Last Updated on March 9, 2022 by Rick Darlinton
If you are working on website SEO, you will need to look for some best tools to check website backlinks for free. I have been working on SEO for more than 5 years and always try to find the best free website backlink checker tools, no matter it is free or paid. So, in this article, we will introduce some simple but useful free backlink checker tools. Now let’s get started
Ahrefs backlink checker
Ahrefs is one of the best online tools to check website backlinks for free. Ahrefs online backlink checker is very easy to use and it is very accurate in terms of finding your website backlinks. It has a free version that lets you check backlinks online even without registration. For the free version, it will show top 100 backlinks for your website. If you just want to check some new backlinks on your website, its free version is a very good option.
After registration and website verification, you can check more backlinks but the free version is limited in terms of checking backlinks. If your website is big or you have enough budget, you can upgrade your account to check detailed backlinks. You can also use Ahrefs to check the backlinks of competitors, which is very helpful to find some targeted and relevant sites to bring some quality backlinks.
Google Search console
Google Search Console is another platform where you can check website backlinks for free. What you need to do is just register a Google account like Gmail and then verify your website by adding codes from Google Search Console to your site homepage.
After you finish the site verification, just go to Google Search Console and then click on the Links on the left side. After that, find the Top linking sites and here you can check the specific website backlinks for free.
Seo-spyglass
SEO spyglass is another online free website backlink checker tool that’s available for free. You just need to enter your site URL and then it just takes a few seconds to display the total number of website backlinks and domains. This tool is very useful because you could choose to export the backlinks to a file. It also shows the dofollow or nofollow links and Page/domain inLink rank value.
Thehoth
Similar to Seo spyglass online backlink check tool Thehoth is also free to use for checking your external backlinks and referring domains. It is very convenient to use online without registering any account. Just enter your website link and it will show the total number of backlinks and domains in a few minutes. You are able to export the backlinks in one click.
Smallseotools
Smallseotools is very popular when it comes to checking website backlinks for free. It is free to use although it only shows limited backlinks. If you want to check more backlinks,. it will lead you to Semrush backlinks which is a paid yet useful seo site audit tool. The smallseotools could help you check referring domains, total number of external backlinks, domain rating and dofllow/nofollow links and more.
websiteseochecker.com
This is also a useful free website backlink checker tool which is very similar to Smallseotools. It is free to use and similarly this online backlink tool only shows limited domains and backlinks. To check more links, you will be redirected to SEMRUSH site which is paid as said above.
Summary
SO these are top 6 free website backlink checker tools. You may find that different tools show different referring domains and backlinks. In general, we suggest you use Ahrefs as this tool is comparably accurate when it comes to checking website links.
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