# Link Gap

DataForSEO

Find domains that link to competitors but not to the promoted site.

## Use this tool with your AI agent

1. Copy the prompt
2. Paste it into your agent
3. Tell it what you need

Read https://scrollport.com/start. Use my existing Scrollport connection, or help me connect if needed. Help me use Link Gap (tool ID: dataforseo.link-gap). Ask me for the details you need, then show me the result.

**Already connected:** Your agent can use that connection.

**New user:** Your agent will guide you through setup, sign-in and authorisation.

Provider access is included.

Connect your first agent to receive $1 trial credit.

**Job:** [Check backlinks](https://scrollport.com/tools/backlink-api)

**Current price:** $0.0336/request

**Availability:** Ready to run

## Tool details

**About this tool**

Intersects two to twenty competitor link profiles and can exclude up to ten owned domains, producing a bounded prospect list for link acquisition.

**Inputs and outputs**

### Input

`backlinks_status_type` string · optional

Value supplied for backlinks status type.

enum: all, live, lost

`exclude_targets` array · optional

Value supplied for exclude targets.

maxItems: 10

`include_subdomains` boolean · optional

Value supplied for include subdomains.

`intersection_mode` string · optional

Value supplied for intersection mode.

enum: all, partial

`limit` integer · optional

Value supplied for limit.

minimum: 1 · maximum: 1000

`offset` integer · optional

Value supplied for offset.

minimum: 0 · maximum: 100000000

`rank_scale` string · optional

Value supplied for rank scale.

enum: one_hundred, one_thousand

`targets` array · required

Value supplied for targets.

minItems: 2 · maxItems: 20

### Output

`items` array

Returned items value.

`items_count` number

Returned items count value.

`total_count` number

Returned total count value.

**Example request and output**

Inspect returns this reviewed example, its estimated cost and the current input schema. Run calculates the estimate for your actual input.

### Request

```
{
  "tool_id": "dataforseo.link-gap",
  "input": {
    "limit": 1,
    "targets": [
      "ahrefs.com",
      "semrush.com"
    ],
    "exclude_targets": [
      "dataforseo.com"
    ]
  }
}
```

### Output

```
{
  "items": [
    {
      "summary": {
        "intersections_count": 2
      },
      "domain_intersection": {
        "1": {
          "rank": 58,
          "target": "plumbersandhvacmarketers.com",
          "backlinks": 13717
        },
        "2": {
          "rank": 42,
          "target": "plumbersandhvacmarketers.com",
          "backlinks": 793
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "items_count": 1,
  "total_count": 13160
}
```

**Errors and limitations**

- `configuration_error`: DataForSEO account access, funding or cost controls blocked the request.Verify and fund the server-side DataForSEO API-access credentials, then retry unchanged.
- `invalid_input`: DataForSEO rejected a target, location or bounded result control.example: {"targets":\["ahrefs.com","semrush.com"\],"exclude_targets":\["dataforseo.com"\],"limit":1}

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Canonical page: https://scrollport.com/tools/providers/dataforseo/link-gap