What metrics do you guys check before buying a guest post?

Garlick

Junior Member

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Jun 12, 2026

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• Oct 7, 2026

• #21

Yeah, I’d also check referring domains, anchor text, outbound link quality, indexation, and whether the site is selling links everywhere. DR + traffic alone can still hide a bad site.

 

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ShakeelLinks

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Jun 15, 2026

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• Oct 13, 2026

• #22

elysiariddle said:

I usually look at DR, traffic, relevance, traffic trend but I still end up with some bad links. Am I missing anything?

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Check outbound link quality, traffic country distribution, organic keyword trends, and whether the site has real engagement. Some sites look great on DR but are just link farms. I'd also check if their recent traffic growth is genuine or artificially inflated.

 

moneygrabber2

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May 30, 2022

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• Monday at 12:43 PM

• #23

I also check the ranking keywords referring domains and quality of the website's content Traffic relevance is important because high numbers alone don't guarantee a valuable placement I’d also review the actual page where the guest post will be published

 

Ligma

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Jan 26, 2022

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• Monday at 12:54 PM

• #24

There is only 1: What value the page linking to you holds.