| Keyword | Pos | Volume | Traffic | CPC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| laravel | 1 | 14,800 | 4,499 | $9.05 |
| laravel forge | 1 | 1,900 | 578 | $12.95 |
| collection map | 1 | 1,600 | 486 | $1.39 |
| laravel cloud | 1 | 1,600 | 486 | $8.68 |
| laravel framework | 1 | 1,300 | 395 | $8.84 |
| Page | Traffic | Keywords | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| / (homepage) | 14,179 | 4,332 | $148K |
| /docs/12.x/validation | 10,286 | 5,239 | $19.6K |
| /docs/12.x/migrations | 9,983 | 6,228 | $18.5K |
| /docs/.../eloquent-relationships | 9,565 | 1,806 | $10.2K |
| forge.laravel.com/ | 8,566 | 1,564 | $26.7K |
| Competitor | Shared KW | Avg Pos | Total KW | Total Traffic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stackoverflow.com | 1,238 | 4.4 | 2.4M | 25.6M |
| github.com | 1,113 | 4.8 | 4.0M | 46.4M |
| laracasts.com | 834 | 6.3 | 27K | 38.6K |
| dev.to | 529 | 6.5 | 825K | 2.5M |
| laravel-news.com | 495 | 5.7 | 6.1K | 10.2K |
| Domain | DR | Backlinks | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| cloud.google.com | 1,000 | 10 | dofollow |
| podcasts.apple.com | 1,000 | 12 | dofollow |
| wordpress.org | 924 | 281 | nofollow |
| github.com | 896 | 35,004 | nofollow |
| aws.amazon.com | 879 | 123 | dofollow |
| ja.wikipedia.org | 849 | 235 | nofollow |
| learn.microsoft.com | 842 | 593 | dofollow |
| community.adobe.com | 842 | 3 | nofollow |
| Anchor Text | Backlinks | Ref. Domains |
|---|---|---|
| Forge | 1,143K | 4,682 |
| Nova | 1,136K | 4,339 |
| Vapor | 1,134K | 4,151 |
| Sanctum | 1,133K | 3,923 |
| Horizon | 1,133K | 3,905 |
| Telescope | 1,133K | 3,876 |
| Cashier | 1,133K | 3,859 |
| Laravel | 1,015K | 9,638 |
| Competitor | Authority (Rank) | Shared Link Sources |
|---|---|---|
| stripe.com | 464 | 33 |
| coderbridge.com | 542 | 28 |
| tipask.com | 475 | 26 |
| transistor.fm | 455 | 11 |
| coderbridge.io | 488 | 6 |
| les-tilleuls.coop | 458 | 5 |
| frankenphp.dev | 455 | 5 |
| framer.com | 455 | 4 |
Backlinks exploded from 4.2M to 14.5M between Dec 2025 and Feb 2026 — a 3.5x increase in just two months. This appears driven by large-scale automated or CMS-generated links (bledix.com, bright-washing.com, rapitrago.com each contributing 500K–3M links). While inflating raw numbers, these don't meaningfully improve authority.
Laravel has backlinks from Google Cloud, AWS, Apple Podcasts, Microsoft Learn, Wikipedia, and GitHub — all DR 842+. These editorial links from tech giants are nearly impossible to replicate and form the backbone of Laravel's domain authority.
All top 5 keywords rank #1 in Google. With 1,139 position-1 rankings, Laravel owns its brand and product terms completely. No competitor ranks above Laravel for any brand query.
8 of the top 10 traffic pages are docs. Validation, migrations, and eloquent-relationships alone drive ~30K monthly visits. The documentation strategy is both the primary traffic driver and a competitive moat that's hard to replicate.
An exceptionally high dofollow ratio shows most links are genuine editorial citations, not UGC or comments. This is well above the typical 60–80% range and indicates a very natural, high-quality link profile (excluding the recent spam surge).
The backlink spam score of 45 (at the link level) is elevated, though the domain's own spam score remains low at 11. The recent surge of millions of links from unknown platform types should be monitored — if these are PBN or scraped sites, a disavow file may be warranted.
The top anchors are all Laravel product names (Forge, Nova, Vapor, Sanctum, etc.), each with ~1.1M backlinks from ~4K domains. This pattern suggests site-wide footer/nav links on sites that list Laravel ecosystem tools. The branded "Laravel" anchor has the most diverse profile with 9,638 referring domains.
While raw backlinks surged, referring domains actually declined from 41K (Jan 2023) to 32.4K (Feb 2026). This divergence suggests the backlink growth is from existing domains adding more pages, not new sites discovering Laravel.
Laravel ranks for 71.7K informational keywords but many are incidental matches. Targeted content for high-intent developer queries like "eloquent" (pos 6, 90K volume) and "blade" (pos 19, 246K volume) could capture significant additional traffic with focused optimization.