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Add backlink filtering: exclude adult/NSFW sources & remove specific backlinks

The Automatic Backlinks feature currently has no way to filter backlink sources by category or remove a specific backlink. Even with "Relevance" mode enabled, I recently received a backlink from an adult website (eroticcams.best) pointing to my family-friendly car rental / travel site. This kind of adult/NSFW backlink can harm a site's reputation with Google and is completely off-topic. I'd like to request two related controls: Category exclusion — an option to exclude adult, gambling, and other NSFW/spam categories from backlink sources entirely, while keeping Automatic Backlinks enabled. Relevance mode should never place adult-content links on a non-adult site. Remove / disavow a specific backlink — a button to remove or reject an individual unwanted backlink from the dashboard, so I don't have to disavow it through Google Search Console manually. Backlink quality matters as much as quantity for SEO. Being able to keep the feature on while blocking unsafe sources would make Automatic Backlinks far safer and more trustworthy for family-friendly and professional sites.

黃宥榮 6 days ago

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Backlink Exchanged Not Selecting Content-Rich Authority Pages as Link Targets

Summary After resolving a sitemap issue, I've noticed what appears to be a different problem. The Automatic Backlinks feature no longer seems to generate backlinks to the pages listed in my sitemap, despite those pages being substantial, content-rich resources. Current Behaviour The main site is affected https://peterashbysmith.com. I gave Arvow a custom sitemap with only the pages I want to strengthen. These are long-form, evergreen articles that form the core of the site's authority. Despite this, the Automatic Backlinks feature has not generated backlinks to any of these pages since June. Before the sitemap issue was fixed, Arvow readily created backlinks to older blog posts elsewhere on the site. Now that only my preferred pages are available, backlink generation appears to have stopped altogether. Why I Think This May Be a Bug This makes me wonder whether the backlink engine is filtering or overlooking certain types of pages rather than simply following the sitemap. The pages in my sitemap are not thin content. Most are comprehensive articles containing several thousand words of original material and are arguably stronger backlink destinations than many of the older blog posts that previously received links. If these pages are being excluded by the selection algorithm, there may be criteria that are unintentionally preventing high-quality authority pages from being chosen. Questions Could you confirm: Are the pages in my sitemap being successfully crawled and indexed by Arvow? Are they being evaluated as eligible backlink targets? If they are being excluded, what criteria are causing that decision? Why This Matters Many users deliberately concentrate their SEO strategy around evergreen authority pages rather than chronological blog posts. If the backlink engine prefers certain page types or structures, users may be unable to direct authority towards the pages that matter most, even when those pages are explicitly included in their sitemap. Understanding how backlink targets are selected, or identifying a bug if one exists, would make the Automatic Backlinks feature much more predictable and effective.

Peter Ashby Smith 8 days ago

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Add back the ability to choose the length of the articles

We used to have this ability in article templates and then on a per article setting. It was originally rolled out over two years ago according to https://arvow.featurebase.app/p/adjust-article-lenght The ability to set the article length was removed in June 2026. I was hoping it could still be set in the “custom instructions”. This disappeared the same time as the context description box. While that did make the articles slightly longer, the length was nowhere as long as either of the two longer options in the past. Charge more credits if needed. While length alone does not help an article be more competitive and too many AI writers will produce fluff to hit a target, Arvow used to do this well, especially with a strong uploaded knowledge base. Now, the articles are thin and likely would struggle even on terms with little competition. The ability to target article length is still in Zimmwriter, Buywords, SurferSEO's writer, and others. Please bring it back.

KurtU 16 days ago

Feature Request: Allow Backlink Exchange Automatic Backlinks to Respect a Custom Sitemap, Preferred URL List or an Excluded List

Summary It would be extremely valuable if the Automatic Backlinks feature could be restricted to building links only to pages contained within a user-specified sitemap or preferred URL list. Current Behaviour I've supplied a custom sitemap containing only the strategic pages I want to strengthen, but the Automatic Backlinks feature still appears to discover and build links to older blog posts elsewhere on the site. Why This Is a Problem Many websites contain legacy content that remains online for historical SEO value but is no longer part of the site's current strategy. For example, I have older blog articles that I intentionally keep indexed because they still carry backlinks and search equity. However, I don't want the Automatic Backlinks exchange continuing to strengthen those pages. Instead, I want all new backlinks to reinforce my current authority pages. Suggested Enhancement Please add an option to the Automatic Backlinks feature such as: Only build backlinks to URLs contained in the supplied sitemap Preferred backlink target URLs (user-managed list) Include/Exclude URL patterns (for example /blog/*, /archive/*, /2019/*) This would allow users to decide exactly which pages receive newly generated backlinks. Why This Would Benefit Users Many businesses have: Legacy blog content Archived resources Previous website versions Historical documentation Old articles kept solely for existing SEO equity Those pages should remain indexed by Google, but they are often not the pages site owners want to continue strengthening through the backlink exchange. Giving users control over backlink targets would allow authority to be concentrated on the pages that reflect their current products, services and brand positioning, while preserving the historical value of older content. I suspect this would be particularly valuable for agencies, established businesses and creators who have evolved their websites over time.

Peter Ashby Smith 23 days ago

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