Word is mainstream tools go blind in gambling, adult, and grey niches

Word is mainstream tools go blind in gambling, adult, and grey niches

Here's what's really going on. In iGaming, crypto, and adult, Ahrefs and Semrush under-crawl the networks that actually move rankings.

— A lot of niche link inventory lives on domains the mainstream crawlers de-prioritize or skip entirely.
— Majestic's historic depth catches more of these aged, off-radar donors — better for grey-niche teardowns.
— Spotted: competitors in regulated verticals showing modest mainstream-tool profiles but ranking hard — their real network is in the index your tool ignores.

The operators in these spaces cross-reference SERP overlap and footprint patterns instead of trusting one index's count. If a rival looks weak in Ahrefs but outranks you in gambling, the links are real — your tool just can't see them. Watch this space.