Royal Links Audit

Royal Links Audit gives you an instant link report for any web page — in one click, right from your browser. Find affiliate links, tracking parameters, unsafe target="_blank", undisclosed sponsored links, and the full attribute picture in seconds. No account required. No data collected. 100% free. WHAT IT FINDS: Link Classification • Every anchor on the page counted and categorized • Internal vs. subdomain vs. external (mutually exclusive — distribution math always closes) • mailto: and tel: protocols • Same-page anchor links (#section) • javascript: links (flagged as anti-pattern) • Malformed / broken URL detection (anything that fails URL parsing) Security Issues • target="_blank" without rel="noopener" — tabnabbing vulnerability • Mixed content (http:// links on an https:// page) • javascript: URL protocols • Broken / malformed URLs • All security issues surfaced in a dedicated Security tab with specific fix hints Affiliate Detection • Boundary-safe hostname matching — avoids false positives like "not-amazon.com" matching "amazon." • Covers regional Amazon TLDs (.com, .co.uk, .ca, .de, .fr, .it, .es, .co.jp, and more) • Major affiliate networks: ShareASale, CJ, Impact, Rakuten, ClickBank, Skimlinks • Commerce retailers: eBay, Walmart, Target, Best Buy • URL pattern detection on regular domains (?tag=, /dp/, etc.) • Undisclosed affiliate detection — flags affiliate links missing rel="nofollow" or rel="sponsored" (FTC disclosure relevance) Tracking Parameter Detection Flags links with any of 25+ known tracking parameters, including: • UTM family (utm_source, utm_medium, utm_campaign, utm_term, utm_content, utm_id) • Social: fbclid, twclid, igshid • Ads: gclid, dclid, msclkid, yclid • Email: mc_cid, mc_eid, _hsenc, mkt_tok • Affiliate: ref, source, tag, aff, affid, partner, promo, campaign • All tracked params shown per link (first 3 in-line) Cloaking Detection • Identifies internal paths using known cloaking segments: /go/, /goto/, /out/, /recommend/, /redirect/, /redir/, /jump/, /aff/, /visit/, /click/ • Exact path-segment match (not substring) — avoids matching /articles/ or /register/ • Separates internal cloaking from external URL shorteners Link Attributes • rel="nofollow" count • rel="sponsored" count • rel="ugc" count • target="_blank" count (safe vs. unsafe) • Download attribute detection (plus automatic detection for .pdf, .zip, .mp4, etc.) Host Analysis • Top 10 external hosts ranked by outbound link count • Domain-level view of where your page sends traffic Duplicate URL Detection • Counts unique URLs appearing 2+ times on the page • Separate from total link count so repeated nav links don't inflate the report All Links View • Filter by internal, external, affiliate, nofollow, tracked • Color-coded badges per link: internal/external, affiliate, cloaked, tracked, nofollow, sponsored, ugc, unsafe _blank, http, download WHY Royal Links Audit? • One click — no setup, no configuration, no login • Zero data collection — analysis runs entirely in your browser, nothing leaves your machine • No account required — install and use immediately • Priority-based status — the header label surfaces the most important finding first (Security > Disclosure > Tracking > Clean) instead of a generic score • Accurate, not opinionated — classifies links rather than scoring them, because link audits are contextual and a single "good/bad" number would misrepresent nuance • Lightweight — Manifest V3, activeTab permission only, no background processes, no performance impact on your browsing • Clean UI — results organized into Overview, Affiliate, Tracking, Security, Hosts, and All Links tabs WHO IT'S FOR: • Affiliate marketers auditing FTC disclosure compliance (flags affiliate links without nofollow/sponsored) • SEOs analyzing outbound link profiles, nofollow distribution, and internal linking • Security auditors scanning for tabnabbing risk, mixed content, and javascript: URLs • Content reviewers checking rel attributes and tracking parameter usage • WordPress and Shopify publishers verifying their link hygiene pre-publish Built by the team behind Royal Plugins — we make lightweight, privacy-respecting SEO and content tools for the WordPress and Chrome ecosystems. For automated link rewriting, per-link management, redirect handling, and click analytics on your own WordPress site, install the Royal Links WordPress plugin at https://wordpress.org/plugins/royal-links/ or the Pro version at https://royalplugins.com/royal-links/ Privacy: this extension requests only the activeTab and scripting permissions. It runs only when you click the toolbar icon, analyzes the active page locally, and never sends page content or URLs to any external server. See https://royalplugins.com/privacy.html for the full policy.