ANWS SCORING SYSTEM

FACTOR #1: DR SCORE BELOW 8 (5 points)

This is an example of low DR score. Which you can observe when you
type in a domain into the AHREFS Backlink Checker.
Source: https://ahrefs.com/backlink-checker

FACTOR #2: DOMAIN IS LESS THAN 6 YEARS OLD (5 points)

Go to wayback machine and type in the domain URL.

If the “Registered On” date is less than 6 years ago, ignore the domain.

FACTOR #3: HIGH RATIO OF BACKLINKS TO REF. DOMAINS (10 points)

The above has a ratio of 92:1

Ideal ratio should be no larger than 10:1
Source: https://ahrefs.com/backlink-checker
FACTOR #4: TONS OF BLOG LINKS, BLOG COMMENTS & FORUM or
PROFILE LINKS (10 points)

Here you see a lot of blog and forum profile backlinks.

Which means there is a lot of low quality linking done for this
website.
Avoid websites with this type of backlinks:
Source: https://ahrefs.com/backlink-checker

FACTOR #5: SPAMMY or FOREIGN ANCHOR TEXTS (15 points)

FACTOR #6: HACKED SITES [Non-Negotiable] (20 points)

If you see that backlinks for the domain, comes from a

hacked site, AVOID IT COMPLETELY.
FACTOR #7: ARCHIVE WAYBACK MACHINE (No Internet Marketing/Past
PBN/Pornographic/ Pharmaceutical/Fashion websites) [Non-Negotiable] (20 points)
Ensure that you do a quick check of the domain on the wayback machine. To see if the domain was
previously used as either an internet marketing website, pas PBN, poronographic website, pharmaceutical
or fashion website. Perform at least 5 checks at random across timelines. If yes, then avoid the domain.

Once you have entered the domain into Wayback Machine, go ahead and scroll through the various years
(1,2,3) and then once you have entered the year, go ahead and click on a random BLUE CIRCLE to view
what the website looked like at that date.

Note: The presence of FEW blue circles and LOTS of orange circles is a bad sign.
Example of Acceptability of Domains Based On The ANWS Scoring System:
SCORE ACCEPTABILITY
0-5 Excellent
6-10 Good
11-20 Okay
21-30 Bad
31-40 Horrible
Above 40 Toxic

Example of Acceptability of Domains Based On The ANWS Scoring System:

DOMAIN FACTOR FACTOR FACTOR FACTOR FACTOR FACTOR Factor TOTAL ACCEPTABILITY
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 SCORE
aamen.org 5 0 0 10 0 0 0 15 Okay
aibosite.com 0 0 10 10 15 0 0 35 Horrible
datewrecks.com 5 0 10 10 15 0 0 40 Horrible
parolewatch.org 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Excellent

FACTOR #1: DR SCORE BELOW 8 (5 points)

FACTOR #2: DOMAIN IS LESS THAN 6 YEARS OLD (5 points)

FACTOR #3: HIGH RATIO OF BACKLINKS TO REF. DOMAINS (10 points)

FACTOR #4: TONS OF BLOG LINKS, BLOG COMMENTS & FORUM or PROFILE LINKS (10 points)

FACTOR #5: SPAMMY or FOREIGN ANCHOR TEXTS (15 points)

FACTOR #6: HACKED SITES [Non-Negotiable] (20 points)

FACTOR #7: ARCHIVE WAYBACK MACHINE (No Internet Marketing/Past PBN/Pornographic/

Pharmaceutical/Fashion websites) [Non-Negotiable] (20 points)