Link Intelligence

Use Link Intelligence when the standard backlink overview is not detailed enough. It can pull referring domains, anchors, history, or bulk domain ranks, and it can compare your site with up to three competitors.

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Know what one unit covers

• One submitted deep pull uses one link_intel_checks unit.
• A link-gap run uses one unit for each competitor. Comparing three competitors uses three units.
• A preview shows the exact unit breakdown but spends nothing. Confirming the run checks your allowance again.

See Pricing for current plan allowances and pack prices. The deep tools require an eligible plan; opening a result you already created is a stored-data read.

Understand cache and refunds

A result served from cache still counts. A successful check with no rows also counts: it confirms that the source returned no matching links at that time.

If the source fails before RankMeFast retains any row, that failed unit is returned once. In a multi-competitor gap run, each competitor is settled separately, so useful legs remain charged while a zero-evidence failed leg is refunded. A preview, cancelled preview, or stored-result read never uses a unit.

Read the result honestly

Deep results carry the time they were observed. A missing first-seen date stays unavailable rather than being invented. Gap percentages are computed from the stored rows, and competitor input order is preserved.

The checks are on demand, not continuous monitoring. Run a new check when you need a fresher observation. Turning the feature off stops new previews and runs, but stored results remain readable.

Start a check

Open a site's Backlinks workspace. Choose Domains, Anchors, History, or Gap, review the spend preview, then confirm. Use the stored-runs list to reopen a prior result without spending again.

For monthly caps, packs, and the common refund rule, read Plans, limits & credits.

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