---
title: "Backlink Value & Traffic Report for startups.co.uk"
url: https://mxverify.uk/publications/startups.co.uk
description: "A followed link from startups.co.uk is worth $254 by BV 2.8 (link type B). Not yet audited. Served through Fastly (CDN). Domain registered 1999."
site: mxverify
generated: 2026-10-23T04:13:31.374Z
---

mxverify · valued

# Backlink value and traffic report for startups.co.uk

It is served through Fastly (CDN), a content delivery network, so its address is shared edge infrastructure and says nothing about who runs it. Its domain was registered in 1999.

**In short:** A new followed link from startups.co.uk is worth about $254 to rankings by BV 2.8 (level B, Site Strength 65 of 100); BV is an estimate, not a price anyone charges. It gets about 93.9K visits a month, 59% from organic search, up 21% since Jul 2026. No link placed on it has been audited.

Organisation: Startups.co.uk; since 2000. [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60771019?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) · Last updated 23 October 2026 · [Visit startups.co.uk](https://startups.co.uk/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report)

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## Backlink value · what one new followed link from startups.co.uk is worth to rankings

[BV **$254** per link · level B · strength 65](https://bklink.uk/methodology?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report#bv)

reading confidence **Couldn't read**

Our reader could not open startups.co.uk: it refused us or did not answer in time. Its BV takes the usual link type until a later reading gets in.

**Relevance to the linked site moves it**

**$127** unrelated ×0.5 **$317** same topic ×1.25

**By the kind of link it gives**

- A editorial $507
- B guest, sponsored $254
- C neutralised $51
- D network $25

[How BV is worked out](https://mxverify.uk/publications/startups.co.uk#bv-detail) · BV 2.8 · not a price anyone charges

**93.9K** monthly visits +21% since Jul 2026

**55.4K** from organic search 59% of visits

**#467,471** global rank

**[8,649](https://mxverify.uk/publications/startups.co.uk#links-in)** sites link to it 1,860 of them nofollow

**[1999](https://mxverify.uk/publications/registered/1990s)** domain registered expires Feb 2027

**[1.1 s](https://mxverify.uk/publications/startups.co.uk#tech)** page load for real users (LCP) passes Core Web Vitals

**Monthly visits**

Jul 2026: 77.6K visits; Aug 2026: 86.9K visits; Sept 2026: 93.9K visits

**Where visitors come from**

Organic search 59%, Direct 19%, Referrals 14%, AI assistants 4.0%, Social 2.5%

- Organic search **59%**
- Direct **19%**
- Referrals **14%**
- AI assistants **4.0%**
- Social **2.5%**
- Other channels **2.2%**

Organic search, in green, is the traffic BV prices on.

**Top countries**

- United Kingdom 49%
- United States 12%
- Australia 3.0%
- India 2.9%
- Netherlands 2.4%
- Other countries 31%

## Links to this site

Links other sites have made to startups.co.uk, from outside link indexes: not the links placed on it that bklink audits.

**8,649** websites link to it 1,860 of them with nofollow links

**55.3K** links in all, from those websites about 6 per website · first seen 2019

**11** spam score of its links 0–100, the linking pages' average

**5,448** IP addresses they link from 3,016 subnets

**Where the links sit:** 57% in the article or main content of the linking page, 4.8% in its header, menu, sidebar or footer · 29% in no page section the index could name, the rest in other sections; of the 49K links it sorted by where they sit

**Pages in Google:** about 8,800 · the count Google gives for a site: search, its own estimate, which can be far off either way

What Google shows for site:startups.co.uk — the first 10 pages

1. [Gelato](https://startups.co.uk/sponsor/gelato/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) startups.co.uk/sponsor/gelato/ · Apr 10, 2025
2. [Video Conferencing](https://startups.co.uk/video-conferencing/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) startups.co.uk/video-conferencing/
3. [LinkedIn Is The Latest Victim Of 'Enshittification'](https://startups.co.uk/news/linkedin-enshittification/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) startups.co.uk/news/linkedin-enshittification/ · Dec 2, 2024
4. [Funding news, launches and other business news](https://startups.co.uk/news/page/2/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) startups.co.uk/news/page/2/
5. [Aaron Drapkin, Author at Startups.co.uk](https://startups.co.uk/author/aaron-drapkin/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) startups.co.uk/author/aaron-drapkin/
6. [How can UK businesses adapt to the lack of warehouse ...](https://startups.co.uk/blog/warehouse-space/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) startups.co.uk/blog/warehouse-space/ · Aug 9, 2023
7. [Emma Ryan, Author at Startups.co.uk](https://startups.co.uk/author/emma-ryan/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) startups.co.uk/author/emma-ryan/
8. [Funding news, launches and other business news](https://startups.co.uk/news/page/30/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) startups.co.uk/news/page/30/
9. [What makes the best business cards? 4 entrepreneurs ...](https://startups.co.uk/strategy/business-cards/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) startups.co.uk/strategy/business-cards/ · Jul 10, 2018
10. [WhatsApp in the Workplace: Best Practice and Risks to Avoid](https://startups.co.uk/mobiles/whatsapp-workplace/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) startups.co.uk/mobiles/whatsapp-workplace/ · Jun 10, 2024

