PublicLink Dataset
The PublicLink dataset identifies relationships between business domains by matching shared public contact information (phone numbers, email addresses, and social media URLs) extracted from their websites. When two domains publish the same phone number, email, or social profile, they are linked as related entities.
Use Cases
Section titled “Use Cases”- Corporate group mapping: Identify brands, subsidiaries, and regional sites owned by the same organization (e.g.,
acmehotels.comandacmeresorts.comsharingprivacy@acmehotels.com) - M&A and portfolio analysis: Detect domains that began sharing contact info after an acquisition
- Lead deduplication: Avoid reaching out to the same organization through multiple domains
- Fraud and spam detection: Flag networks of domains sharing identical contact details, which can indicate lead-gen farms or templated sites
Link Sources
Section titled “Link Sources”| Source | How it works |
|---|---|
email | Identical email addresses extracted from both websites (e.g., info@company.com found on two different domains) |
social | Identical social media profile URLs extracted from both websites (e.g., the same LinkedIn company page linked from two domains) |
phone | Identical phone numbers extracted from both websites |
Flat-File Layout
Section titled “Flat-File Layout”| Name | Format | Description |
|---|---|---|
| domain | String | Normalized domain name (excluding any subdomain) |
| linked_domain | String | Normalized linked domain name (excluding any subdomain) |
| record_date | Date (YYYY-MM-DD) | Date the record was compiled |
| source | String | Link method: email, social, or phone |
| link_values | Array[String] | The shared values establishing the link (email addresses, phone numbers, or social media URLs) |
Example Record
Section titled “Example Record”{ "domain": "acmehotels.com", "linked_domain": "acmeresorts.com", "source": "email", "link_values": ["privacy@acmehotels.com", "dpo@acmehotels.com"], "record_date": "2024-07-17"}API Access
Section titled “API Access”Query PublicLink relationships via the PublicLink API or the public-company-links MCP tool. Filter by domain and link source.
Delivery
Section titled “Delivery”Available as JSON or delimited flat files with daily, weekly, or monthly update frequency.