Explainer: Guest Blogging Database Metrics

Each of the websites listed on GuestBlogs.co are run through the excellent AHrefs software, to determine key metrics. The figures and fields I use in the database, are;

Category

This is self explanatory, it is a broad category of topics that they cover, such as Business or Web Design.

Name

This is the website’s name.

Main URL

Clicking on this button opens the main homepage of the website.

Submit

Clicking on this button opens the guest post submission information for that website.

DR

This is ‘Domain rating’ which is a figure out of 100, determined by Ahrefs. Read more about DR.

Rank

This is where this website ranks out of the more than 10 million websites in the AHrefs database. The lower the number, the better.

Domains

This is how many domains are pointing links to this website.

Outgoing

This is how many domains this website is pointing out to.

Backlinks

This is how many backlinks on other websites pointing to this website.

Keywords

This is how many keywords this website is ranking for on Google.

Traffic

This is a (very rough) approximation of the volume of traffic this website receives.

Updated

This is when this site listing was last updated in my database.

Questions or feedback? 

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