 | Advanced Link Manager User Guide |
The Advanced Link Manager "Backlinks Evolution" allows you to track the evolution of your links in time via a chart.
This chart will contain information about the number of referrers of the selected URL collected from all the active search engines of your project, for the selected period of time.
In the Chart view, the number of referrers is represented on the vertical axis, while time is represented on the horizontal one.
The Legend at the bottom of the chart allows you to better understand the information depicted in the chart. The Legend displays a color for every selected domain. This color is used to draw the graphical evolution (lines or dots) of that specific domain.
Note that in the Backlinks Evolution chart there is a line for each one of the selected domains. You can select as many domains as you want to compare their progress over time. Each selected domain will be represented by a unique color, automatically assigned by the Advanced Link Manager.
If you select more than one referrer URL, each line of the chart will represent the sum of links from the referrer URLs selected for each of the selected target domains/URLs
The "Backlinks Evolution" report contains two filters which can be used to better understand the progress of your targeted domains:
Position Range. The "Position Range" filter can be used to zoom on a customized position range:
"1 To 10","1 To 50", "1 To 100", "1 To 500" and "1 To 1000". Displays the selected position range
Custom Range. Displays a dialog window where you can enter the minimum and the maximum position values which will be used by the vertical axis of the chart.
Date Range. It can be used to select the time range used to represent the graphical data. You have 7 options to select from:
All Data. The horizontal axis of the chart will contain all the available dates.
Last Week. The horizontal axis of the chart will contain only the last week's available dates.
Last Month. The horizontal axis of the chart will contain only the last month's available dates.
Last Three Months. The horizontal axis of the chart will contain only the available dates from the last three months.
Last Six Months. The horizontal axis of the chart will contain only the available dates from the last six months.
Last Year. The horizontal axis of the chart will contain only the available dates from the last year.
Custom Range. Displays the "Date Range" dialog box where you have the possibility to customize the dates where the evolution chart starts and/or ends:
Begin. If you check it, your chart evolution will start with the date when you made your first update.
Today. If you check it, your chart evolution will end with today's date.
Set Date. You can use the calendar to select either the begin or the end date for the evolution chart.
A context menu is available for the chart, with the following options:
Save As.
Saves the chart view into a .png file. Note that the png will contain only the current view of the chart (so be sure to save the right section of your chart).
Print.
Allows you to print the chart view.
Zoom In .
You can magnify the chart view on both axes. The area that will be zoomed in has its center in the point where you click with your mouse.
If you want to magnify only a certain area, click with the left button of your mouse to specify the top left point and drag it to select the desired area.
Zoom Out .
You can decrease the chart view on both axes. The area that will be zoomed out has its center in the point where you click with your mouse.
Show All Data In Range.
Redraws the chart so it fits all the data into the view. The same effect can be achieved by double-clicking on the chart, or by drag and dropping with your mouse from a lower position to a higher one.