TOP-10 Anchors

SerpstatBacklinksProcedure.getTopAnchors method returns information about the TOP-10 anchors, the number of backlinks with these anchors, and the number of domains on which the referring pages are located. The data set is similar to the "TOP anchor backlinks by popularity" table from the Overview report.

TOP anchor backlinks by popularity

Use case: With the SerpstatBacklinksProcedure.getTopAnchors method, identify the most popular anchors of competitor sites and use the same anchors to promote your site.

General request parameters and instructions for using Serpstat API

Request parameters
Parameter		Description
id	required	A request id: the response contains the same id. Enter any number (number) or text (string) value
method	required	API method name: SerpstatBacklinksProcedure.getTopAnchors
params	required	The object with parameters {...}, it lists all the following parameters and arrays [...]
query	required	A domain of the analyzed site. Specify the domain without HTTP, HTTPS, and "/"
searchType	optional	Search type: * domain - only domain (site.com) * domain_with_subdomains - domain with subdomains (subdomain.site.com)

Response parameters
Parameter	Description
id	Response id corresponds the request id
result	Object, which contains the answer
data	Array which contains objects with data
anchor	Contains anchor text
backlinks_count	Number of backlinks with anchor text
domains_count	Number of referring domains containing pages with links with anchor text
summary_info	Contains an object with data
left_lines	Left credits of API lines for your pricing plan
referring_domains	Number of referring domains
backlinks	Number of backlinks
unique_anchors	Number of unique anchors
sort	What data are sorted by
order	Order: * asc - in the ascending order * desc - in the descending order

1 API credit is spent per 1 request.

Example

Request data:

{
 "id": "1",
 "method": "SerpstatBacklinksProcedure.getTopAnchors",
 "params": {
     "query" : "facebook.com",
     "searchType": "domain_with_subdomains"
  }
}

Response data:

{
    "id": "1",
    "result": {
        "data": [
            {
                "anchor": "",
                "backlinks_count": 9631781457,
                "domains_count": 21637307
            },
            {
                "anchor": "Facebook",
                "backlinks_count": 3632875256,
                "domains_count": 11419708
            },
            {
                "anchor": "facebook",
                "backlinks_count": 499970511,
                "domains_count": 1453680
            },
            {
                "anchor": "Share Share on Facebook",
                "backlinks_count": 114796462,
                "domains_count": 754093
            },
            {
                "anchor": "https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/",
                "backlinks_count": 1150070,
                "domains_count": 559207
            },
            {
                "anchor": "Share",
                "backlinks_count": 154201961,
                "domains_count": 526031
            },
            {
                "anchor": "Share on Facebook",
                "backlinks_count": 194270177,
                "domains_count": 503465
            },
            {
                "anchor": "Facebook-f",
                "backlinks_count": 61567370,
                "domains_count": 371749
            },
            {
                "anchor": "Facebook page",
                "backlinks_count": 7600560,
                "domains_count": 308833
            },
            {
                "anchor": "Facebook0",
                "backlinks_count": 18148941,
                "domains_count": 265193
            }
        ],
        "summary_info": {
            "left_lines": 988478,
            "referring_domains": 172812719,
            "backlinks": 18587594618,
            "unique_anchors": 83369501,
            "sort": "referring_domains",
            "order": "desc"
        }
    }
}