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Backlinks

The Backlinks view surfaces DataForSEO's full backlink dataset — tens of billions of live links, updated continuously. You can inspect any domain or URL and get the same class of insight as Ahrefs' Site Explorer or Majestic's Link Context.

What you get

Summary

  • Total backlinks + referring domains
  • Domain rank (0–1000 scale)
  • New vs. lost over the last 30 / 90 days
  • Spam score breakdown

Referring domains

  • Every domain pointing at the target
  • Per-domain: DR, first-seen date, total backlinks, type (dofollow/nofollow mix)
  • Trend chart over time

Individual backlinks

  • URL → URL with anchor, type, dofollow/nofollow
  • Page title of the referring page
  • First-seen and last-seen timestamps
  • Filter by dofollow, anchor keyword, TLD, language

Anchors

  • Anchor-text distribution
  • Over-optimization warnings (exact-match percentage)

Competitor intersections

  • Referring-domain intersection — domains that link to competitors but not you
  • Backlink gap — specific linking pages competitors have earned

How to run a query

  1. Sidebar → Backlinks.
  2. Enter a target — domain, subdomain or exact URL.
  3. Pick the lens — Summary / Referring domains / Backlinks / Anchors / Gap.
  4. Click Run.

Bulk mode lets you paste a list of domains and returns a side-by-side comparison table.

Common workflows

  • Link prospecting — find domains that link to three of your competitors but not to you.
  • Backlink audit — filter referring domains by spam score to spot toxic links.
  • Anchor text audit — make sure exact-match anchors stay under 5–10% of the total.
  • Competitor monitoring — track a competitor's new links over the last 30 days to spot their outreach campaigns.

Free vs Pro caps

On Free: 50 results per run, 10 items per bulk batch. Pro lifts both. See Free vs Pro.