{"id":22,"date":"2025-05-28T08:18:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T08:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moccasin-dotterel-449913.hostingersite.com\/blog\/?p=22"},"modified":"2025-06-05T06:11:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T06:11:28","slug":"linkody-vs-backlink-monitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backlinkmonitor.co\/blog\/linkody-vs-backlink-monitor\/","title":{"rendered":"Linkody vs Backlink Monitor"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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What\u2019s it really for?<\/td>\nBuilt to keep your backlinks safe. If you\u2019ve paid for or earned links, it alerts you instantly if one disappears, becomes nofollow, or gets changed behind your back.<\/td>\nA full-service SEO tool to find, analyze, and track all the backlinks pointing to your site, and your competitors\u2019. Great for building strategy and monitoring your whole link profile.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
How often does it check your links?<\/td>\nYou choose: once, weekly, or monthly per list. This gives you control and saves costs.<\/td>\nEvery domain is automatically checked about once a day, no manual setup needed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Does it find new backlinks for you?<\/td>\nNo, unless you turn it on. It focuses on the ones you care about, not everything that pops up. (You can add discovery via Moz, but it\u2019s optional.)<\/td>\nYes, always. Linkody searches for new links constantly and even shows you what backlinks your competitors are getting.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
What kind of alerts do you get?<\/td>\nSuper clear. If a link changes or disappears, it tells you exactly what went wrong\u2014like if the anchor text was edited, the page was deleted, or the link was downgraded to nofollow. You also get a history log showing when and how things changed.<\/td>\nYou get a status like \u201cOK\u201d or \u201cError\u201d in the table. Clicking gives you codes like \u201cLink Not Found\u201d or \u201cWrong Anchor,\u201d but it doesn\u2019t show you how the link changed over time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Can it tell if your backlink is still indexed by Google?<\/td>\nYes, and you can even click a button to try to send it back to Google for indexing if it\u2019s missing.<\/td>\nIt shows if a link is indexed, but you can\u2019t request reindexing from inside Linkody.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Does it show domain authority or SEO scores?<\/td>\nNot really. It focuses on link status and reliability, not SEO metrics.<\/td>\nYes. You\u2019ll see things like Domain Authority, spam score, and more technical metrics to help judge link quality.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
How does it handle anchor text?<\/td>\nIt alerts you immediately if the clickable text (anchor) changes. You\u2019ll know if your branded link suddenly turns into something random or irrelevant.<\/td>\nYou get dedicated dashboards showing all anchor texts used across your links, including keyword breakdowns and usage patterns. Great for spotting over-optimization.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
How do you share access with teammates or clients?<\/td>\nYou can send public live URLs showing the current status of your link lists. And you can control exactly what parts of the dashboard a team member can see.<\/td>\nTeam members have set roles (like \u201cviewer\u201d or \u201cmanager\u201d). You can also send white-labeled PDF reports to clients with your branding.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Can it connect to other tools or systems?<\/td>\nIt has a simple API key you can use to pull link status or trigger alerts. Good for lightweight setups or Slack integrations.<\/td>\nIt comes with a full developer API, so agencies can pull all kinds of data and build custom dashboards or reports.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
How\u2019s the pricing?<\/td>\nStarts as a one-time lifetime deal (via AppSumo), or very low monthly fees. Best for freelancers and small teams focused on building the best links.<\/td>\nSubscription-based. You pay monthly, and the cost increases based on how many domains and links you\u2019re tracking. Suited to agencies managing many sites.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Who\u2019s it perfect for?<\/td>\nIf you\u2019re buying guest posts or doing outreach and want to be instantly alerted when something breaks or changes, this is your tool.<\/td>\nIf you want to track your entire backlink landscape, see what your competitors are doing, and analyze links by strength or SEO risk, Linkody is better.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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How, when, and why each tool pings your links<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Backlink Monitor: you decide per list whether links are checked once, weekly, or monthly. This matters if you\u2019re paying for hundreds of guest posts and don\u2019t want to burn crawler credits on low-value placements. The moment a crawl runs, Backlink Monitor executes four tests in sequence: (1) link still present, (2) anchor unchanged, (3) <\/span>rel<\/span> still follow, (4) page still indexed. Any variance flips the status and lands in your change log.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Linkody: every domain you track is re-crawled roughly once a day in a rolling window. If \u201calways-on\u201d is a must, because a publisher sometimes strips paid links within hours, LK covers you. Linkody also fires a first-time scan across three third-party providers (and Ahrefs, if you connect an account) to back-fill historical links; BM only adds what you feed it or what Moz\u2019s optional add-on discovers.