inverse.com
Good link. Higher authority than 97% of media sites. People find it in Google and AI assistants.
Link score
82
/100
Confidence: high
Trust
Strong
Authority
Strong
higher than 97% of media sites
Visibility
Strong
Selling risk
Low
3 of 3 signs checked
Category breakdown
Weighted scoreTrust
30% · 2/4 passing
Authority
30%
Visibility
25% · 3/5 passing
Link profile
15%
Score history
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Confidence: high · 12 of 12 checks had data
Compared to 176830 media sites
Higher authority than 97% of media sites we track.
Inverse
Digital media company covering news, science, and culture for a general audience
Can you trust this site?
Signs of a real, clean website
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Strong
Few spam signs
No spam signs found.
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Moderate
Real business behind it
On the pages we crawled we found 5 social profiles.
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Moderate
Security certificate
Basic certificate. Most sites use this kind.
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Strong
Google is allowed to index it
Crawled pages allow indexing.
Do people find this site?
Google search and AI assistants
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Moderate
Ranks on Google's first page
Shows in the top 10 for 52 searches.
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Strong
Rankings are current
Last seen ranking 1 days ago.
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Strong
Cited by AI assistants
Named as a source in 11 answers we captured.
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Moderate
Cited by several assistants
perplexity.
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Strong
Cited recently
Last cited 6 days ago.
Does this site sell links?
3 warning signs buyers and Google look for
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Low risk
Pages stuffed with links
0% of crawled pages mainly link out to other sites.
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Low risk
Pushy sales links
No crawled page uses sales words as link text.
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Low risk
Redirects elsewhere
0% of crawled pages forward visitors to another site.
Warning signs, not proof. We grade what we saw on the pages we crawled. We cannot know whether this site sells links.
Link profile
12,566 sites link here. 368 new and 14 lost recently.
- New sites
- 368
- Lost sites
- 14
Similar sites to consider
Big platforms like Wikipedia and Substack removed
| Site | Why it is similar | Vs inverse.com | Link score | Selling risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| libsyn.com | Links to 64 of the same sites | Stronger | 86 | Low risk |
| blogspot.ca | Links to 45 of the same sites | Stronger | Not checked yet | Not checked yet |
| blogspot.co.uk | Links to 40 of the same sites | Stronger | Not checked yet | Not checked yet |
| eurekster.com | Links to 37 of the same sites | Similar | Not checked yet | Not checked yet |
| blogspot.com.es | Links to 36 of the same sites | Stronger | Not checked yet | Not checked yet |
| mic.com | Links to 36 of the same sites | Similar | 80 | Low risk |
| vice.com | Links to 35 of the same sites | Stronger | Not checked yet | Not checked yet |
| wikimili.com | Links to 35 of the same sites | Weaker | 59 | — |
| dltech.forum | Links to 34 of the same sites | Weaker | Not checked yet | Not checked yet |
| bustle.com | Links to 33 of the same sites | Stronger | 85 | Low risk |
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Frequently asked questions
We grade 4 areas: trust, authority, visibility in Google and AI assistants, and the site's own links. Areas without data do not count against the site.
No. It shows warning signs we saw on the pages we crawled. A site can show some signs and still be a fine place for a link.
We have not crawled or seen enough of this site yet. Those rows do not lower the score.
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