Metrics to look at before getting a link from - DA or PA or Spam Score?

[alex31]

If you want to know about a site then you have to check all of the metrics that you can find. All of these will generate a pretty decent idea about the site.

Now this is a great suggestion.

Value of the host page is important. How good is the page, is it providing any value, if yes then is it acknowledged by the search engines and getting ranked. If ranked then how well it is ranking?

Also some sitewide things to look at such as. Is the site genuine? Is the involved in link farming or selling links. Most importantly does the site look like that it has been selling links or such? Because sometimes the site may be genuine by the looks raises eyebrows which increases thee probability of trouble.