smashingmagazine.com
Excellent link. Higher authority than 99% of technology sites. People find it in Google and AI assistants.
Link score
87
/100
Confidence: high
Trust
Strong
Authority
Strong
higher than 99% of technology sites
Visibility
Strong
Selling risk
Low
3 of 3 signs checked
Category breakdown
Weighted scoreTrust
30% · 2/4 passing
Authority
30%
Visibility
25% · 5/5 passing
Link profile
15%
Score history
2 scansCompleted scans only. Same-day reruns stay distinct by timestamp.
Confidence: high · 12 of 12 checks had data
Compared to 531118 technology sites
Higher authority than 99% of technology sites we track.
Smashing Magazine
Publishes articles and resources for web designers and developers
Can you trust this site?
Signs of a real, clean website
-
Strong
Few spam signs
No spam signs found.
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Moderate
Real business behind it
On the pages we crawled we found 2 social profiles.
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Moderate
Security certificate
Basic certificate. Most sites use this kind.
-
Strong
Google is allowed to index it
Crawled pages allow indexing.
Do people find this site?
Google search and AI assistants
-
Strong
Ranks on Google's first page
Shows in the top 10 for 285 searches.
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Strong
Rankings are current
Last seen ranking today.
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Strong
Cited by AI assistants
Named as a source in 25 answers we captured.
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Strong
Cited by several assistants
perplexity, chatgpt, ddg-claude.
-
Strong
Cited recently
Last cited today.
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
28,020 sites link here. 1,377 new and 27 lost recently.
- New sites
- 1,377
- Lost sites
- 27
Similar sites to consider
Big platforms like Wikipedia and Substack removed
| Site | Why it is similar | Vs smashingmagazine.com | Link score | Selling risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| papaly.com | Links to 56 of the same sites | Weaker | 72 | — |
| habr.com | Links to 47 of the same sites | Similar | Not checked yet | Not checked yet |
| dltech.forum | Links to 45 of the same sites | Weaker | Not checked yet | Not checked yet |
| dev.to | Links to 41 of the same sites | Similar | Not checked yet | Not checked yet |
| raindrop.page | Links to 31 of the same sites | Weaker | Not checked yet | Not checked yet |
| trackawesomelist.com | Links to 31 of the same sites | Weaker | Not checked yet | Not checked yet |
| coliss.com | Links to 30 of the same sites | Weaker | 69 | Low risk |
| blogspot.co.uk | Links to 29 of the same sites | Similar | Not checked yet | Not checked yet |
| creativebloq.com | Links to 28 of the same sites | Similar | Not checked yet | Not checked yet |
| libsyn.com | Links to 25 of the same sites | Similar | 86 | 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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