The independent check link buyers run before they pay - by the team that vets publishers for real campaigns.
High DR and traffic numbers can be faked - and whole networks of guest-post farms pass every check you can run. Drop any domain below. If it's a known farm, you'll see it in seconds. If it's new to us, our team checks it by hand and emails you the verdict. Free.
Every marketplace scores its own listings - the seller grading the sale. There's no independent check between the pitch and the invoice.
Metrics tools show you what a site looks like: DR, traffic, keyword counts. They don't tell you if the traffic is real or if the domain is lying.
A farm gets banned on one marketplace and resurfaces on the next under a different seller. Nobody but the farm remembers the pattern - each buyer starts from zero.
The link goes live. The client asks for proof it was safe to buy. What you have is screenshots and vibes, not evidence.
Seven exhibits from domains our pipeline flagged HIGH RISK, pulled from real vendor lists. Every one clears a DR-and-traffic glance. Not one is what it looks like.
Four layers. The third is the one nobody else in the category ships.
Cross-checked against our cumulative registry of known-live, known-rejected, and pending domains, plus the cross-network farm watchlist. A confirmed farm token means an instant HIGH RISK verdict - no units burned re-checking a domain we already know.
The vetting most tools stop at - domain rating, traffic estimates, topical match, and homepage red flags like sponsored-tag floods. Necessary, but a marketplace's own metrics can look identical.
Garbage-keyword density. Brand-token cross-network ranking. Bot-padded brand-traffic share. This is where a domain that passes every standard check gets caught lying.
Homepage screenshot. Recent-posts strip. About-page snapshot. The human gut check on top of the automated signals, because some farms only fail the eyeball test.
| Feature | LinkDetective | Marketplaces | Ahrefs-in-tabs | VettedPublishers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buyer-side verdict from a party with nothing to sell you | - | - | - | |
| Evidence dossier you can hand to a client | - | - | - | |
| Cross-marketplace farm watchlist | - | - | - | |
| DR / traffic metrics | ||||
| Verdict with plain-English reasons (not just a score) | - | self-graded | - | |
| Garbage-keyword and bot-traffic detection | - | - | - |
Comparison data verified against current category practices. We update this quarterly.
What's live today: run any domain through a free instant TrustCheck, or pay to vet a full vendor list end-to-end with a human-confirmed evidence dossier.
Same verdict engine and network watchlist, opened up: upload lists yourself, run bulk checks, no operator in the loop for the standard path.
An independent 'verified' badge and pre-listing screening API for marketplaces that want a third-party stamp they can't credibly self-provide.
VettedPublishers is the productized layer of the vetting SOP we run on real client engagements. Every rule in the pipeline was found by getting burned first, then written into a verdict engine that has caught domains other checks were passing for months.
We are LinkLogician - an off-page SEO operations consultancy. The same pipeline that vets your list runs our own agency's campaigns today. If it doesn't catch farms in daily operations, it doesn't ship to customers.
Drop your email and we'll notify you when the self-serve bulk workspace opens - pricing, access, and what changes for teams running high volume.
DR is built from backlinks; farms manufacture link networks and pad traffic with bots to inflate both. The numbers look strong; the site does nothing for your rankings.
Metrics tools like Ahrefs-in-tabs or LinkDetective show you what a domain looks like: DR, traffic, backlink counts. We tell you if it's lying. Every verdict ships with evidence and a confidence level, backed by a cross-network farm watchlist no marketplace or metrics tool can see.
Ahrefs flags spammy backlink profiles on the linking side. We vet publishers as purchases: workflow, audit trail, farm-network memory, and a verdict you can hand to a client. Ahrefs is a data supplier to our pipeline, not a competitor in the buying decision.
If the domain is already in our farm database, yes, in seconds. If it's new to us, we run it through a human check and email you. We never auto-approve a domain we have not actually checked.
No. We do not sell links. We are the independent check you run before buying anywhere.
The single-domain check is free. To vet a whole vendor list with evidence reports, see the Vetted List service.
Up to 50 domains: $99. 51-150 domains: $179. 151-300 domains: $249. If a domain we cleared is watchlist-flagged within 6 months, we re-vet the affected list free.
No - and neither should anyone else in this category. We ship verdicts with evidence and a confidence level: LOW RISK, CAUTION, or HIGH RISK. No 'Google-safe,' no absolute guarantees, no replacing your own judgment.
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