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See the Links Pointing to Your Site

Understand your backlink profile at a glance: how many links you have, where they come from, what anchor text they use, and how it's evolving.

Your Strongest Ranking Signal, Made Visible

Backlinks remain one of Google's strongest ranking signals. SearchVitals surfaces your link profile as part of the same audit — no separate Ahrefs subscription required.

You can write great content and fix every technical issue — but if no authoritative site links to you, Google has a weaker reason to trust you. The challenge has always been knowing what your link profile actually looks like, and whether the data you're looking at is even accurate.

What the Backlink Dashboard Shows

Module What it shows
Summary Total backlinks, referring domains, and domain authority
Referring Domains The list of domains linking to you, ranked by authority
Anchors Anchor text distribution — branded, keyword, naked URL, other
Timeseries Links gained vs lost over time
SearchVitals backlink dashboard showing total backlinks, referring domains, anchor text distribution, and a new vs lost links trend chart
Backlink summary, referring domains, anchors, and the new-vs-lost trend in one dashboard.

How It Works

Backlink data is fetched by DataForSEO when your audit runs and stored as a snapshot. The backlinks page reads from that snapshot — so viewing it is instant and never triggers a re-billed live request.

Why SearchVitals vs a Standalone Link Tool

Ahrefs and Semrush sell backlink analysis as a separate subscription you pay for on top of everything else. SearchVitals builds it into the same audit you already run — you see your link profile, anchor text, and referring domains next to your crawlability and ranking data, not in a second product.

  • One dashboard, not two logins. No exporting between tools to connect "links" to "rankings".
  • No extra per-lookup charge. Snapshot-based, so viewing backlinks never burns credits.
  • Context, not just counts. See the link profile beside your technical issues and rankings in the same report.

Who This Is For

  • Site owners checking whether their link profile is actually growing — or quietly decaying.
  • SEO agencies reporting link-profile health alongside rankings without an extra tool license per client.
  • Content teams verifying which pages attract links, so they can double down on what works.

Pricing

Backlink analysis is included on paid plans (Basic, Growth, Pro) as part of the site audit flow, with no extra per-lookup fee. See full pricing →

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does the backlink data come from? expand_more
DataForSEO's Backlinks API, which returns the summary, referring domains, anchor text distribution, and time-series history for a domain.
Is backlink analysis included in every plan? expand_more
Yes. Backlink data is part of the site audit flow and is available on paid plans (Basic, Growth, Pro) without an extra per-lookup fee.
How fresh is the data? expand_more
Backlinks are fetched and snapshotted when your audit runs, and the backlinks page reads from that snapshot — so viewing it is instant and never triggers a re-billed live request.
What matters more — total links or referring domains? expand_more
Referring domains (the number of unique domains linking to you) is a stronger authority signal than raw link count. A hundred links from one domain are worth far less than links from many distinct, relevant domains.
Can I see competitor backlinks? expand_more
The current dashboard focuses on your own site's backlink profile. Competitor backlink gap analysis is on the roadmap.

See your link profile

Start with a free audit, then unlock backlink analysis on the paid plans.

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