Services

ResearchLinksGetCountEduGovLinks

Number of links from pages with an .edu or .gov top-level domain

Cost per call: 10.00

This call returns the total number of links from .edu and .gov domains pointing to the given URL.

These links are often seen as especially strong because they come from universities and American governmental agencies.

Parameter description

GET

Parameter	Description
url (required)	Either a domain, a subdomain or an URL Format: domain.tld, subdomain.domain.tld, domain.tld/page.html

Example

HTTP Request:
http://api.searchmetrics.com/v3/ResearchLinksGetCountEduGovLinks.json?url=searchmetrics.com&access_token=xxxxx

Response:
[{
        "type": "edu",
        "links": 245098,
        "refdoms": 3081
},{
        "type": "gov",
        "links": 26414,
        "refdoms": 489
}]

Result Description

Key	Description
type	Type of link that is counted. "edu" for .edu domains "gov" for .gov domains
links	Number of links from domains with the respective type pointing to the given domain.
refdoms	Number of domains with the respective type pointing to the given domain.