The scanner follows a fixed order of checks. These pages explain each step, what the verdicts mean, where the data comes from, and where it can be wrong.
Every link in a report gets one of seven verdicts. This page explains each one, the order the checks run in, and why “No known issues” is deliberately not the same as “safe”.
How sitemap discovery worksEvery scan starts from your sitemap. This page explains how Link Signals finds it, how it follows sitemap indexes, and how many pages it reads.
Accuracy and limits of Link SignalsLink Signals is built for triage: it finds the links most worth a person’s attention. This page lists, plainly, where it can be wrong and what it cannot see.
Blocklist sources used by Link SignalsA blocklist match is the strongest evidence in a report. This page says where the lists come from, how big they are, how matching works, and what they leave out.
How Link Signals monitoring worksMonitoring re-checks a sitemap on a schedule so you don’t have to run a scan again. It reads only the pages that changed, and emails you when something new is flagged.
Monitoring alert emails explainedMonitoring sends two kinds of email: an alert when something new is flagged, and a short summary about once a week. Neither is sent for findings that were already there when monitoring began.
How Link Signals prioritises findingsA report can hold hundreds of links. Every finding belongs to one of five priorities, in a set order, so you know what to fix first. The same order runs through the report, the overview and the email.