<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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When Backlink Monitor flags a problem it doesn\u2019t use cryptic two-letter codes.<\/h4>\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Flag in UI<\/td>\nWhat it means<\/td>\nTypical trigger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Page 4XX<\/td>\nSource URL returns 404\/410\/401 etc.<\/td>\nPost deleted or moved<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Page 5XX<\/td>\nSource URL throws server error (500, 502, 503\u2026)<\/td>\nHost down \/ mis-config<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Link Timeout<\/td>\nPage didn\u2019t load before crawler\u2019s time budget<\/td>\nVery slow host<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Link_from invalid<\/td>\nSupplied source URL isn\u2019t valid HTML\/HTTP<\/td>\nPasted wrong URL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rel tag found<\/td>\nLink is nofollow\/sponsored\/UGC; \u201cfollow\u201d expected<\/td>\nEditor changed rel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rel tag not matched<\/td>\nYou expected nofollow but link is follow (rare)<\/td>\nSite template updated<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anchor text not matched<\/td>\nAnchor text is different from what you defined<\/td>\nEditor rewrote copy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anchor text almost matched<\/td>\nFuzzy match caught minor variation (e.g. plural)<\/td>\nTypo or stylistic tweak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Domain present, exact link not found<\/td>\nRoot domain still mentioned but hyperlink gone<\/td>\nLink stripped, citation left<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
link_to not in link_from<\/td>\nCrawler can\u2019t find your target URL at all<\/td>\nHard-coded URL changed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Internal error. Not able to render site.<\/td>\nBM\u2019s headless browser couldn\u2019t parse page<\/td>\nHeavy JS, anti-bot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
link_from invalid<\/td>\nThe source URL argument itself is malformed<\/td>\nInput error<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Page NoIndex (NI)<\/td>\nSource page is set noindex \u2192 passes no SEO value<\/td>\nCMS tag toggled<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Site Unreachable (SU)<\/td>\nDNS\/hosting unreachable<\/td>\nDomain expired<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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You can filter by: \u201cRel tag found\u201d if the link is now nofollow\/sponsored, \u201cAnchor text not matched\u201d if your exact keyword got rewritten, \u201cPage 4XX\u201d or \u201cPage 5XX\u201d when the source URL dies, \u201cDomain present, exact link not found\u201d if the article still mentions your brand but the hyperlink vanished, and so on. Drill into the row and you see a diff log (timestamp + old vs new state) so you can screen-shot proof for a refund\/just to know the people you shouldn\u2019t work with.

<\/span>Linkody takes a lighter approach in its main grid: you get a broad OK \/ Present \/ Error state. Click through and it clarifies with tags like LNF (link not found), WLP (wrong landing page), WR (wrong rel), WA (wrong anchor), or NI (no-index). It\u2019s enough to triage, but it doesn\u2019t track the step-by-step history, so you won\u2019t know the exact day a crafty editor swapped your anchor unless you captured email notifications.<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Backlink Monitor goes one step further than \u201cpage indexed? (y\/n)\u201d. There\u2019s a \u2018Send for Indexing\u2019 button right beside the flag. Hit it and Backlink Monitor hands the URL to Google\u2019s Indexing API or your preferred push service. In other words, detection and cure live in the same dashboard. Linkody only tells you whether the page is indexed; you still need to hop into another tool if you want to nudge Googlebot.<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Backlink Monitor is a lightweight add-on tool rather than a duplicate analytics stack.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Linkody is a whole tool on its own. It automatically hunts new backlinks every week, runs the same process on competitors you add, and colours rows green when a referring page links to both them and you. Filters let you isolate \u201clinks they have, we don\u2019t\u201d. On top of that you get Moz DA\/PA, Spam Score, IP geo, TLD, number of external followed links, and a disavow-file generator for Penguin recovery jobs.<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Collaboration focused tool<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Backlink Monitor\u2019s access model is laser-simple: invite a teammate by email and tick which mini-dashboards they see – Domain, Links, Lists, Add Backlink, API, or Discover Backlinks. For clients, you hand out a public URL for a specific list; they get real-time visibility without ever logging in. Agencies love this because it proves link retention every minute, not once a month in a PDF.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Linkody mimics a more traditional SaaS hierarchy: Observer, Client, Link Builder, Manager, Owner. Permissions are global, not screen-by-screen, and client-ready deliverables come as white-label PDFs (logo, cover page, etc.). If your workflow is already report-driven, this is comfortable; if you want clients peeking at live data, Backlink Monitor\u2019s public lists have been appreciated as the most beneficial feature by our users.<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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