Notice competitor backlink patterns over time
Keep recurring backlink observations together so your team can decide which patterns deserve a closer look.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Create Data
Creates a research data item in a project.
Why this helps
Competitor link research can be repetitive, and useful patterns get buried in one-off reviews.
- Keep observed patterns in Dovetail
- Record evidence for later review
- Reduce repeat research effort
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Ahrefs and Dovetail once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation named for competitor backlink pattern research.
- 3Tell Notis which competitor sites to review and ask it to save only notable returned backlink patterns, evidence, and follow-up questions as Dovetail data.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real competitor review and check that the record distinguishes observations from interpretation.
Questions about this workflow
Can this prove a backlink trend over time?
Only when Ahrefs returns comparable historical data or you provide a prior baseline. Otherwise it records the current observations.
Will it create data for every backlink?
Ask Notis to focus on patterns that matter to your research question rather than listing every returned link.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Ahrefs to Dovetail. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Ahrefs triggers
Dovetail actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Channel
Create a channel to organize and collect feedback.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Contact
Create a new contact.
Create Data Point
Record and classify a data point in a channel.
Create Data
Creates a research data item in a project.
Create Insight
Save a research insight, optionally linking it to a project.
Create Topic
Create a topic in a channel to organize feedback.
Create Doc
Creates a document in a project; its content is stored but not returned.
Delete Channel
Move a channel to the project trash, where it can be restored for 30 days.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Ahrefs and Dovetail, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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