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Here is the order that avoids the most rework. A step-by-step backlink audit runs: export from multiple sources, deduplicate to referring domains, enrich each with traffic and relevance data, classify anchor text, flag anything unexplained, investigate the flagged set manually, decide on action for each, then document the outcome. Manual investigation is the expensive stage, which is why the enrichment and classification steps come first — they usually reduce the manual set by ninety per cent.