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Link Dashboard

The Link Dashboard provides a number of filters and metrics, including Link Source Social Signals, that can be used to customize your link report.

Links are tracked weekly beginning on the day that they are added to Link Manager.

If a link status is not what you expect it to be, please refer to Link Status Validation for troubleshooting, and contact us if you need further assistance.

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Variety of Link Report Display Options

The Link Dashboard offers a full variety of managed link data to choose from, below are a few examples.

Link Dashboard Status Snapshot
In this quick view we've displayed the Status, Link From URL, Anchor Text, Link To domain and landing page.

Anchor Text Does not Match
To create this view, we selected Status, Link From URL, Anchor Text, Link To domain and landing page, User (this is the Rank Ranger account user who is assigned to managed the link), and filtered the report for a Status of Valid Link: anchor text does not match.

No Follow Links
To create a report of links that are marked as No Follow, select the columns you want to be displayed and the filter of Valid Link: marked as no follow.

Supplier Link Report
In this view, we have selected one specific Supplier, but you can also select All suppliers and sort the report by Supplier Name. The report can be customized by selecting any metric from Report Options.

Dead Link Report
When paying for backlinks, it can be helpful to filter the Link Dashboard report for Dead Links. There are two options to select from:

Dead Link: host not found
Dead Link: link does not exist on the host

The above report views are only a few examples of ways to create and analyze link building reports, refer to Report Options for the many filters and metrics that can be viewed in this link dashboard.

Report Options

	Date: Select a Date Range View All or filter results by Date Created, Start Date, or Expiration Date Show or Hide Date Range Time Period Last Checked Date Created (This date is automatically added to the system once the link is created. However, there is an option to change this date by going editing the link) Start Date Expiration Date
	Display Settings: Link Database: select the Tracked or Archived database Title: (optional) enter a custom Title to be displayed at the top of your report Show or Hide columns for: Link Number Link Status User Action Expired Link From (domain) Link From (URL) Anchor Text IP Address Link To (domain) Link To (page) Link Price Link Type Link Currency Link Position Notes Invoice Number Google Index (Link From): indicator of whether or not Google has indexed the link from/source page Google Index (Link To): indicator of whether or not Google has indexed the link to/destination page Select the number of Results Per Page you want to be displayed Sort Options Sort Field: ST (Link Status), Link From(domain), Anchor Text, Link To (domain), Price, Start Date, Expiration Date, Created On Sort Direction: Ascending and Descending The selected columns in Sort Field must be first switch on in the above Display column names or at the Date Option settings for the Sort Options to work properly.
	Users: Show or Hide User Names Select All, None or individual Users
	Profiles: Show or Hide Profiles Select All, None or individual Profiles
	Suppliers: Show or Hide Supplier Names Show or Hide Supplier IDs Select All Suppliers or a specific Supplier
	Filters: Search a Link ID #, Link From URL, Link To URL, or Anchor Text (optional) Domain: select All or an individual Domain Status: select the Link Status types you want displayed to be in the report Valid Link Valid Link but anchor text does not match Valid Link but marked as no follow Dead Link host not found Dead Link does not exist on host Processing Expired: select Yes or No Anchor Text: select All Anchors or a specific Anchor text Link Type: select All, None or a specific type (Not Set, Paid, Non-Paid or Exchange)

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Set Campaign to track Links in Pro View

Profiles for Rank & Backlink Reporting

Profiles can be used to link a rank tracking campaign to a tracked backlink, or group of links, for presentation in PDF reports, Marketing Dashboards, or Client Dashboards. After creating a profile:

1. Set the Rank Tracking Campaign Profile

In the Campaign General Settings screen

Click the Advanced Settings button
Select the Profile from the list
Click the Save button.

2. Set the Link Profile

In Reports & Tools > Organic Search > Link Manager > Links open the Link Details screen for the link by clicking on the pencil under the Actions column (or do this while creating the link by clicking +Add Link):

Select the Profile from the list
Click the Save button.

Bulk Update Link Profiles

Updating link profiles can be accomplished quickly by filtering the links in Reports & Tools > Organic Search > Link Manager > Links, and then:

Select the links that need a profile update
Click the Bulk Actions button
Select the Profile
Click the Assign Profile button

Define the Link Settings for a Rank Tracking Campaign

After adding profiles to links you can create default report settings for each campaign (this only needs to be done once). When you open the Link Dashboard report report:

Select the rank tracking Campaign Name in the top right toolbar
Expand Report Options and select the Profile for that campaign (and any other display settings you want)
Click Apply Changes

Expand Report Options and create Default Report Settings for that campaign by hovering over the Save icon and selecting Campaign.
You can then save the same settings as Client Dashboard default for that campaign.

After setting the default for each campaign, when you toggle between campaigns in the top right toolbar, only the links that you've connected to each campaign via a profile will display in the report. You can then add that report with those settings to a PDF Report or Marketing Dashboard by hovering over the gear icon in the report tool bar and selecting the option you want.

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Link Dashboard

Variety of Link Report Display Options

Report Options

Date:

Display Settings:

Users:

Profiles:

Suppliers:

Filters: