How is Backlink Monkey different from existing SEO tools?

One of the questions that comes up when evaluating Backlink Monkey is how is Backlink Monkey different from existing SEO tools?

Backlink Monkey can monitor all your backlinks, but we designed it to focus on specific backlinks

As an example, DailyStory has about 10,000+ backlinks as show in SEMRush:

DailyStory backlink reports from SEMRush

These backlinks help drive a lot of traffic, but most aren't all that interesting. In fact there is routinely some churn with backlinks added and removed each month.

Only about 3% of our total backlinks are backlinks we've earned through exchanges or paid placement. These backlinks are absolutely critical and we don't want to lose them.

Monitoring 10,000+ backlinks is impossible

DailyStory uses Backlink Monkey to monitor a handful of backlinks that we've worked hard to earn.

These 3% of backlinks are the backlinks we want Backlink Monkey to monitor, track and alert us if there are changes:

Contact information, history and notes

Backlink Monkey allows you to keep track of all the history, notes and contact details associated with your most important backlinks:

For example:

Where was the backlink acquired
Who did we interact with
What was their contact information
What did we do for them, e.g. exchanged a backlink

Below is an example of a set of exchanged backlinks:

And the associated history:

Backlink Monkey provides a history along with notes and contact details

These details are important facts to have when a backlink is lost and you want ensure it is re-established.

Cost effective investment - think of it like backlink insurance

From a cost perspective Backlink Monkey is much less expensive than SEMRush and other advanced SEO tools. Starting at free for your first 100 monitored backlinks and $10 per-additional 100 monitored links with unlimited users.

Hiring a virtual assistant of having someone else on your team help without requiring a full license to your advanced SEO tools.