See domain and page-level metrics for any target
Check any website, URL or subsection to see actionable and insightful SEO metrics.
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Number of referring domains
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Number of backlinks
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Domain Rating (DR) & URL Rating (UR)
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Ahrefs Rank (AR)
Our proprietary Domain Rating (DR) and URL Rating (UR) metrics are super-useful for judging the “backlink popularity” (strength) of a target.
Monitor the growth and decline of backlink profiles
See an interactive view of referring domains and pages over time.
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Shows the cumulative growth or decline in referring domains over time.
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Shows the cumulative growth or decline in referring pages over time.
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Shows a non-cumulative view of new and lost referring domains over time.
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Shows a non-cumulative view of new and lost backlinks over time.
Get a complete breakdown of the target’s backlink profile
See every page linking to your target in the detailed Backlinks report. Use powerful filters to dive deeper.
Filter and sort by:
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Language
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Link type (“dofollow” / “nofollow”)
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Platform
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Domain Rating (DR)
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URL Rating (UR)
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Referring domains
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Etc.
See estimated organic traffic to each linking page & referring domain
Get awesome insights into the popularity of the linking web page and website with organic traffic estimates. No other tool shows you this.
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See estimated organic traffic to the linking page.
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See estimated organic traffic to the linking website.
See all websites linking to your target with domain-wide metrics
Check the Referring domains report to see every linking domain, along with useful SEO metrics.
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Domain Rating (DR)
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Ahrefs Rank (AR)
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Referring domains (followed)
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Linked domains (followed)
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Estimated organic traffic
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Links to target (total & followed)
Find any linking domain with the handy search function.
See the most linked-to pages
Find “linkworthy” pages by researching your competitors’ most linked-to pages with the Best by links report.
Use the “404 not found” filter to find highly linked-to broken pages on any website and kickstart a broken link building campaign.
See a complete breakdown of all outbound links
The Linked domains report shows SEO metrics for every outbound linked domain.
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Domain Rating (DR)
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Ahrefs Rank (AR)
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Total followed referring domains
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Total followed linked domains
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Estimated organic traffic
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Number of links from the target (total & followed)
We also show the target’s broken outbound links in the Broken links report, and a full breakdown of outbound linking anchor text in the Anchors report.
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See all broken outbound links on the target website or URL.
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See a full breakdown of the anchor texts used across all outlinks.
In-depth link analysis features
Here are more features that make Ahrefs’ Backlink Checker special:
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See followed and nofollowed links — The more quality followed backlinks a site has, the more trustworthy it is in the eyes of Google. Ahrefs shows you the complete picture of followed vs nofollowed links for any target.
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Backlink anchor text — Analyze anchor texts to see how your competitors optimize their backlink profiles. Use anchor text analysis to detect possible negative SEO attacks on your website.
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Disavow link spam — If you notice some suspicious backlink activity, you can add spammy links to a disavow file directly from the backlink checker. Importing this file into Google’s Disavow Tool takes only a few clicks.
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Export to PDF and CSV — Need to report on your findings or download a report for further analysis? Simply export your data and reports to a PDF or CSV file.
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Inbuilt filters, in every report — Analyze the data you care about, and nothing else.
In a nutshell, Ahrefs’ Backlink Checker is a powerhouse capable of pretty much any backlink research task.
We’re constantly evolving the tool and introducing more useful features and data for SEO professionals.
