Compare new and lost backlink counts

No. This Tool accepts only domains. The supplier default threshold is its current date minus one month, rather than exactly 30 days or the previous full calendar month. The returned report does not include exact start/end dates or a timezone, so do not invent them from the run completion time.

These labels describe the supplier index. New means a backlink appeared after the threshold; lost means it was present before but was not found afterward. The counts alone do not prove when a link was created, permanent deletion or the cause of a loss.

No. The two fields count backlinks. The report’s separate record count counts returned domain entries, not backlinks or unique referring domains. For a domain target, this endpoint includes its root domain and all subdomains.

Keep both counts separately. Their difference does not establish a reconciled change in total live backlinks; the report does not provide the complete link inventory or enough event detail to verify that calculation as a balance.

This report returns aggregate counts, not individual source or destination URLs. It does not identify loss causes, send ongoing alerts or carry out link recovery. Those follow-up tasks need separate evidence and capabilities.

Match each entry using its target domain, not its position in the input list. A record for every requested domain is not guaranteed. Preserve an actual zero, null and an absent record separately; missing data is not a zero count or proof that a domain has no backlinks.

No link-quality score, traffic measurement or Google ranking change is returned. The counts reflect the supplier’s indexed observations, whose crawl age and complete web coverage are not established by this report.