Consider for backlinks: friends of friends

Domains listed in the consider for backlinks: friends of friends list should be considered as candidates to approach for backlinks. This means they have a links relationship with one or more principal referrer or shared referrer domains, as well as meeting other eligibility criteria.

Eligibility criteria

To appear in the consider for backlinks: friends of friends list, a domain must meet these criteria:

NOTE It is also possible for a domain to appear in this list because it appears in the whitelist.

For example, in the following illustration, domains A, B, C, D, E, and F all have a distance of 2 from the principal domain (which appears at the centre):

Some of these domains are ineligible:

In the main visualisation of a report interactive, the 'Spam score' view re-colours the domains to indicate their spam score. Dark grey indicates a zero score (the best), and then bands from yellow to red indicate progressively higher scores.

Domain C has a spam score in the 31-59 range, which make it unlikely to appear in the consider for backlinks list. Although domain D has a spam score in the 1-15 range, that does not, by itself, disqualify it. So, only domains A and D are likely to appear in the consider for backlinks: friends of friends list.

Visualising the consider for backlinks: friends of friends list

In the report interactive, Quick analysis > CFB: Friends of friends applies the domain type palette to domains in the consider for backlinks: friends of friends list, and dims all other domains.

You can also use Explore further > Special > CFB: Friends of friends to put white rings around domains in the consider for backlinks: friends of friends list (this does not override the currently selected palette).

Viewing the consider for backlinks: friends of friends list domains

The cfb_friends_of_friends worksheet in the data tables (MS Excel file) for a report contains full details of all domains in the consider for backlinks: friends of friends list.