Researcher and builder
Derek Isensee
Derek Isensee builds and operates Linkwake and performs the analyses published in its open-web research library.
About the author
Derek approaches backlink research as a data-engineering problem: name the source, preserve the comparison window, publish the calculation, and state what the dataset cannot prove. He built Linkwake to make those habits practical across agency portfolios.
Each Linkwake study is computed from named Common Crawl releases, reviewed against the derived tables, and published with methodology notes and downloadable results. Data analysis and article production are performed by Linkwake under Derek’s direction.
Research by Derek
- Most-Linked Domains on the Web: Common Crawl Study (2026)
- GitHub backlink churn: 419,450 relationships changed
- Why referring-domain data needs page-level evidence
Contact: derek.isensee@gmail.com