Free tool

Backlink Quality Scorer

The same manual checklist I run on every link before I accept it or recommend it to a client. Tick what you observe on the site holding the link, and it scores the placement for you.

Built from 6 years of vetting backlink profiles for tech companies. The rubric weighs page-level signals over domain-wide metrics, because that's where most link reports quietly lie. Nothing you enter here is sent anywhere; it's scored in your browser.

Related: the Anchor Text Composition Scorer checks whether your anchor mix looks natural or engineered. For the full manual checklist behind this scorer, see how to spot a junk backlink.

Backlink Quality Scorer by Jan Suski
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tick everything you observe on the site
Instant fail. A non-negotiable wasn't met, so the link doesn't clear the bar regardless of score.
Non-negotiables
Green signals
Red flags

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