Rank Shield

Rank Shield scans a domain's link profile and flags potentially toxic backlinks: every discovered link gets a spam score, you get an overall threat level, and a ready disavow file to upload in Google Search Console.

The data foundation is real — link candidates are found via live search and domain authority comes from OpenPageRank. The spam score is an openly declared heuristic (rules on domain names and patterns), not a verdict; the tool says so itself in the result. As of 2026-08-06 no credits are charged for use, even though the catalog prices the tool at 20 — the stated price may therefore change.

Who this tool is for

Anyone suspecting negative SEO or inheriting a messy link profile, who wants a fast, concrete starting point for a disavow assessment.

Prerequisites

• Signed-in account (freelancer tier in the catalog)
• No credits are charged today
• The domain to scan

How to use it

1. Enter the domain and run the scan.
2. Read the threat level and review the links with the highest spam scores.
3. Assess every candidate manually — heuristics can flag legitimate niche sites.
4. Copy or download the disavow file, and upload it in Search Console yourself.

How to read the result

• The threat level summarizes the share of high-spam-score links.
• The spam score per link is rule-based (domain patterns, TLD signals) — treat it as a sorting aid, not a judgment.
• The page title column shows the page's title, not anchor text.
• The disavow file is formatted for Search Console — but submitting it is an irreversible decision you make yourself.

Common errors

• Few or no links found: discovery is search-based and does not capture the full link profile — supplement with your Search Console export.
• A legitimate site got flagged: remove it from the disavow file before uploading; the heuristic errs at the edges.

Limitations

• The "Enable alerts" button does nothing today — no monitoring or alerting happens; the scan is one-off.
• No history; download the file before closing.
• Does not cover the full link profile the way paid backlink indexes do.

Related tools

• Link Equity Flow, for internal link structure
• Reverse Image Backlink, for link opportunities
• Broken Link, for dead links

Last updated 2026-08-06

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