note
A major Japanese blogging and content publishing platform where users can publish articles and notes, with a public API for retrieving content.
Timeline (last 90 days)
68 blog posts received a total of 125 backlinks from 36 sites, of which note alone accounted for 19 posts, Hatena Blog 5 posts, and Yahoo! Japan 3 posts.
Of the 31 linking articles on note, 29 were published in 2026, while 2020 and 2022 had only 2 each.
Of the 29 articles from 2026, 20 had a "References," "Sources," "情報源," or "引用元" block after the body text, i.e., an academic-style references format.
These articles with references blocks, counted by month: 2 in March, 1 in April, 1 in May, 2 in June, 9 in July, 5 in August, 9 in September, with a clear jump in July.
The links in the note articles carry rel="nofollow," and all 11 card links on the company's site are also nofollow, yet Search Console still counts nofollow links as backlinks.
For the 19 blog posts cited by the note article, comparing data from the 21 days before and after first being cited, only 2 saw impressions grow faster than the site overall, 17 grew slower than the site overall, and none showed a visible search lift.
All Facts (6)
68 blog posts received a total of 125 backlinks from 36 sites, of which note alone accounted for 19 posts, Hatena Blog 5 posts, and Yahoo! Japan 3 posts.
50%UnverifiedOf the 31 linking articles on note, 29 were published in 2026, while 2020 and 2022 had only 2 each.
50%UnverifiedOf the 29 articles from 2026, 20 had a "References," "Sources," "情報源," or "引用元" block after the body text, i.e., an academic-style references format.
50%UnverifiedThese articles with references blocks, counted by month: 2 in March, 1 in April, 1 in May, 2 in June, 9 in July, 5 in August, 9 in September, with a clear jump in July.
50%UnverifiedThe links in the note articles carry rel="nofollow," and all 11 card links on the company's site are also nofollow, yet Search Console still counts nofollow links as backlinks.
50%UnverifiedFor the 19 blog posts cited by the note article, comparing data from the 21 days before and after first being cited, only 2 saw impressions grow faster than the site overall, 17 grew slower than the site overall, and none showed a visible search lift.
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