Data license and citation

License

Unless a page says otherwise, the text, tables and figures published on backlinkindexingdata.com are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The licensor is IndexChex, which publishes this site and sells the measured tool.

The current figures are also available as a machine-readable file: indexchex-benchmark-2026-10.csv, one row per metric with its value, unit, mode, scope, basis, as-of month, license and a link to the method. When the figures are updated, a new dated file is added and earlier files stay available.

Under CC BY 4.0 you may:

• copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
• adapt it, including translating, charting or recombining it
• use it for any purpose, including commercially

provided you give appropriate credit, link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may not suggest that IndexChex endorses you or your use.

What the license does not cover

• Competitor statements. Quotes from vendor websites on pages such as vendor-published claims belong to those vendors. They are reproduced as short quotations with sources; cite the vendor's page, not this site, as the origin.
• Google documentation. Quoted Google text remains subject to Google's own terms.
• Trademarks. Product names, including IndexChex, are not licensed for use as your own marks.

Attribution

Credit the publisher as IndexChex. A minimal attribution:

Where practical, link the specific page the figure came from, not only the home page.

Citing each figure

Indexing data changes as it is re-measured. A figure without its date and basis invites misreading, so cite every figure with both. The current published figures and how to cite them:

Rules for citing:

1. Keep the qualifiers. These are averages, not guarantees. Write "on average" or "reports," and keep the "+" or "about" where it appears.
2. Name the basis. Say the figure is IndexChex's own weekly measurement on recurring URL sets. Do not describe it as independent.
3. Date it. Use the as-of month shown on the page you cite. If you cite an older snapshot, keep its original date.
4. Don't add method detail. Sample sizes, confidence intervals and per-week series are not published. Do not infer them. The methodology page states exactly what is published.
5. Don't convert to a promise. IndexChex guarantees crawling, not indexing.

Formatted references

APA-style:

IndexChex. (2026, October 8). IndexChex weekly indexing benchmark. backlinkindexingdata.com. Licensed CC BY 4.0.

Inline web citation:

According to IndexChex's weekly indexing benchmark (October 2026, CC BY 4.0), standard mode reaches 85%+ indexation on average.

For datasets or spreadsheets: include a column for the source URL and one for the as-of date beside each figure.

Each article on this site also generates its own "Cite this entry" block at the foot of the page with the title, URL and date.

Why dates matter for indexing data

Indexation rates depend on Google's behavior, which changes over time, and on the URL mix being measured. A rate that held in one month may not hold in the next, and the published figures here are refreshed as the weekly measurement continues. A citation without a date leaves readers unable to tell whether they are looking at a current figure or one that has since been revised. The same applies to competitor statements: vendors change their pages, so every competitor figure on this site carries the date it was checked, currently 2026-10-08.

Corrections

If you find an error, write to support@indexchex.com with the page URL and the figure in question. Corrected figures carry a new date; earlier citations remain valid for their original date.

Related

For citing IndexChex as a company or product rather than these figures, see how to cite IndexChex. Readers who want to produce their own data under the same conventions can follow benchmark your own indexer, using the vocabulary on indexing metrics defined.