Search in the app
- Open https://www.linkio.com/websites.
- Type a topic in the search box, for example
marketing. - Use the filters if necessary: DR, Traffic, Max Cost and Seller policy.
Each row shows the site's numbers, the seller type (owner or reseller) and the guest post price.
Search with an agent
website_search searches the inventory by topic (topicQuery), by domain (domain) or by filters:
minDR, minTraffic, maxPrice, hasGuestPost, hasLinkInsert, ownerAvailable, provenSeller. Sort with
sortBy (relevance, dr, traffic, price_asc, price_desc). client_excluded_domains_list shows your
brand's exclusion list: the domains that site searches leave out.
Price: a domain lookup is free. A topic or filter search is free for the first 100 sites of the day, then 0.25c a site.
ai_find_sites_start is the automated search. For the target pages you choose, it searches with their
keywords, grades the matches and repeats until it reaches your goal. It runs 5-30 minutes and holds the
ai_find_sites estimate first. ai_find_sites_status reports progress. Read the exclusion list
(client_excluded_domains_list) before you start it.
What a result tells you
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| DR, traffic | The site's authority and traffic. |
guestPostCost | The price you pay the publisher for a guest post, in dollars. priceRange is the spread between its sellers. |
history | The site's record with Linkio: attempts, delivered, failed with the reason. |
seller | Who sells the site: owner, reseller or owner_unverified, and whether that seller is proven. A reseller is never named. |
timeLimited | Set when the site keeps the link live for a set time only, such as 12 months. |
A seller is proven when its latest paid placement on the site cost no more than its price today.
Choose the seller
Many sites have more than one seller: the owner, and resellers. A seller policy decides which seller a site is priced and booked with:
| Policy | The seller |
|---|---|
linkio_default | The verified owner, unless a reseller is at least 15% cheaper and proven at that price |
owner_only | Verified owners only |
proven_only | Only proven sellers |
cheapest | The lowest price from any seller in good standing |
Set it for one search (sellerPolicy on website_search), for one order (sellerPolicy on order_create) or
for the account (account_seller_policy_set). In the app, the Seller policy filter on
https://www.linkio.com/websites sets it for the search. The closest one wins. A site added to an order is booked with the
seller and price that a search under the same policy shows. Details:
API reference, section 10.
Time-limited sites
Some sites keep a link live for a set time, such as 12 months. When that time ends, the link may come down and
is not replaced. A search leaves these sites out unless you pass includeTimeLimited: true. To order one, you
accept the term: see Order a placement.
Check a site before you buy it
With your agent or the API.
A site from a search comes with its keyword overlap and grade. A site you name yourself has none until it is
analyzed: keyword overlap with your target pages, a grade (high_quality, good_quality, marginal_quality or
disqualified) and the best matching target page. Each site takes about 1-3 minutes and is paid.
- Before an order:
bulk_analysis_add_domains. - On an order:
line_items_analyze, orqualify: truewhen you add the site withline_items_add_to_order.