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2 months ago
Linkody is a no-frills backlink monitor and on that narrow front it's okay. Alerts arrive when links change and the client reporting is a nice touch. But the metrics it shows are limited and the interface feels a bit dated. It's serviceable rather than impressive, which leaves me lukewarm about renewing.
Functional monitoring and tidy client reports
Dated interface and limited metrics
Linkody monitors links I manually add or import fine, but its own backlink discovery is weak; it found far fewer links pointing to my site than the bigger index-based tools. So I can't rely on it to find new or toxic links I don't already know about. Decent monitor, poor discovery engine.
Small backlink index misses many existing links
For the price Linkody covers the essentials of backlink tracking and the dashboard is clean enough. It does the monitoring job, but I keep wishing for richer metrics and better historical graphs. It sits in an awkward middle: fine for a small site, not enough depth for serious link-building campaigns. Genuinely mixed feelings.
Cheap and simple to set up
Feature-light for larger campaigns
Linkody is supposed to monitor my links but it suddenly stopped tracking a batch of backlinks I'd added, marking healthy live links as lost. I wasted hours re-verifying them manually only to find the issue was on Linkody's end. For a tool whose entire job is reliable monitoring, that's a serious failure.
Incorrectly reported live backlinks as lost
Linkody quietly watches my entire link profile and emails me the moment a backlink drops or turns nofollow. The disavow tool and the automated reports I send to clients save me hours every week. For pure backlink monitoring at this price, it's exactly what an SEO needs.
Reliable drop alerts, handy disavow and client reports