Backlink Analysis
Know every link pointing to your site.
Your inbound backlink profile, link by link: status, authority, anchor text and toxic links to disavow.
Backlink Analysis: every inbound link, with status, authority and risk
The profile at a glance
The overview shows what the profile is worth today and how it is changing.
- Live backlinks and referring domainsLinks that are still there, active and broken, and the distinct domains pointing to the site.
- Domain TrustDomain authority from 0 to 100, next to the number of links and domains.
- Dofollow and nofollowThe split by attribute, with ugc and sponsored counted as nofollow.
- Trend and historyThe chart and history of every check, with new and lost links compared with the previous one.
Every link, one by one
Monitoring lists the individual links, filterable and searchable.
- Source and target pageThe full URL that links and the page of the site it points to.
- Anchor text and attributesThe link text and whether it is follow, nofollow, ugc or sponsored.
- Active, lost or brokenA "broken" link points to a page of the site that returns 404: the link exists, the target needs fixing.
- Last checkThe date each link was verified, with a warning on links that were not re-checked.
Risks and clean-up
Links that can do harm, and links that can still be recovered.
- Spam score from 0 to 100Every link has a spam score: above the threshold it is "toxic", in the middle band "suspicious".
- Ready-made disavow fileOnly domains still active above the chosen threshold, already in Google Search Console format.
- Lost links by emailAt every check, the 10 lost links with the most authority and the count of those still active.
- Links to 404 pagesBacklinks pointing to pages that are gone, to win back with a redirect instead of losing them.
Domains, anchors and competitors
The profile read by domain and by text, and compared with who competes on the same searches.
- Domain viewEvery linking domain, with active, broken or lost status and the date it was lost.
- Anchor text rankingThe texts the site is linked with, to see whether the profile looks natural.
- Refreshed every 4 weeksAutomatically; the first check starts a few minutes after the project is created.
- Competitors’ backlinksWho links to competitors but not to the site, on the Backlink opportunities page.
Backlink analysis lists the links pointing to the site and qualifies each of them: source domain, page, anchor text, dofollow or nofollow, active, lost or broken, plus an authority score from 0 to 100 for the domain and for the page. The overview sums the profile up in six numbers, including referring domains, the dofollow share and the month's new and lost links, with the trend over time.
Links with a high spam score are flagged as toxic and, if you decide to disavow them, the file for Search Console is exported ready to upload. The Anchor Text page ranks the texts the site is linked with, which helps you judge whether the profile looks natural. The same tool works on competitor domains, so you see who links to them and not to you, and an alert tells you when an important link disappears.
Backlink Analysis: how it works
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The collection
For the project's domain, inbound links are collected with source page, anchor text, attributes and authority.
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The check
Every 4 weeks links are checked again: those that disappeared become lost, those pointing to 404 pages become broken.
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The comparison
Each check is compared with the previous one: new, lost, toxic and changed domains land on the overview.
Use cases
Backlink Analysis: when to use it
- Identify spam links to disavow with Google
- Discover who links to your competitors but not you
- Measure the effectiveness of a link-building campaign
Questions about backlink analysis
"Live backlinks" counts links that are still there, active and broken; "Total detected" counts every link ever recorded, lost ones included. The difference is exactly the number of lost links.
Every 4 weeks, automatically. The first check starts a few minutes after the project is created; between two checks the numbers stay the same, and that is normal.
Monitoring lets you download a disavow.txt file ready for Search Console. It only includes domains still active above the chosen spam score threshold, because lost links no longer do harm. Use it carefully, for clearly artificial links.
From the Domain Trust of the linking domain, the spam score, the follow or nofollow attribute and the anchor text. Domains matter more than links: 100 links from 100 domains are worth more than 1,000 from the same domain.
It is a 0 to 100 score of a domain’s authority. The higher it is, the more a link from that domain weighs in the profile.
Yes. When a check finds lost links, an email arrives with the top 10 by domain authority and the count of links still active.
The link still exists on the linking site, but points to a page of your site that returns 404 or 410. It is worth restoring the page or redirecting it instead of losing the link.
Related tools
Backlink Opportunities Compare your domain with up to 5 competitors and find the sites that link to them but not to you: the easiest contacts for link building. Competitor Analysis A full picture of any domain and an ongoing comparison with competitors on the project’s keywords, with the keyword gap. Site Audit Miraqo crawls your site and gives you a health score with actions sorted by impact. See all featuresBacklink Analysis: step-by-step guides
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