The stories about Links from this period, ranked by likely impact on a single site.
Ranked by estimated impact on a single site, not by publication time.
A domain's backlink history is often the single biggest factor in its potential value, which makes a thorough review essential before any purchase decision.
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Reciprocal link exchanges, link directories, and mass "add your link here" campaigns were common SEO tactics in the industry's early years. Search engines have spent two decades getting better at…
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Assembled from our own archive of 551 stories, which currently runs from 4 October 2023. Ranking is by the impact score described on the front page — an estimate of how much a story is likely to affect one website, not a measure of how much attention it got.
The archive only holds what it has seen. Periods before it started are empty rather than quiet, and it gets more complete every week it runs.
