Sitewide backlinks: count pages, inspect the placement
Fictional teaching examples. Domains, dates and placements are invented; these are not publisher inventory or live reports.
- Observed linking pages
- 4
- Exact source hosts
- 2
- Uninspected proposals
- 1
Four inspected pages contain links across two exact source hostnames. Three footer copies share one host. The uninspected proposal is excluded; these are not root-domain totals or independent endorsement counts.
Footer: news page
Paid footer on the first inspected page; sponsored is explicit.
- Source page
- https://journal.example/news
- Link destination
- https://brand.example/research
- Displayed URL text
- Not applicable
- Link evidence
- Anchor observed
- Observed rel
- sponsored
- Checked date
- 2026-10-27
Observed example HTML
<footer><a href="https://brand.example/research" rel="sponsored">Research</a></footer>Footer: events page
The same paid template on a second URL. It adds a page, not another host.
- Source page
- https://journal.example/events
- Link destination
- https://brand.example/research
- Displayed URL text
- Not applicable
- Link evidence
- Anchor observed
- Observed rel
- sponsored
- Checked date
- 2026-10-27
Observed example HTML
<footer><a href="https://brand.example/research" rel="sponsored">Research</a></footer>Footer: about page
The third inspected URL repeats the same footer and destination.
- Source page
- https://journal.example/about
- Link destination
- https://brand.example/research
- Displayed URL text
- Not applicable
- Link evidence
- Anchor observed
- Observed rel
- sponsored
- Checked date
- 2026-10-27
Observed example HTML
<footer><a href="https://brand.example/research" rel="sponsored">Research</a></footer>Contextual reference
A separate host contains a contextual reference; no rel appears in this example.
- Source page
- https://makers.example/review
- Link destination
- https://brand.example/research
- Displayed URL text
- Not applicable
- Link evidence
- Anchor observed
- Observed rel
- No rel attribute in this example
- Checked date
- 2026-10-27
Observed example HTML
<p><a href="https://brand.example/research">Research</a></p>Uninspected proposal
This proposed page has not been checked. It contributes no observed page, host or link.
- Source page
- https://uninspected.example/proposed
- Link destination
- Unknown
- Displayed URL text
- Not applicable
- Link evidence
- Not inspected
- Observed rel
- Not observed
- Checked date
- Unknown
No public markup inspected; no link state inferred.
Inspection checklist
- Record exact source and destination before classifying internal or external.
- Keep observed page count, exact hosts and coverage scope separate.
- Review relevance, payment and actual rel attributes on the template.
- After a template change, recheck affected page types and date the result.
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