Review: Majestic SEO
Backlink data and analysis from an index larger than Yahoo! Site Explorer and SEOMoz combined
- Free for your domain
- Other domains around £10-£50 for 7 day subscription
- Web based
- Download and API option
| Functionality | 5/5 | large index with download and API creates a seriously valuable backlink resource |
| Interface | 4/5 | straightforward web interface, API could be better documented |
| Value | 4/5 | free for your own domain and reasonably priced for others |
| Support | 3/5 | forum at majestic12.co.uk but early days for the SEO offering |
Majestic SEO provides a credible alternative to Yahoo! Site Explorer, SEOMoz, or scrapers of Google SERPs to investigate backlinks. It's built on the Majestic-12 distributed search engine project which seems to be succeeding where others have failed.
Breadth of Data
It's hard to think of a useful piece of data Majestic SEO doesn't provide for backlinks as anchor text, domain, history and 'ACRank' spread are all here.
ACRank is an attempt to flag the quality of a referrer, in a much simpler way than PageRank. There are some flaws, which Majestic SEO recognises, but having an open and quantifiable link quality index is a core part of backlink analysis. Hopefully they will develop the algorithm with input from the SEO community.
Quality
Where Majestic-12 and Majestic SEO shine is that they have the feel of a serious academic project. True, Majestic SEO does lack documentation, but it's new and what there is is thorough and gives the impression they'll be here to stay. That can't be overvalued for SEO companies who've had to contend with SERP scrapers that come and go.
Verdict
Give Majestic SEO a go. Compare the data for your site with Yahoo! Site Explorer. If your results are anything like mine you'll be pleasantly surprised when a few gems turn up in your analysis.
July 24th, 2009 - 11:32
thanks you
July 24th, 2009 - 11:32
thanks you good
July 24th, 2009 - 11:33
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November 30th, 2009 - 13:17
I would LOVE to save myself soem Camtasia trouble and use this video on blog.MajesticSEO.com – at least until we do our own, because I have people screaming for it! Is there a way to link to this "inline" or some other way to give you appropriate credit with without a simple link to the post?
Dixon Jones (MajesticSEO)
June 23rd, 2010 - 17:39
It definitely looks like a useful tool, and that is impressive that it has more backlinks than Yahoo Site Explorer and SEOMoz.
I have never used it, but I have heard a few high profile bloggers mention it before. It seems interesting, but I doubt I will ever subscribe to the detailed stats. It does look like a “must have” tool for any SEO company though.
December 5th, 2010 - 12:31
majestic is good for numbers, but not so much for quality. It is also 1 month behind, which is a problem.
November 1st, 2011 - 09:51
good tools