issues with the AI external link count on my blog posts.

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  • Resolved Jeanne Takenaka

    3 years, 5 months ago

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    It seems like AI is counting more external links than I have in my posts. I’m not sure what it’s counting as external links. When I uploaded my post set to go live this evening, before I even added anything, AI counted three external links. I’m not sure what it’s counting.

    If I try to stay within the AI suggested count for links, I can’t add anything from other websites without it affecting my score.

    I’d love some insight on why my external link count is “off.”

    Thank you,
    Jeanne Takenaka

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  • Jeremy

    3 years, 5 months ago

    Hello,

    Thank you for contacting Rank Math support, and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.

    Unfortunately, the username/password you shared isn’t working when we try to login into your website.

    Can you please verify so we can check the issue you are experiencing with our Content AI?

    Looking forward to helping you.

    Jeanne Takenaka

    3 years, 5 months ago

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    I’m not sure why this information didn’t work for you. I double-checked the information. I changed the password, in case that is where the problem lies. If it still doesn’t work, what can I do to check things so you can check my site?

    Please let me know if there is more information I can provide.

    The new password is: Gr@c3,fA!tH*#

    Thanks, Jeanne

    Jeanne Takenaka

    3 years, 5 months ago

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    Just had another thought. I can set you up as a user on my site. I would need an email to link it too. Let me know it that might help.

    Miguel

    3 years, 5 months ago

    Hello,

    Please note that our plugin counts all the anchor tags on the page content that don-t have your domain in the URL to count them as external links and it compares those with the results from the top positions on SERPs for the researched keyword.

    The results from the Content AI should be taken as guidelines since they only look at the top results from SERPs but don’t take into consideration any additional SEO strategy you might have in place.

    Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any other questions.

    Jeanne Takenaka

    3 years, 5 months ago

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    Hello again,

    Thank you for your response. I’m mostly using RankMath as the bulk of trying to create a solid SEO showing, so to speak. Will you please explain what mean by anchor tags? I’m not sure what that is.

    Thanks!

    Miguel

    3 years, 5 months ago

    Hello,

    The anchor tags are what are commonly called links, but the HTML tag is called anchor tag and that’s what our plugin looks for to count the internal and external links.

    Something along the lines of this is an example of anchor tag:

    
<a href="https://google.com">Google</a>

    Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any other questions.

    Jeanne Takenaka

    3 years, 5 months ago

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    Thank you for your reply. Please forgive me if this question sounds redundant. This was actually my original question . . . Here’s where I’m trying to figure out what is being counted. I have noticed the past couple of times I’ve prepared a post that, even before any links have been added, AI is counting 2-3 external links. Where is this coming from if I haven’t added anything yet?

    Nigel

    3 years, 5 months ago

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    Hello,

    Content AI should not be showing a link count for blank posts or posts that otherwise do not have links. Please let us know if you currently have any such posts or if you encounter this issue in the future so we can investigate further.

    Looking forward to helping you.

    RankBot

    3 years, 4 months ago

    Hello,

    Since we did not hear back from you for 15 days, we are assuming that you found the solution. We are closing this support ticket.

    If you still need assistance or any other help, please feel free to open a new support ticket, and we will be more than happy to assist.

    Thank you.

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