📘 Field descriptions for internal and external link analysis, including inlink and outlink counts, anchor texts, PageRank, redirect chains, and canonical linking.
Overview
Linking fields describe how pages are connected within your site and to the external web. They cover inbound and outbound internal links, external links, anchor text, PageRank distribution, and redirect chains. These fields are central to crawl budget analysis, link equity flow, and identifying orphaned or over-linked pages.
Datasets and API collection
Available in: SiteCrawler · RealKeywords
For API users: These fields are available in the Crawl BQL collection.
Internal Inlinks
Field name | API identifier | Kind | Type | Description |
No. of Internal Inlinks |
| metric | integer | The total number of internal links pointing to this URL from other pages on the site, including duplicates. |
No. of Unique Internal Inlinks |
| metric | integer | The number of unique internal pages that link to this URL. |
Anchor Texts on Inlinks (top 5) |
| dimension | string | The top 5 most frequently used anchor texts in internal links pointing to this URL. |
Internal Outlinks
Field name | API identifier | Kind | Type | Description |
No. of Internal Outlinks |
| metric | integer | The total number of internal links on this page pointing to other pages on the site. |
No. of Unique Internal Outlinks |
| metric | integer | The number of unique internal pages this URL links out to. |
No. of External Outlinks |
| metric | integer | The number of links on this page pointing to external domains. |
PageRank
Field name | API identifier | Kind | Type | Description |
Internal PageRank |
| metric | float | Botify's internal PageRank score for the URL — a measure of link authority based on the structure of internal links across the site. Higher values indicate more authority. |
Redirects
Field name | API identifier | Kind | Type | Description |
Redirect Type |
| dimension | string | The type of redirect on this URL (e.g., 301 permanent, 302 temporary, meta refresh). |
Redirect To |
| dimension | string | The destination URL this page redirects to. |
Redirect Chain Length |
| metric | integer | The number of redirects in the chain before reaching the final destination URL. Chains longer than one hop waste crawl budget and dilute link equity. |
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