Sources: link counts and spam score from a third-party backlink index, read 22 October 2026; the chart grows by one reading a month; page count and pages from a Google site: search, 22 October 2026. BV prices on one of these only, the page count: when two site: searches at least 7 days apart both find no pages, and nothing on record shows Google indexing the site, a link from it is priced at most level C.

## Links placed here

No link placed on startups.co.uk 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 startups.co.uk is nofollow. It is followed only when the site's owner audits startups.co.uk's own backlinks on bklink.uk, chooses to publish it and proves the site is theirs — for 90 days from each audit. [When a link here is followed](https://mxverify.uk/methodology#followed-links)

## How it links out

startups.co.uk did not let our reader in on 22 Oct 2026, so its link type is set by fixed rules until a later reading succeeds.

Read 22 Oct 2026 · [the full reading](https://mxverify.uk/publications/startups.co.uk#reading)

## Tech stack

- [Built onWordPress](https://mxverify.uk/publications/cms/wordpress)
- [Served byCloudflare](https://mxverify.uk/publications/tech/cloudflare)
- [Served byFastly](https://mxverify.uk/publications/tech/fastly)

### Publisher signals

- ✗ Author bylines: none marked up on the homepage
- ✓ About page: linked from the homepage
- ✗ Editorial policy: not linked from the homepage
- ✓ Contact page: linked from the homepage

Structured data: WebPage, ReadAction, ImageObject, BreadcrumbList, ListItem, WebSite +4. The homepage only; BV does not price on these.

### Page speed

Chrome users, 28 days to 19 Oct 2026: LCP 1.1 s · INP 91 ms · CLS 0.00 — passes Core Web Vitals. Source: Chrome UX Report (Google), CC BY 4.0.

Each pill opens every site with a report that shares it. Sources: homepage read 22 Oct 2026.

## Domain and hosting

- **Domain registered**: [03 February 1999](https://mxverify.uk/publications/registered/1990s)
- **Registration expires**: 03 February 2027
- **Record last changed**: 30 December 2025
- **Content category**: [business](https://mxverify.uk/publications/category/business)
- **Also about**: [Technology](https://mxverify.uk/publications/category/technology) · named by its homepage's title and description
- **Server address**: 151.101.194.211 · CDN edge, shared by unrelated sites
- **Hosting network**: Fastly (CDN) · AS54113 · US

## Similar sites

Matched on the subject the two sites share. Never a site on the same server or network.

- [cashfree.com BV $348 · level A A Payments](https://mxverify.uk/publications/cashfree.com)
- [stripe.com BV $845 · level A A Payments](https://mxverify.uk/publications/stripe.com)
- [razorpay.com BV $124 · level C C Payments](https://mxverify.uk/publications/razorpay.com)
- [polar.sh BV $153 · level C C Payments](https://mxverify.uk/publications/polar.sh)
- [paddle.com BV $386 · level C C Payments](https://mxverify.uk/publications/paddle.com)
- [agentaos.ai BV $18 · level B · nofollow C Payments](https://mxverify.uk/publications/agentaos.ai)

More like it: [Guest post sites](https://mxverify.uk/publications/level/b) · [Backlink sites worth $250 to $499 a link](https://mxverify.uk/publications/value/250-499) · [Business write for us sites](https://mxverify.uk/publications/category/business) · [WordPress websites](https://mxverify.uk/publications/cms/wordpress) · [Old websites from the 90s](https://mxverify.uk/publications/registered/1990s)

How to use this report 4 ways to use these figures

- **Price check.** BV puts one new followed link from startups.co.uk at $254 (level B): $127 to an unrelated site (×0.5), $317 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/startups.co.uk#value) · [what this means](https://mxverify.uk/guide#use)
- **Qualification and risk.** Its Site Strength is 65 / 100; the link it usually gives is level B — may be discounted (a guest, sponsored or listed link). The spam score of its links is 11 (0–100, the linking pages' average), not startups.co.uk's own. · [How BV is worked out](https://mxverify.uk/publications/startups.co.uk#bv-detail) · [what this means](https://mxverify.uk/guide#levels)
- **Traffic reality check.** Set any traffic claim beside the Sept 2026 estimate: 93.9K monthly visits, 59% from organic search (55.4K). Visits rose 21% from Jul 2026 to Sept 2026. Its top keyword by Visits (est.) is “website builder comparison”, about 8,770 a month; the ad value beside it is the whole market's. · [Traffic in detail](https://mxverify.uk/publications/startups.co.uk#traffic) · [what this means](https://mxverify.uk/guide#traffic)
- **AI assistant visits.** 4.0% of its visits in Sept 2026 came from AI assistants' answers, about 3,765 (visits, not citations); ChatGPT sent the most in Sept 2026, 100% of them. The split moved a lot between months (ChatGPT from 55% in Aug 2026 to 100% in Sept 2026): read it as a snapshot, not a trend. · [AI assistants](https://mxverify.uk/publications/startups.co.uk#ai-assistants) · [what this means](https://mxverify.uk/guide#ai)

What each figure means, and what it cannot tell you: [How to read a site report](https://mxverify.uk/guide).

Quick answers about startups.co.uk 8 questions answered

### What is a link from startups.co.uk worth?

BV, mxverify's backlink value, is an estimate of what one new followed link from a site is worth to rankings: by BV 2.8, a new followed link from startups.co.uk is worth about $254 (level B). Relevance moves it: $127 to an unrelated site, $317 to a same-topic site. BV is an estimate of ranking value, not a price anyone charges.

In short: a link from startups.co.uk is worth about $254 to rankings, up to $317 on the same topic.

Source: [mxverify BV 2.8 methodology](https://mxverify.uk/methodology)

### Is a link from startups.co.uk worth placing?

That depends on the kind of link: by BV 2.8, a link from startups.co.uk 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. BV is an estimate of ranking value, not a verdict on the site or a price anyone charges.

Source: [mxverify BV 2.8 methodology](https://mxverify.uk/methodology)

### How does startups.co.uk's BV compare with other sites?

At about $254 a link, startups.co.uk is in the “$250 to $499” value band, with 130 of the 3,518 sites valued on mxverify. 25 sites are in a higher band. The counts are mxverify's own, taken from its directory at the last daily update.

In short: 25 of the 3,518 valued sites sit in a higher value band than startups.co.uk.

Source: mxverify's own directory, counted at the last daily update

### How much traffic does startups.co.uk get?

startups.co.uk gets about 93.9K visits a month (Sept 2026), by a modelled estimate of all its visitors, not analytics measured on the site. 59% of them (55.4K) come from organic search. Visits rose 21% from Jul 2026 to Sept 2026.

In short: startups.co.uk draws about 93.9K visits a month, up 21% since Jul 2026.

Source: [third-party traffic estimate, Sept 2026](https://mxverify.uk/publications/startups.co.uk#evidence)

### Does startups.co.uk pass Core Web Vitals?

Yes: real Chrome users see startups.co.uk's largest content load in 1.1 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: startups.co.uk passes Core Web Vitals on real-user data.

Source: [Chrome UX Report, 28 days to 19 Oct 2026](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/crux); [web.dev: Web Vitals](https://web.dev/articles/vitals)

### How old is startups.co.uk?

The domain startups.co.uk was registered in 1999, 27 years ago. Domain age is a fact from the registry record, not a measure of a site's quality.

Source: the public registration record; [RFC 9083: RDAP JSON responses](https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9083/)

### How many sites link to startups.co.uk?

8,649 websites link to startups.co.uk, each counted once. 1,860 of them (22%) link with nofollow.

Source: [third-party backlink index, Oct 2026](https://mxverify.uk/publications/startups.co.uk#evidence)

### Has startups.co.uk been audited?

No link placed on startups.co.uk 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: startups.co.uk'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 startups.co.uk would be worth up to $507 under BV 2.8, before relevance: its Site Strength is 65 out of 100. The link it usually gives is level B, worth about $254 — and relevance to the site it points to moves that between $127 and $317.

- **Site Strength**: **65** / 100, in steps of 5 · half the site's authority rating, half its organic traffic on a log scale; 100 is the strongest site on the web. Traffic: 55.4K estimated monthly organic visits, as of 22 October 2026.
- **Worth up to**: $507 · a followed editorial link at this strength, before relevance (×0.5 unrelated to ×1.25 same topic) — see [how it is calculated](https://mxverify.uk/backlink-value#how)
- **Usual link type**: Level B — may be discounted → ×0.5 We could not read this site's pages — it blocked our reader or did not answer — and no link placed here has been audited, so the default for a link inside an article applies. The table below shows the other levels.
- **Relevance to your site**: ×1 · neutral here; in an audit it runs from ×0.5 (unrelated) to ×1.25 (same topic)
- **BV score**: **$254** per link
- **Domain registered**: 3 February 1999 · shown for context; BV does not price on age, but a domain registered in the last 30 days is never priced as not in Google

