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See the trend in referring domains, not just today's count

Use historical referring domain data to make backlink growth easier to review over time.

Trigger

Recurring schedule

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

Action

Retrieve site explorer referring domains history

Retrieves historical data on domains linking to a website.

Why this helps

A current backlink count alone can hide a longer-term pattern worth investigating.

  • Review historical referring domain data for a target.
  • Summarize growth or decline across the returned period.
  • Keep trend checks on a recurring schedule.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect ActiveMerge and Ahrefs once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
  • 3Tell Notis which target and time period to review and ask for a summary of the returned history.
  • 4Pick a recurring schedule and choose where run reports should go.
  • 5Test with one real target and make sure the trend is readable.

Questions about this workflow

What does this history action provide?

It retrieves historical referring domain data for a website or URL over time.

Can the report say why referring domains changed?

It can describe changes in the returned data. Causes require other evidence and should not be guessed.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link ActiveMerge to Ahrefs. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

ActiveMerge triggers

Ahrefs actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Backlinks stats retrieval

Retrieves backlink statistics for a website or URL.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Batch Url Analysis

Analyzes SEO metrics for multiple URLs or domains at once.

ActionInstant

Domain rating for site explorer

Retrieves a website’s domain rating.

ActionInstant

Domain rating history

Retrieves a website’s historical domain rating data.

ActionInstant

Explore keywords overview

Retrieves an overview of keyword data and performance.

ActionInstant

Explore keyword volume by country

Retrieves search volume for keywords across countries.

ActionInstant

Explore linked domains of a site

Retrieves the external domains linked to by a website.

ActionInstant

Explore matching terms for keywords

Finds keyword phrases that match or include a given keyword.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

ActiveMerge and Ahrefs, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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