> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.ples.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# What is Ples

> Ples is a backlink monitoring suite. Add domains and links, then track status, quality, and issues every 24 hours.

Ples (Performance Link Evaluation Suite) monitors the backlinks pointing at your sites. You add the domains you own and the URLs that should link to them. Ples checks those pages every 24 hours and shows whether each link is still live, whether it is dofollow or nofollow, and how strong it looks.

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## What you can do

* **Monitor backlinks** — status updates every 24 hours: dofollow, nofollow, not found, or error
* **Score quality** — Link Quality Score (LQS), Domain Authority, Page Authority, Domain Rating, spam score, and Google indexing
* **Find problems** — broken and nofollow links on the Issues page and dashboard
* **Protect your site** — build a disavow list and export a file for Google Search Console
* **Report on the portfolio** — charts, exports, and optional AI analysis
* **Work as a team** — invite editors and viewers with per-menu permissions

## How monitoring works

1. Add a **domain** you own (the site the backlinks should point to).
2. Add **backlink URLs** — the pages that should contain a link to that domain.
3. Ples checks each URL on the next daily cycle (and about every 24 hours after that).
4. Open **Links**, **Issues**, **Reports**, or **Disavow** to act on the results.

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  New links show as **Waiting** until the first check finishes. That is expected — see [Why is my link still waiting?](/article/link-still-waiting).
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## Who Ples is for

SEO teams, agencies, and site owners who need an ongoing record of acquired backlinks — not a one-time crawl of the whole web.

## What's next?

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    Sign up with your email, start a 7-day trial, and confirm your inbox.
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    Add a domain, paste your first backlinks, and see monitoring start.
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  <Card title="Monitoring overview" icon="link" href="/article/monitoring-overview">
    How Ples checks backlinks every 24 hours and where to review status and issues.
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    Domain, link, user, and AI caps on trial and paid plans.
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