We have just rolled out a pricing change on `/v1/seo/domain/overview`. Previously the authority fields (`backlinks`, `referringDomains`, `domainRank`) were always returning zero for every domain because the endpoint only hit one upstream that doesn't carry that data. The fix adds a second parallel upstream call so those fields now return real numbers — github.com correctly reports 4.1B backlinks, anthropic.com reports 2.4M. Price moves from $0.01 to $0.04 per call to cover the extra upstream cost.
What's new
- `backlinks`, `referringDomains`, `domainRank` now return real values (were 0 for every domain)
- Price: $0.01 → $0.04 per call
- Traffic and keyword fields are unchanged
- Partial-success mode — if one upstream fails, the other's fields are still returned
- Old cached responses with zeros are invalidated automatically
Endpoints in this release
What changed and why
Domain Overview was serving partial data. Traffic and keyword counts worked, but the authority block (backlinks, referring domains, rank) was always zero — no matter which domain you queried. The root cause: the single upstream we used doesn't include authority metrics. We now fetch both traffic and authority data in parallel and merge them into one response, which is what the endpoint was always meant to do.
What this means for your spend
If you were calling Domain Overview, your per-call cost moves from $0.01 to $0.04. For 1,000 calls a month that's $40 instead of $10 — the tradeoff is that the authority block is now real data rather than zeros. If you don't need authority metrics, /v1/serp/google and individual backlink endpoints stay at their current pricing.
Verified on live production
anthropic.com now returns 2,437,165 backlinks, 64,546 referring domains, rank 613. github.com returns 4,111,781,648 backlinks, 2,269,496 referring domains, rank 886. Previously both were zeros.
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