What Are Link Signals?
Link signals read how a page connects to the rest of the site and the wider web — how many outbound links it carries and the share marked nofollow. Links are how a page joins the graph engines read.
The 2 Signals in This Category
Each is defined the way a customer would read it — plainly, with no fix instruction and no data source named. DNA Match counts a signal only where the winners in your market clearly separate from the trailing pages.
- Number of outbound links
- How many links the page points to other websites — the outward connections that place it in the wider web.
- Share of outbound links marked nofollow
- The share of the page's outbound links marked so they pass no ranking credit.
The Questions People Ask
What are link signals?
Link signals read how a page connects to the rest of the site and the wider web — how many outbound links it carries and the share marked nofollow. Links are how a page joins the graph engines read.
Do these signals tell me how to fix my site?
No. These are definitions — what each signal is and why the winning pages carry it. The specific work belongs to the member report and the Rank Codex, never a public page.
The Rank Codex reads these signals at depth, in the order they are worth the work — decomposed and specific to your market.