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bobanna last edited by

Hi,

A while back I used link detective to scan through our OSE reports. However, it seems that the site is no longer maintained and the system no longer seems to work, ie I upload the CSV file and then when i check back it leads to a blank screen. I wonder if anyone knows of a similar software as its functionality was very useful.

Thanks
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primomc @DennisSeymour last edited by

Thanks Dennis, I will try. O(∩_∩)O~
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DennisSeymour @primomc last edited by

LRT can identify if it's a blog or directory but not like that. You can edit them though. You could check their trial out, see if it fits your needs.
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primomc @DennisSeymour last edited by

Hi DennisSeymour

Link Research tools or URL Profiler，can they classify backlink types to

Article Directories
Web Directories
Video Sharing
Document Sharing
Web 2.0 submission......?

Or are there other solfwares that can do this?

Thanks!
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DennisSeymour last edited by

Link Research tools or URL Profiler

Heck, even scrapebox can do a bit of the analysis
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