# Ples

> Help Center for Ples — monitor backlinks, track link quality, and protect your site.

## Docs

- [Ples Help Center](https://help.ples.com/index.md): Find answers about monitoring your backlinks, reading reports, and managing your Ples account.
- [What is Ples?](https://help.ples.com/article/what-is-ples.md): Ples is a backlink monitoring suite. Add domains and links, then track status, quality, and issues every 24 hours.
- [How to create an account](https://help.ples.com/article/create-an-account.md): Sign up for Ples with your email, start a 7-day trial, and confirm your inbox.
- [How to confirm your email](https://help.ples.com/article/confirm-your-email.md): Open the confirmation message from Ples so you can sign in and start monitoring.
- [How to sign in](https://help.ples.com/article/sign-in.md): Sign in to Ples with your email and password. Complete 2FA if you turned it on.
- [Your first 10 minutes](https://help.ples.com/article/first-10-minutes.md): Add a domain, paste your first backlinks, and see how Ples starts monitoring.
- [Understanding the dashboard](https://help.ples.com/article/understanding-the-dashboard.md): Read the Ples dashboard: portfolio metrics, top domains, tags, team, and latest issues.
- [Plan limits](https://help.ples.com/article/plan-limits.md): Understand trial, domain, link, user, and AI analysis limits on Ples — including the monthly add quota.
- [Why is my link still waiting?](https://help.ples.com/article/link-still-waiting.md): New backlinks stay Waiting until Ples finishes the first check. Checks run about every 24 hours.
- [Why does my link show an error?](https://help.ples.com/article/link-shows-error.md): Error means Ples could not complete the check. Retries run automatically; use Issues to inspect the URL.
- [Email is not arriving](https://help.ples.com/article/email-not-arriving.md): Find Ples mail from info@e.ples.com, check spam, and see which messages are delayed or optional.
- [You hit a plan limit](https://help.ples.com/article/hit-plan-limit.md): What to do when Ples blocks a new domain, link, teammate, invitation, or AI analysis because of your plan cap.
- [How to use 2FA backup codes](https://help.ples.com/article/2fa-backup-codes.md): Save the 10 authenticator backup codes Ples shows when you enable TOTP. View or regenerate them from 2FA settings.
- [Monitoring overview](https://help.ples.com/article/monitoring-overview.md): How Ples monitors backlinks: add a domain, add URLs, then review status, quality, and issues every 24 hours.
- [How to add a domain](https://help.ples.com/article/add-a-domain.md): Add a domain you own so Ples can monitor backlinks that should point to it.
- [Domain analytics](https://help.ples.com/article/domain-analytics.md): Open 12-month Domain Rating, Domain Authority, and Page Authority charts for a monitored domain.
- [How to remove a domain](https://help.ples.com/article/remove-a-domain.md): Remove a domain from Ples after its links are gone. Domains still in use cannot be deleted.
- [How to add backlinks](https://help.ples.com/article/add-backlinks.md): Add up to 150 backlink URLs per submission after you choose a domain. Optional tags, contacts, and notes apply to the new rows.
- [Link statuses](https://help.ples.com/article/link-statuses.md): Ples statuses: Dofollow, Nofollow, Not Found, Error, and Waiting. Checks run about every 24 hours.
- [How to use bulk actions](https://help.ples.com/article/bulk-actions.md): Select links in the table to add tags, edit contacts, add or remove disavow entries, or delete rows.
- [How to use the link visualizer](https://help.ples.com/article/link-visualizer.md): Open a page preview that highlights the monitored link. Use /link-visualizer?link_id= from link details.
- [Link issues](https://help.ples.com/article/link-issues.md): Review error, not found, and nofollow links on Issues. Open /links-issues from the dashboard or Links.
- [Links table](https://help.ples.com/article/links-table.md): Read the Links table: URL, status, anchor, target, GI, DR, DA, SS, EFL, LQS, last checked, and details.
- [How to filter, sort, and search](https://help.ples.com/article/filter-sort-search.md): Filter and sort the Links table, and use header search for domains, URLs, anchors, contacts, and tags.
- [Link details](https://help.ples.com/article/link-details.md): Open a link to see status, metrics, target URL, date added, last check, contacts, and the link visualizer.
- [Authority metrics](https://help.ples.com/article/authority-metrics.md): DA, PA, and SS come from Moz. DR is an Ahrefs-style Domain Rating in the UI, shown with logos.
- [What is EFL?](https://help.ples.com/article/what-is-efl.md): EFL is the external dofollow link count on the linking page. The tooltip also shows external nofollow and internal counts.
