Who Shares Your Link Sources delivers a result for Iranian domains too
The domains that share linking sites with you, ordered by the number they share. The higher that number, the nearer the domain sits in your link neighbourhood.
- Not tied to location
- On shared linking sites
- The .ir stand-in for SEO competitors
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The domains that share the largest number of linking sites with you; it works for Iranian sites as well.
- What it costs $0.052
- Data source DataForSEO
The short answer
If the same sites link to two domains, those domains work in the same arena even if no report shows a shared keyword. This tool measures that overlap, and because link data is not tied to country, it works for .ir domains just as it does for any other.
This tool was built for the exact problem SEO competitors could not handle in the Iranian market. There the basis is ranking keywords and that data does not exist for Iran, so the output stays empty. Here the basis is links, and a link is the same link no matter what language a site writes in or which country reads it.
Its second value is finding competitors you did not know. Sites that share many linking domains with you are often the same ones introduced in the same forums, listed in the same directories and reaching the same audience, even if you have never heard their names. For small and specialised markets this is usually the most accurate definition of a competitor.
There is a third, directly operational use: any domain near the top of this list is a good source for the backlink gap. You already know you share linking sites, so there are very likely linking sites that linked only to them and not to you. That list is the link-building to-do list.
The data source and method
Uses the competitors call in DataForSEO backlinks. It rests on overlapping referring domains rather than keywords, which is precisely why it is not location-dependent like the Labs tools. A genuine limitation: directories and large news sites that link to everyone appear near the top without being real competitors of yours.
The situations where it helps
When "SEO competitors" returns empty for your Iranian domain, this is the substitute that works. It also helps you find competitors you were not aware of.
Where it falls short
Keep one real caveat in view before you read the output: directories, large news outlets and any target that links to everybody perch at the top without being your competitors. The reason is plain, these targets share linking sites with everyone. Read the opening rows with that lens and drop anything whose subject is general; the true competitor usually sits a bit lower. A second caveat: link overlap on its own does not show that competition exists in search results. To confirm competition on a keyword, run that keyword through the full Google results tool.
A lesson from working with it
What this tool is built on is referring-domain overlap, not keywords, and that one design decision is what keeps it independent of location, unlike the Labs-based tools. For the Iranian market that leaves it the single tool in this family you can put in front of a client without first justifying an empty output.
What it costs
There is no monthly subscription. You raise the wallet balance, and the price of each run is written on the button before you press it; without a run there is no deduction.
Common questions about this tool
How is it different from SEO competitors?
The measuring criterion. That tool measures overlap of ranking keywords and has no data for Iran; this tool measures overlap of linking sites and is independent of location. On an international domain both are useful, on an Iranian domain in practice only this one.
Why is Wikipedia or a large news site on the list?
Because they link to everyone and consequently end up with shared linking sites for everyone. Pass over those rows and go for domains whose subject is close to your work.
What do I do next?
From the top of the output, pull two or three domains that genuinely are your competitors and feed them to the backlink gap. That tool lists the targets that linked to those domains and skipped you; that becomes your link-building plan.