HOW IT WORKS
What happens to your file, from upload to export
Seven steps in the order they actually happen, including where credits are taken and where they come back. If you want the rules each field follows instead, that is on the methodology page.
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01
Getting the list in: paste it, or upload the file
Two ways in, and neither needs preparation. Paste URLs straight into the box, one per line, which is what you want when you have just copied a column out of a sheet. Or upload the file: CSV or XLSX, exported from Ahrefs, Semrush, a vendor, or your own research. There is no template to match and no mapping step.
They have to be exact pages rather than domains. A homepage tells you almost nothing about whether a particular post accepts a comment, and the whole product is built on reading the page you actually intend to use.
Exact duplicates are removed and counted. Lines that are not absolute URLs are flagged rather than silently dropped, so the number you upload and the number you are charged for reconcile.
paste or upload CSV and XLSX 100 URLs per Quick Check 50 with extras duplicates removed and reported -
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Choosing checks, and seeing the cost before you commit
Five core checks always run. Optional checks are ticked individually, and the credit cost per URL follows the total number of checks, not the number of extras.
The full arithmetic is on screen before the scan starts: URLs multiplied by credits per URL, and the balance you will have afterwards. Above twelve total checks the scan is refused outright rather than run with checks quietly dropped.
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Credits are held while the scan runs, and unused ones come back
The credits for a scan are set aside when it starts, so two scans running at once can never spend the same credits twice.
Any URL that is not scanned is refunded, and the refund goes back to the day the scan started.
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Scanning: every page is opened and checked for you
Every URL on your list is opened and read. Most pages load as plain HTML. The few that only show their comments after scripts run are opened in a real browser instead, about one page in sixteen on a real list.
The scan never posts a comment, never signs in, and never attempts a CAPTCHA. Pages that require any of those are reported as unread.
Progress is live, and a scan can be paused and resumed. If it is interrupted, the abandoned job is detected and the unused credits are returned.
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Topic & Relevance: does the page fit your client?
Relevance is the first thing a link builder is told to check, and the hardest to check across a whole list. Turn on Topic & Relevance and every row gets the answer from the page itself.
Page Topic is what this exact page is about, taken from its own title, headings and URL, and left as Unknown when the page does not say. Site Category and Site Subcategory describe the whole site, and the subcategory comes from a fixed list of 91 so you can filter and group on it. Topic-Site Match flags pages that are off topic for their own site, such as a casino page on a beauty blog.
These checks are read from the same page visit as everything else, so they add no extra request. Expect Unknown more often than you might think: many pages on a bought list give no clear sign of their subject, and a guess would be worse than a blank.
no extra request 91 controlled subcategories Unknown rather than guessed off-topic flagged -
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Reading the report
The checks you chose appear as columns. Sort a column, search the list, or press a summary card to see the rows behind its number.
Copy puts the rows straight onto your clipboard for a spreadsheet. Export gives you Excel, CSV or Google Sheets. Both take whatever the table is showing, so clear the filters when you need every row.
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What happens to your list afterwards
Your latest report stays until a new scan replaces it, you delete it, or you sign out. Uploaded files and results are temporary by design, and rejected or junk URLs are never retained.
Free accounts have no report history. That is a deliberate choice rather than a limitation to upsell against.
kept until replaced or deleted deleted on sign-out no history on the free plan
What the scan cannot determine
Stated here rather than in fine print, because it changes how you read the report.
Whether your comment will be approved
Moderation is a human on the other end. We report that a form is open and what links already sit below the post.
Whether a link will still be there next quarter
We read the page on the scan date, and every row carries that date. Comments get pruned and plugins change.
Anything outside comment links
Guest posts, directories, forums and editorial placements are not qualified here and the fields do not transfer.
Where to find prospects
No discovery, no index. The tool qualifies a list you already hold.
What sits behind a login or a CAPTCHA
Pages requiring either are reported as unread rather than guessed at.
Why a page did not load
Dead pages, timeouts, blocks and redirect loops end in the same place: no page to read. They stay in the denominator.