- [Google indexing](https://help.ples.com/article/google-indexing.md): GI shows whether Google indexed the linking page: indexed, not_indexed, or unknown.
- [What is Link Quality Score (LQS)?](https://help.ples.com/article/what-is-lqs.md): LQS is a 0–100 score. It needs DA or DR, averages DA/DR/PA, then blends spam, traffic, and EFL (8%).
- [How to use tags](https://help.ples.com/article/tags.md): Create colored tags, assign up to 5 per link, and keep at most 100 tags on the account.
- [How to use contacts](https://help.ples.com/article/contacts.md): Save a name, email, phone, and business, then assign the contact to the links they placed.
- [Anchor text](https://help.ples.com/article/anchor-text.md): The Anchors page groups live link anchor text. Click a row to open /links?anchor= for those URLs.
- [Teams and billing](https://help.ples.com/article/teams-and-billing.md): How Ples teams, roles, plans, and invoices fit together — including who can invite people and who can change the plan.
- [How to invite teammates](https://help.ples.com/article/invite-teammates.md): Invite an editor or viewer by email from Team. Plan user limits and a maximum of 5 pending invitations apply.
- [Roles and permissions](https://help.ples.com/article/roles-and-permissions.md): Owner, Admin, Editor, and Viewer roles, plus per-menu view and edit for domains, links, tags, disavow, reports, contacts, billing, and notifications.
- [Two-factor authentication](https://help.ples.com/article/two-factor-authentication.md): Turn on 2FA with an authenticator app (TOTP) or email OTP, save backup codes, and complete the challenge at sign-in.
- [Sessions](https://help.ples.com/article/sessions.md): See devices signed in to your Ples account and terminate a session or all other sessions.
- [Login notifications](https://help.ples.com/article/login-notifications.md): Optionally email yourself when someone signs in, including IP, location, and browser details.
- [Account settings](https://help.ples.com/article/account-settings.md): Set your timezone, change your password, review your avatar, and see usage bars for domains, links, and AI analyses.
- [Plans and pricing](https://help.ples.com/article/plans-and-pricing.md): Basic, Pro, Business, and Enterprise prices. Yearly billing charges 10 months and covers 12. Trial lasts 7 days.
- [Upgrade or downgrade](https://help.ples.com/article/upgrade-or-downgrade.md): Upgrades apply with proration. Downgrades wait until the current period ends. You must fit the target plan’s limits.
- [Subscription and renewal](https://help.ples.com/article/subscription-and-renewal.md): See your current plan, renewal date, billing period, and reminder preferences on Subscription.
- [What happens when your plan expires](https://help.ples.com/article/plan-expiry.md): After a plan or trial ends, Ples keeps your data for 60 days, then deletes it. Renew during the grace period to keep history.
- [Payment history](https://help.ples.com/article/payment-history.md): View completed, pending, failed, and cancelled charges, and download invoices from /payment-history.
- [Link change notifications](https://help.ples.com/article/link-change-notifications.md): Email up to 5 recipients when a backlink status changes. Toggle per domain and delay alerts 0, 24, 48, or 72 hours.
- [Reports overview](https://help.ples.com/article/reports-overview.md): See portfolio health, average LQS, authority distribution, indexing, tags, and disavow candidates on Reports.
- [How to read portfolio reports](https://help.ples.com/article/read-portfolio-reports.md): Interpret link health, average LQS, DA/PA/DR charts, Google indexing, tag performance, and disavow candidates.
- [Analyze your portfolio with AI](https://help.ples.com/article/ai-portfolio-analysis.md): Run Analyze Portfolio on Reports to get ChatGPT insights. Quota depends on your plan.
- [How to export a links report](https://help.ples.com/article/export-links-report.md): Download your monitored backlinks as Excel or PDF from /links-export. Filters on Links apply to the file.
- [Disavow list](https://help.ples.com/article/disavow-list.md): Mark toxic backlinks on Disavow, filter by domain, subdomain, or URL, and prepare a file for Google Search Console.
- [How to export a disavow file for Google Search Console](https://help.ples.com/article/export-disavow-gsc.md): Download a per-domain disavow file in GSC format, complete Cloudflare Turnstile, and upload it in Google Search Console.
- [Disavow suggestions](https://help.ples.com/article/disavow-suggestions.md): Review auto-suggestions for high spam score or weak LQS links, then add them to your disavow list if they belong there.