 4,560 | | [crypto fear and greed index](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/crypto-fear-and-greed-index) | 11.3K† | $3.05† | $34.3K† | 4,440 | | [bugmenot](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/bugmenot) | 201K | $0.33 | $66.3K | 2,280 | Searches, CPC and ad value: Google Ads, worldwide, its latest month, where it has the keyword; † third-party traffic estimates where it does not (the two often differ several times over). Ad value: what a month of the keyword's searches would cost as search ads (searches × cost per click) — what advertisers pay for it, not how hard it is to rank for. Visits (est.): the traffic estimate's own figure for the keyword on this site, which behaves like visits a month, not an amount of money. Each keyword opens the list of sites where it is a top search keyword. ### AI assistants AI assistants sent about **5,018** visits in Sept 2026 — 0.8% of all visits. Each assistant's share of those visits, by month: [ChatGPT](https://mxverify.uk/publications/ai/chatgpt) [Gemini](https://mxverify.uk/publications/ai/gemini) ChatGPT: Jul 2026 49%, Aug 2026 61%, Sept 2026 85%; Gemini: Jul 2026 8.2%, Aug 2026 8.3%, Sept 2026 15% | Assistant | Jul 2026 | Aug 2026 | Sept 2026 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | ChatGPT | 49% | 61% | 85% | | Gemini | 8.2% | 8.3% | 15% | Third-party traffic estimates. BV uses only the organic-search figure. Server and network 0 other publications on the server · 2 on the network Its domain was registered in 2008. mxverify looked up alternative.me's address: no other publication in the directory runs on 54.39.131.114. 2 publications are on the same hosting network (OVH, AS16276) — a cloud platform hosting millions of unrelated sites, so that is no sign of a connection. OVH is a cloud platform hosting millions of unrelated sites, so sharing it says nothing about who runs a site. The count is shown; the sites are not listed. Where each figure comes from 7 figures, their sources and dates | Figure | Source | What it covers | | --- | --- | --- | | [Backlink value](https://mxverify.uk/publications/alternative.me#value) | BV 2.9 | Site Strength × link type; link type from our reading of the site | | [Links placed here](https://mxverify.uk/publications/alternative.me#links) | bklink audits | None audited yet | | [How it links out](https://mxverify.uk/publications/alternative.me#reading) | Read by mxverify | 7 links to other sites in 1 article, published Aug 2018; read 6 Nov 2026 Thin sample | | [Traffic](https://mxverify.uk/publications/alternative.me#traffic) | Third-party estimates | Modelled estimates for Sept 2026, site-wide and for all visitors, as of 6 Nov 2026 | | [Authority](https://mxverify.uk/publications/alternative.me#value) | Ahrefs Domain Rating | Half of Site Strength, shown in steps of 5, as of 6 Nov 2026; the rating itself is not shown | | [Server and network](https://mxverify.uk/publications/alternative.me#server) | mxverify's DNS and ASN lookup | 54.39.131.114 · OVH | | [Domain age](https://mxverify.uk/publications/alternative.me#hosting) | Domain registry (RDAP) | Registered 9 Jul 2008 | Limitations: what this report does not show 3 stated plainly - No link on this publication has been audited yet, so nothing here describes how its links behave. - alternative.me gives more than one kind of link (A 10% · B 73% · C 6% · D 11%), so BV prices a blend of them: an editorial link there would be worth $507 and a guest or sponsored one $254, before relevance. - The figures for how alternative.me links out rest on 1 article, too few to describe the whole site. What every report's figures can and cannot tell you: [how to read a report](https://mxverify.uk/methodology#reading-a-report). Compiled from [bklink.uk](https://bklink.uk/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) audits · maintained by [Palash Bagchi](https://mxverify.uk/about) · updated 06 November 2026 --- Source: mxverify, "alternative.me Backlink Value & Traffic Report", https://mxverify.uk/publications/alternative.me (retrieved 2026-11-06). How every figure is worked out: https://mxverify.uk/methodology