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Anchor Text & Spam Risk Analyzer

Analyze anchor text distribution, detect over-optimization, and see whether your backlink profile risks a Google penalty.

Every calculation - the classification, the exact-match ratio, the risk score - runs on the data you paste in, right in this page. Nothing is uploaded or stored server-side.

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Runs in your browser
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Anchor categories
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High-risk threshold
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Signup required
Anchor text distribution auditorClient-side

One link per line. If you paste only URLs, they'll be classified as naked links.

How it works

1

Paste your backlinks

One per line, as "url | anchor text" or "url, anchor text". A line with only a URL is treated as a naked link.

2

Add brand + target keywords (optional)

Used to tell branded and keyword-targeted anchors apart from generic or natural ones.

3

Get an instant classification

Every anchor is bucketed into Brand, Naked URL, Generic, Target Keyword, or Other - entirely in your browser, nothing sent to a server.

4

Read your risk level

An exact-match keyword ratio over 30% is flagged high risk, 15-30% is a warning - thresholds based on common over-optimization heuristics.

Questions

Anchor text that starts with http/www, contains .com/.org/.net, or exactly matches the URL itself is classified as a naked link - checked before any other category.

Anchor text that matches, or contains, one of about 27 common generic phrases like "click here," "read more," "learn more," or "visit website."

An unnaturally high share of anchors using your exact target keywords is a classic signature of manipulative link building that search engines' spam filters look for. This tool flags over 30% as high risk and 15-30% as a warning.

No. Parsing and classification both happen entirely in your browser; nothing is sent to a server.

No signup or login is required to run an analysis.

Mostly your brand name, bare URLs and plain phrases, with few exact-match keywords. Keyword-stuffed anchors are part of what Google's link spam policy describes, covered in our check of free backlink methods. For links you cannot get removed, the disavow file generator builds the file.

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