Citation Flow is a metric developed by Majestic that estimates the quantity and strength of backlinks pointing to a domain or URL. It focuses on link volume rather than link quality. A high Citation Flow can indicate strong link authority, but it should always be compared with Trust Flow to understand whether those links come from trusted websites.
Trust Flow is a metric developed by Majestic that estimates the quality of backlinks pointing to a domain or URL. It is based on how closely a site is connected to a set of trusted seed sites. A higher Trust Flow usually indicates stronger link quality, but it should always be evaluated together with Citation Flow, topical relevance, and the actual referring domains behind the score.
View definitionTopical Trust Flow is a metric developed by Majestic that shows the main topics associated with a website’s backlinks. It classifies links into categories such as Business, Sports, Health, and Technology. This helps show which topics a domain is most strongly associated with and whether its backlinks are relevant to your target niche.
View definitionReferring Domains is the number of unique websites that link to a domain or URL. If one website links multiple times, it is still counted as one referring domain. In most cases, links from many relevant and trusted websites are stronger than many links from only a few sources. This metric is used to measure the diversity and strength of a backlink profile.
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