Link Research Tools GmbH

Core Solutions

LinkResearchTools (LRT) stands out in the crowded SEO software market by focusing exclusively on link data and by emphasising data completeness and accuracy. Where many tools provide only a partial backlink profile from a single source, LRT ingests and cross‑references data from 25 link sources (including Ahrefs, Majestic, Moz, and its own crawls) and then re‑crawls each referring page to verify whether the link still exists and carries the correct attributes. This rigorous cleaning process gives users a single, unified view of their backlink profile, reducing false positives and missed links.

Backlink Audit & Penalty Recovery – Identify toxic links, generate disavow files, and simulate the impact of removing or disavowing links. Link Monitoring – Detect negative SEO spikes in real time, with suggested actions to protect rankings. Competitive Research – Compare domains side‑by‑side, analyse competitors’ link‑building strategies, and uncover new opportunities. Link Building – Access two decades of link‑building expertise through methods such as SERP research, co‑citation, CDTOX, indirect linking, broken‑link building, and missing‑link building. Each potential link is simulated for its expected impact and risk.

Key Proprietary Metrics

- *PowerTrust – A combined metric that evaluates a domain’s or page’s authority (Power) and trustworthiness (Trust), used in all tools. - Buzz – Social media signal aggregation (shares, likes). - Impact – Long‑term user engagement (comments, downloads). - Link Velocity Trends** – Tracks the rate of new backlinks to detect unnatural growth patterns.

Usability

The platform offers drill‑down capabilities from a bird’s‑eye view to individual URLs. Histograms, pie charts, tag clouds, and persistent filters make large datasets manageable. Bulk operations allow users to tag, export, or act on thousands of domains or URLs at once.

Browser Extensions

LRT maintains a small suite of Chrome extensions: Link Redirect Trace analyses redirect chains, protocol headers, REL‑canonicals, robots.txt blocks, and LRT metrics. Link Research SEO Toolbar adds LRT metrics (PowerTrust, Buzz, Impact, Keyword Ranking) directly into Google/Bing/Yandex search results. LRT PowerTrust is a lightweight on‑page metric checker. Free Link Checker** verifies links on a page (broken, no‑follow, follow, internal, external).

Pricing & Support

LRT is priced at €199 per user per month (annual billed monthly, as listed on Capterra). Custom enterprise plans are available. Customer support is provided via email, and the company maintains a knowledge base and documentation.

Strengths

- Industry‑leading data completeness and accuracy through multi‑source aggregation and re‑crawling. - Powerful penalty‑recovery and disavow‑workflow tools. - Rich competitive analysis features. - Proprietary metrics (Power*Trust, Buzz, Impact) that are stable and correlate well with Google’s quality guidelines. - 100% remote team ensures low overhead and focus.

Weaknesses

- Relatively high entry price compared to some competitors (e.g., Ahrefs, Majestic). - Steeper learning curve for users new to advanced link analysis. - Limited integration with other marketing platforms (no native CMS or analytics connectors). - No free tier beyond the limited browser extensions.

Target Audience

SEO agencies, in‑house SEO teams at mid‑market and enterprise companies, and experienced link builders who need granular, verified backlink data.