EmbeddedAnalytics "Inbound LinkAlerts" Service

EmbeddedAnalytics "Inbound LinkAlerts" is a service which systematically queries your Google Analytics for new inbound links to your site. When new links are found you receive a notification email.

This service is ideal for members of your organization responsible for maintaining/building your online presence. With Inbound LinkAlerts you get notified within hours (based on our own benchmarking) of new sites/pages linking to your site.

It's no secret you can already use Google to find your inbound links (example, type links:embeddedanalytics.com in a Google search), as well as Google Alerts. But these technologies rely on crawling and indexing, which can sometimes be days before links are detected. Because Inbound LinkAlerts is based directly on your Google Analytics data, the time for detection/notification is much lower. ¹

1. create an account on EmbeddedAnalytics if don't already have one. During the signup process you will be redirected to Google to grant EmbeddedAnalytics a token which provides read-only access to your GA data.
2. Specify the profiles on which to create Inbound LinkAlerts. A query will be done against Google Analytics to build a database of external sites and pages linking to the site associated with the profile.
3. We will then continue to query your profile each hour for new links to your site. If a new one is found we send you and email!

• Notification Emails When new inbound links are detected to your site EmbeddedAnalytics sends you an email containing the link.
• Link Verification All newly discovered links are run through our Link Verification procedures. This procedure filters unwarranted links. Examples of unwarranted links might be web-based email (mail.yahoo.com, webmail.aol.com) or links which simply don't exist (say for example, there is a link from a site to your site, but then that link is removed). There is also a Verify Link option. When in effect EmbeddedAnalytics will only send notification of links that our servers can successfully back-track to. For example, if a link from a secured portion of a web site is made to your site, with "Verify Link" in effect you will not be notified.
• SMS Messaging Get alerts directed right to your phone! The SMS message will contain a summary of your new alert and contain a link back to the EmbeddedAnalytics mobile server pages so you can see your alerts in a mobile optimized format.
• Domain Filtering The alert notification emails contain a link allowing you to set a filter on domains which commonly link to your site.

The alerts are not immediate. Based on our experience, there is about a 1-2 hour latency with the Google Analytics API.

Inbound LinkAlerts is offered under both free and paid plans. The only difference between the two is the frequency of link detection and notification. Under the free plan link detection/notification occurs once every 24 hours. Under the paid plan it is hourly. The cost per Google Profile per year for the paid plan is $4.95. Alternatively you may consider purchasing the entire EmbeddedAnalytics Suite for the annual cost of $19.95. This allows up to 5 domains for Inbound LinkAlerts as well as access to EmbeddedCharts.

¹ - Link detection is not immediate. There is latency/delay before data is available through the Google Analytics API. Through our own benchmarking we estimate this is typically between 1 and 4 hours.