### A link from startups.co.uk, by link type

The same site is worth very different amounts depending on the link it gives you. This is what each level is worth here.

| Level | What it is | Factor | Value |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| A — Counted | An editorial citation: the site linked because it is useful to its readers. | ×1 | $507 |
| B — May be discounted | A guest, sponsored or placed article, or a product or tool directory listing. | ×0.5 | $254 |
| C — Usually neutralised | A press release or syndicated copy, a forum post, profile, footer or sidebar link — and any nofollow link. | ×0.1 | $51 |
| D — Network | A site on a server whose sites show footprints of one owner, a link farm, or machine-generated pages. | ×0.05 | $25 |

How startups.co.uk links out: the full reading the site did not let our reader in

We could not read startups.co.uk's pages when it was valued on 22 October 2026 — the site blocked our reader or did not answer — so its link type is set by fixed rules until a later reading succeeds.

Traffic in detail engagement, top keywords, AI assistants

Modelled estimates for Sept 2026, as of 22 October 2026: site-wide, all visitors, not analytics measured on the site itself.

- **#467,471** global rank
- **#46,624** rank in GB
- **51%** bounce rate
- **1.5** pages per visit
- **17s** time on site

**Every channel**

- Organic search 59%
- Direct 19%
- Referrals 14%
- Social 2.5%
- AI assistants 4.0%
- Email 1.2%
- Paid 0.9%
- Affiliate and other 0.1%

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.) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [website builder comparison](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/website-builder-comparison) | 1.3M | $0.00 | $0 | 8,770 |
| [best accounting software](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/best-accounting-software) | 1.2M | $22.78 | $28.3M | 6,050 |
| [best website builders](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/best-website-builders) | 1.4M | $21.63 | $30M | 2,560 |
| [startups](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/startups) | 32.4K | $1.94 | $62.8K | 530 |
| [best customer management software](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/best-customer-management-software) | 12.9K | $0.00 | $0 | 240 |

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 **3,765** visits in Sept 2026 — 4.0% of all visits. Each assistant's share of those visits, by month:

ChatGPT

ChatGPT: Jul 2026 25%, Aug 2026 55%, Sept 2026 100%

| Assistant | Jul 2026 | Aug 2026 | Sept 2026 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ChatGPT | 25% | 55% | 100% |

Third-party traffic estimates. BV uses only the organic-search figure.

Server and network a CDN edge, shared by unrelated sites

startups.co.uk is served through Fastly (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.

Fastly (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 8 figures, their sources and dates

| Figure | Source | What it covers |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Backlink value](https://mxverify.uk/publications/startups.co.uk#value) | BV 2.8 | Site Strength × link type; link type at the default until the site is read or audited |
| [Links placed here](https://mxverify.uk/publications/startups.co.uk#links) | bklink audits | None audited yet |
| [How it links out](https://mxverify.uk/publications/startups.co.uk#reading) | Read by mxverify | The site did not let our reader in (22 Oct 2026) |
| [Traffic](https://mxverify.uk/publications/startups.co.uk#traffic) | Third-party estimates | Modelled estimates for Sept 2026, site-wide and for all visitors, as of 22 Oct 2026 |
| [Links to this site](https://mxverify.uk/publications/startups.co.uk#links-in) | Third-party backlink index | 8,649 linking sites, read 22 Oct 2026; one reading a month |
| [Authority](https://mxverify.uk/publications/startups.co.uk#value) | Ahrefs Domain Rating | Half of Site Strength, shown in steps of 5, as of 23 Oct 2026; the rating itself is not shown |
| [Server and network](https://mxverify.uk/publications/startups.co.uk#server) | DNS and ASN registry | 151.101.194.211 · Fastly (CDN) · a CDN edge, shared by unrelated sites |
| [Domain age](https://mxverify.uk/publications/startups.co.uk#hosting) | Domain registry (RDAP) | Registered 3 Feb 1999 |

Limitations: what this report does not show 5 stated plainly

- 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.
- A link that is followed is not necessarily a link search engines value; this record does not measure rankings or traffic.
- The BV score is what one new followed link from startups.co.uk is worth to rankings, from its Site Strength and the kind of link on offer. It is not a price, and it does not predict what a link will do for a particular site: relevance to that site moves it between half and one and a quarter times.
- Traffic figures come from a third-party traffic source, named with its date in the evidence box above; no one outside a site sees its analytics.

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 23 October 2026

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Source: mxverify, "Backlink Value & Traffic Report for startups.co.uk", https://mxverify.uk/publications/startups.co.uk (retrieved 2026-10-23). How every figure is worked out: https://mxverify.uk/methodology