Backlinks and disavow
Track the sites linking to yours, check the links you've obtained and prepare the disavow file for Google.
The Backlinks et désaveu (Backlinks and disavow) page has three tabs: Backlinks, Liens suivis (Tracked links) and Désaveu (Disavow).
Backlinks
The Backlinks tab shows known links to your site, according to DataForSEO: up to 1,000 active links and 300 lost links, sorted by authority.
The sync runs every Monday, automatically. Synchroniser les backlinks (Sync backlinks) restarts it right away (about $0.12 per sync). The date of the last sync appears next to it.
You'll find:
- the Domaines référents (Referring domains), the Autorité DataForSEO (DataForSEO authority — rank from 0 to 1,000), the Liens gagnés (Links gained) and Liens perdus (Links lost) over the last 30 days;
- the trend of referring domains over time, and the domains gained and lost per month;
- the Ancres les plus fréquentes (Most frequent anchors);
- the Qualité des liens actifs (Active link quality): spam score breakdown, anchor types (brand, naked URL, exact keyword…) and risky links. Above 10% "exact keyword" anchors, Klickbee SEO flags a risk of over-optimization;
- the list of backlinks, filterable (Actifs (Active), Nouveaux 30 j (New 30 d), Perdus (Lost)): source page, domain rank, anchor, type (dofollow or nofollow), target, date and spam score.
Tracked links
The Liens suivis tab is for links you've obtained or bought. Klickbee SEO checks that the page is online, that the link to your site still exists and that it's dofollow.
Paste the addresses of the pages that link to your site, one per line. Add a Note if you want (price, contact, date…).
Click Ajouter et vérifier (Add and check).
Each link gets a status: OK dofollow, nofollow, page noindex, lien absent (link missing), page en erreur (page error) or en attente (pending). Tout vérifier (Check all) restarts the check of all links, Vérifier (Check) that of a single one. Ne plus suivre (Stop tracking) removes a link from the list.
The check simply reads the page. A real browser (paid) is used only for pages that block bots or show no links.
The disavow file
Disavowing asks Google to ignore artificial links pointing to your site. The Désaveu tab helps you prepare this file.
Google recommends disavowing only artificial or manipulative links (bought links, automated networks). The file replaces the previous one in Search Console: so it always contains the complete list.
Choose the domains
Each referring domain gets a risk level: Toxique (Toxic), À vérifier (To check) or Faible risque (Low risk), with its spam score, its number of links, its authority, an anchor and the reasons for the classification. Filter by Toxiques (Toxic), À vérifier or Sélection (Selection).
Check the domains to disavow (Tout cocher (page) (Check all, page) for the whole page), then click Enregistrer les choix de cette page (Save this page's choices). Repeat on the following pages.
To add domains or URLs by hand, or merge an old disavow file, paste them in the
field provided (for example domain:exemple-spam.xyz or a full address).
Click Générer le fichier de désaveu (Generate the disavow file).
Send the file to Google
Télécharger (Download) the file (.txt), or Copier (Copy) its content.
Click Ouvrir l'outil de désaveu Google (Open Google's disavow tool) and choose your site's property.
Choose "Upload disavow list", then select the file. Google takes it into account gradually, within a few weeks.
The Historique (History) keeps the generated files; Dernier fichier (Latest file) downloads the most recent one again.
What your client sees
Your client sees the Backlinks tab (the menu simply calls it "Backlinks"): the link profile and anchor types. The spam score, risky links, tracked links and disavow, which are the team's decisions and notes, stay hidden.