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Backlink value and traffic report for startupdope.com
In short: A new followed link from startupdope.com is worth about $50 to rankings by BV 2.9 (level B, Site Strength 30 of 100); BV is an estimate, not a price anyone charges. It gets about 3,920 visits a month, 37% from organic search, up 56% since Jul 2026. No link placed on it has been audited.
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Backlink value · what one new followed link from startupdope.com is worth to rankings
BV$50per link · level B · strength 30reading confidenceHigh, 94 out of 100
Reading confidence 94 / 100
10 of 10 pages read had text · 31 links to other sites seen · posts Nov 2014 – Jun 2026
How much of startupdope.com we read, and how sure our model was about the kind of link it gives. Never higher than what we read. The full 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.
$25 unrelated ×0.5$63 same topic ×1.25
In its own words
Startup Dope is a leading technology journalism publication and software intelligence directory. Founded in 2014, Startup Dope reports on early-stage startups, artificial intelligence architectures, enterprise developer tooling, and global tech ecosystems.
Its file lists 3 sections: Editorial Coverage & Indexes, Information For Language Models & Crawlers, Content Policies & Legal.
- Organic search37%
- Direct36%
- Referrals9.0%
- Social6.1%
- Paid5.4%
- Other channels6.8%
Links to this site
Links placed here
No link placed on startupdope.com has been audited yet. An audit on bklink.uk checks each one — still there, followed or not, where it sits — and marks this report audited.
How it links out
Followed 94%Sponsored 6%
Tech stack
Domain and hosting
- Domain registered
- 24 January 2013
- Content category
- technology
- Server address
- 172.67.143.31
- Hosting network
- Cloudflare (CDN)
How to use this report
- Price check. BV puts one new followed link from startupdope.com at $50 (level B), priced on a blend of link types (A 2% · B 81% · C 10% · D 6%): $25 to an unrelated site (×0.5), $63 to a same-topic site (×1.25). A followed editorial link (level A) would be worth up to $114 before relevance. A quote far above $71 for a level B link pays for what BV does not measure.
- Qualification and risk. Its Site Strength is 30 / 100; the link it usually gives is mostly level B — may be discounted (a guest, sponsored or listed link). In the 10 articles we read, 6% of the links to other sites are nofollow, sponsored or ugc.
- Traffic reality check. Set any traffic claim beside the Sept 2026 estimate: 3,920 monthly visits, 37% from organic search (1,450). Visits rose 56% from Jul 2026 to Sept 2026. Its top keyword by Visits (est.) is “taskmagic”, about 10 a month; the ad value beside it is the whole market's.
Quick answers about startupdope.com
What is a link from startupdope.com 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 startupdope.com is worth about $50 (level B). Relevance moves it: $25 to an unrelated site, $63 to a same-topic site.
In short: a link from startupdope.com is worth about $50 to rankings, up to $63 on the same topic.
Source: mxverify BV 2.9 methodology
Is a link from startupdope.com worth placing?
That depends on the kind of link: by BV 2.9, a link from startupdope.com is worth $114 as an editorial citation (level A), $57 as a guest, sponsored or listed link (level B), $11 as a press-release, syndicated, profile or forum link (level C), $5.68 as a network link (level D), before relevance. A price far above $71 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
How does startupdope.com's BV compare with other sites?
At about $50 a link, startupdope.com is in the “$50 to $99” value band, with 353 of the 4,052 sites valued on mxverify. 488 sites are in a higher band.
In short: 488 of the 4,052 valued sites sit in a higher value band than startupdope.com.
Source: mxverify's own directory, counted at the last daily update
How much traffic does startupdope.com get?
startupdope.com gets about 3,920 visits a month (Sept 2026), by a modelled estimate of all its visitors, not analytics measured on the site. 37% of them (1,450) come from organic search. Visits rose 56% from Jul 2026 to Sept 2026.
In short: startupdope.com draws about 3,920 visits a month, up 56% since Jul 2026.
Does startupdope.com link out with nofollow?
