DataSiteLinkingDomainList

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Use this endpoint to get a list of linking root domains to a target, with information about each root domain and the aggregate number of links to the target.

JSON-RPC Method:

data.site.linking-domain.list

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Request

site_query

object

A SiteQuery provides a target URL along with a scope to define how the query is parsed.

options

object

Options for fetching linking domains.

offset

object

Limit and pagination controls. Optionally specify the total number of desired results and, after the first request has been made, access results on the next page of results.

Response

site_query

object

Represents a parsed site query.

offset

object

Represents the token to provide to get the next set of results, in addition to the token that was provided (if applicable).

linking_domains

array

site_metrics

object

Represents a Site Metrics object.

link_propensity

number

A score from 0 to 1 indicating the likelihood of the source root domain to link out to other root domains. This is currently calculated as the ratio of 'root_domains_from_root_domain' to 'pages_crawled_from_root_domain'.

targeted_pages

number

The number of pages on the source root domain currently linking to the target.

targeted_nofollow_pages

number

The number of pages on the source root domain currently linking to the target with only nofollow links.

targeted_redirect_pages

number

The number of pages on the source root domain currently redirecting to the target.

targeted_deleted_pages

number

The number of pages on the source root domain that used to link to the target, but no longer do.

options

object

Echoes back the parameters provided in the original request

1{
2  "site_query": {
3    "query": "https://moz.com",
4    "scope": "domain",
5    "original_site_query": {
6      "query": "moz.com",
7      "scope": "domain"
8    },
9    "site_query_suggestion": null
10  },
11  "offset": {
12    "provided_token": null,
13    "token": "cHnchjo94iRQu9/kNL5bX5Lgpkjblw",
14    "limit": 25
15  },
16  "options": {
17    "sort": "source_domain_authority",
18    "filters": [
19      "external"
20    ]
21  },
22  "linking_domains": [
23    {
24      "site_metrics": {
25        "page": "www.google.com/",
26        "subdomain": "www.google.com",
27        "root_domain": "www.google.com",
28        "title": "Google",
29        "last_crawled": "2025-06-20",
30        "http_code": 200,
31        "pages_to_page": 1898138433,
32        "nofollow_pages_to_page": 178380729,
33        "redirect_pages_to_page": 438049399,
34        "external_pages_to_page": 1892590980,
35        "external_nofollow_pages_to_page": 178380729,
36        "external_redirect_pages_to_page": 438047715,
37        "deleted_pages_to_page": 374128171,
38        "root_domains_to_page": 2533807,
39        "indirect_root_domains_to_page": 1169603,
40        "deleted_root_domains_to_page": 408110,
41        "nofollow_root_domains_to_page": 363627,
42        "pages_to_subdomain": 18753876101,
43        "nofollow_pages_to_subdomain": 2989983530,
44        "redirect_pages_to_subdomain": 645502864,
45        "external_pages_to_subdomain": 18533987097,
46        "external_nofollow_pages_to_subdomain": 2989983524,
47        "external_redirect_pages_to_subdomain": 644888134,
48        "deleted_pages_to_subdomain": 3047198326,
49        "root_domains_to_subdomain": 14626209,
50        "deleted_root_domains_to_subdomain": 1668330,
51        "nofollow_root_domains_to_subdomain": 1104389,
52        "pages_to_root_domain": 18753895498,
53        "nofollow_pages_to_root_domain": 2989984418,
54        "redirect_pages_to_root_domain": 645502871,
55        "external_pages_to_root_domain": 18534006494,
56        "external_indirect_pages_to_root_domain": 3985620070,
57        "external_nofollow_pages_to_root_domain": 2989984412,
58        "external_redirect_pages_to_root_domain": 644888141,
59        "deleted_pages_to_root_domain": 3047204216,
60        "root_domains_to_root_domain": 14626290,
61        "indirect_root_domains_to_root_domain": 1675268,
62        "deleted_root_domains_to_root_domain": 1668333,
63        "nofollow_root_domains_to_root_domain": 1104397,
64        "page_authority": 100,
65        "domain_authority": 100,
66        "link_propensity": 0.01273761503,
67        "spam_score": 9,
68        "root_domains_from_page": 12,
69        "nofollow_root_domains_from_page": 0,
70        "pages_from_page": 15,
71        "nofollow_pages_from_page": 0,
72        "root_domains_from_root_domain": 166846,
73        "nofollow_root_domains_from_root_domain": 34,
74        "pages_from_root_domain": 20973873,
75        "nofollow_pages_from_root_domain": 33528,
76        "pages_crawled_from_root_domain": 13098684
77      },
78      "link_propensity": 0.01273761503,
79      "targeted_pages": 3,
80      "targeted_nofollow_pages": 0,
81      "targeted_redirect_pages": 2,
82      "targeted_deleted_pages": 0
83    }
84  ]
85}

Example Code

Quota Usage

Uses one row per returned result.

api.limits.data.rows