10 Best Free Online Backlink Checker Tools

In the world of competitive blogging it is essential that we keep good account of our blog, but it is more important that we keep a keen eye on our competitors.

Keeping an eye on our competitors is very essential as we need to improve our blog continually so that we can outsmart and surpass them and reach a ranking higher than theirs.

10 Best Free Online Backlink Checker Tools

Although much has changed in the SEO world use of backlink checkers to keep an eye on the rating of your and your competitor’s blog is still of vital importance.

Nowadays backlinks are not the sole determining factor for the rating of a website or blog as quality links and other such factors are pretty important parameters as well for determining the rank of the same.

However backlinks and backlink checkers are still one the most important SEO tools in the market and here are a few of the great ones among them.

OpenLinkProfiler

OpenLinkProfiler

OpenLinkProfiler is one the best free online backlink checking tools which helps you to check a maximum of 200,000 links per report, an incredible number of links considering it is free and a very reliable service.

Not only that, using OpenLinkProfiler you can also check the age of your backlink and get a link influence score which shows you the popularity of your blog or website.

Using this backlink checker, you can also get a complete set of pages which are linking your home and site page along with the anchor text of the link.

Open Site Explorer

OpenSiteExplorer

Open Site Explorer is a backlink checker service provided by the popular SEO tools provider MOZ.

A free backlink checker which can be upgraded by opening a paid account, this online application helps you to check the backlinks of your website and provides its users with all the necessary information and a list of all the guidelines to conduct a complete analysis of your blog or website.

You can use this tool to check the backlinks of your competitors and also get information as to which page of a blog or website has the best performance scores.

SEMrush

semrush

SEMrush has long been one of the best online SEO tools available to bloggers and website makers for a long time.

The online application has further improved its services and now has added a backlink checker to its vast array of tools. Although not a completely free tool, the free backlink checker of SEMrush is more than good enough for you to meet all your needs.

SEMrush has a huge database which is updated every day and this guarantees that you will get the best report on the backlinks in your blog or website.

Ahrefs

Ahrefs

Another pretty recent entry in the online backlink checking business, Ahrefs is fast becoming a great online backlink checker.

Ahrefs has a paid service, however if you register yourself through a free account you will get almost all the services needed to complete all your tasks the services include a backlink analysis maker and an anchor text analyzer to help make a complete survey of your site as well as your competitors site.

One of the best features of Ahrefs is the huge detail they provide in each analysis and survey and through that helps you gain crucial information about your site and the competition as well.

Backlink Watch

Backlink Watch

Backlink Watch is one of the best and the easiest backlink checker available to us online. The online application has a very simple layout and can be used by bloggers of all experience levels.

The site also makes use of the API of Ahrefs and is thus the results that it displays is pretty reliable and trustworthy.

Using Backlink Watch you can also check various other important data of your website such as the anchor texts and the no-follow links and a lot more.

Link Diagnosis

Link-Diagnosis

Link Diagnosis is one of the most versatile and one of the best online backlink checkers which provides its users with a vast array of different stats for their websites and blogs.

The application helps you get results on a myriad of issues such as your link type, the page external reports as well as the page internal reports.

Apart from the above Link Diagnosis also important information on your page rank distribution as well.

Majestic SEO

Majestic-SEO

Majestic SEO is one of the most widely used tools in the world of SEO and has been a real heavyweight in this field for quite a long time now.

The online service has its own ranking system called the Majestic million where it rates sites based on their links and other such criteria.

Majestic SEO has one of the largest reserves of links and evaluates all of them based on their quality from its various sources.

The main advantage of this online service is that you can get a clear overview of the backlink strategy of your website or blog and of other websites or blogs as well in an easy to use fashion.

WebMeUpWebMeUp

WebMeUp is another great online backlink checker which is very easy to use and is very well built to serve all your needs for backlink checking and site improvement and organization.

The online application shows a maximum of a thousand backlinks for every report and thus provides a detailed overview for your blog or website.

BuzzSumo

BuzzSumo

BuzzSumo is one the best tools for content writers and has a handy backlink checker as well. The online application comes as a free trail as well as a pro paid version.

The service is very easy to use and also highlights your backlinks, anchor texts and other such necessary information.

Rank Signals

RankSignals

Another useful online backlink checker is Rank Signals which helps you to get a count of your no-follow and your do-follow links for your website or blog and also lets you get information on the PR of your homepage and the anchor texts for the same.

The above mentioned online applications are some of the best free online backlinks checkers which will help you to develop your website and blog to take them to the next level, so keep surfing and keep blogging.

4 thoughts on “10 Best Free Online Backlink Checker Tools”

  1. Hi, Jane!
    Awesome post!
    I’d like to recommend Ahrefs and Majestic tools because of their great functionality and simplicity.

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  2. Mostly i use Backlink Watch to check backlinks but, sometime the site faces unavailability issues and that is where your post is going to help me. Cheers!!

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  3. I like Open Link Profiler the best. It gives out a variety of information…. even in the free account and links are up to date. I use it to analyze competitors links, as well as check my own. A big thunbs up!

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  4. Thanks for this very helpful data. This confirms that it really is important to invest in not just one but many tools for checking backlinks.

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