In the 10 articles we read, startupdope.com made 31 links to other sites, and 6% of them were nofollow, sponsored or ugc; the other 94% were followed. BV prices a nofollow link at level C (×0.1), whatever the site is otherwise worth.
Source: mxverify's reading of 10 articles, 2 Nov 2026; Google Search Central: qualify your outbound links
How old is startupdope.com?
The domain startupdope.com was registered in 2013, 13 years ago.
Source: the public registration record; RFC 9083: RDAP JSON responses
Has startupdope.com been audited?
No link placed on startupdope.com 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: startupdope.com's report is valued, not audited.
How BV is worked out
A followed editorial link from startupdope.com would be worth up to $114 under BV 2.9, before relevance: its Site Strength is 30 out of 100. The link it usually gives is level B, worth about $50 — and relevance to the site it points to moves that between $25 and $63.
- Site Strength
- 30
- Worth up to
- $114
- Usual link type
- Mostly level B — may be discounted · A 2%, B 81%, C 10%, D 6% → ×0.44
- Relevance to your site
- ×1
- BV score
- $50 per link
- Domain registered
- 24 January 2013
A link from startupdope.com, by link type
A link from startupdope.com at each level. What each level means.
| Level | Factor | Value |
|---|---|---|
| A — Counted | ×1 | $114 |
| B — May be discounted | ×0.5 | $57 |
| C — Usually neutralised | ×0.1 | $11 |
| D — Network | ×0.05 | $5.68 |
How startupdope.com links out: the full reading
Read by mxverify on 2 November 2026: the homepage and 10 articles (10 from across its sitemap). 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.
Strong sample
Articles read
Jev, the model that judges every link in a bklink audit, reads these pages as a site whose links are mostly level A — A 83%, B 13%, C 4.0%, 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 2.3%, B 81%, C 10%, D 6.0%.
Traffic in detail
Modelled estimates for Sept 2026, as of 2 November 2026: site-wide, all visitors, not analytics measured on the site itself.
| Keyword | Searches / mo | CPC | Ad value / mo | Visits (est.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| taskmagic | 1,550† | $7.68† | $11.9K† | 10 |
| streaming app script | 30† | — | — | 10 |
| digital maker ai | 6,210† | $6.72† | $41.7K† | 0 |
| consio | 1,760† | $6.27† | $11K† | 0 |
| statisfy | 1,570† | $4.99† | $7,834† | 0 |
AI assistants
AI assistants sent about 41 visits in Sept 2026 — 1.0% of all visits. Each assistant's share of those visits, by month:
| Assistant | Aug 2026 | Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 44% | 100% |
Server and network
Its domain was registered in 2013.
mxverify looked up startupdope.com's address: it is served through Cloudflare (CDN), a content delivery network. Its address is shared edge infrastructure used by unrelated sites, so it cannot show who else runs on the same server, and sharing the network is no sign of a connection.
Cloudflare (CDN) fronts 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
| Figure | Source | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Backlink value | BV 2.9 | Site Strength × link type; link type from our reading of the site |
| Links placed here | bklink audits | None audited yet |
| How it links out | Read by mxverify | 31 links to other sites in 10 articles, published Nov 2014 – Jun 2026; read 2 Nov 2026 Strong sample |
| Traffic | Third-party estimates | Modelled estimates for Sept 2026, site-wide and for all visitors, as of 2 Nov 2026 |
| Authority | Ahrefs Domain Rating | Half of Site Strength, shown in steps of 5, as of 2 Nov 2026; the rating itself is not shown |
| Server and network | mxverify's DNS and ASN lookup | 172.67.143.31 · Cloudflare (CDN) · a CDN edge, shared by unrelated sites |
| Domain age | Domain registry (RDAP) | Registered 24 Jan 2013 |
Limitations: what this report does not show
- No link on this publication has been audited yet, so nothing here describes how its links behave.
- A CDN address is shared by unrelated sites, so it says nothing about ownership; no neighbours are listed for it.
- startupdope.com gives more than one kind of link (A 2% · B 81% · C 10% · D 6%), so BV prices a blend of them: an editorial link there would be worth $114 and a guest or sponsored one $57, before relevance.