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    • sgarrels
      sgarrels last edited by

      I'm not sure what all of the different link terms mean:

      -External, followed links

      -Internal, nofollowed links

      -External, nofollowed links

      -Internal, no followed links

      -Total linking domains

      -Followed linking domains

      What are the differences?

      Which metric will indicate the total # of other sites that are linking to my site?

      Thank you!

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      • Martijn_Scheijbeler
        Martijn_Scheijbeler last edited by

        That will be 'Total linking domains' . It's the number of different sites that are linking to yours. The second one that otherwise would be used is the sum of the two external links (follow/nofollow). That's the number that you'd get if you take the number of links from every individual name.

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