Royal Links Audit

About

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.