How to check backlinks of the competitors?

by JammieCutts

Posted: 11 years ago 28 replies

Hey guys,

I want to do competitor analysis. The first step is, I need to see all the sources of their backlinks. How can I do that?

Link: <competitors website> on google.com doesn't work, does it?

#backlinks #check #competitors

sampartland

11 years ago

Originally Posted by JammieCutts

Hey guys,

I want to do competitor analysis. The first step is, I need to see all the sources of their backlinks. How can I do that?

Link: <competitors website> on google.com doesn't work, does it?

You should sign up to Ahrefs or Majestic SEO. They will allow you to input a competitors domains and look at the links.

A better overall competitor analysis tool would be SEMRush, and I highly advise a combination of Ahrefs and SEMRush

Cheers.

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zhangyue

11 years ago

Originally Posted by JammieCutts

Hey guys,

I want to do competitor analysis. The first step is, I need to see all the sources of their backlinks. How can I do that?

Link: <competitors website> on google.com doesn't work, does it?

Yes, I fully support Ahrefs SEO & backlinks analysis tools that you can check your competitors website backlinks, I think you have to subscribe for that.

Otherwise you can check your competitors website backlinks using backlinkwatch.com without cost.

Good luck

Thanks

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Goyllo 11 years ago

If you are looking for free tools for backlink analysis, then try out seoprofiler.com
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nettiapina 11 years ago

Subscribe to Majestic, Ahrefs, or some other backlink checker. And forget about "all the sources", it's not something that anyone can guarantee.
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- JammieCutts 11 years ago
  
  Thank you guys, for referring Ahrefs and Backlinkwatch. It is a very shameful thing for me that being in SEO industry I didn't know about these two wonderful tools. I will learn to use them. I'm struggling to find exact places of blacklinks in ahrefs. Any suggestions?
  
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sophiarivera07 11 years ago

Create account on SEOprofiler & see backlinks & website related reports.
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hpasha

11 years ago

Originally Posted by JammieCutts

Hey guys,

I want to do competitor analysis. The first step is, I need to see all the sources of their backlinks. How can I do that?

Link: <competitors website> on google.com doesn't work, does it?

You cannot see all competitors unless you had own premium account like moz, ahrefs or Majestic SEO.
I remember one website the name as backlinkwatcher (I am not sure exact URL, you may Google it). It will help you to check free links as well.

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stevenhendricks28 11 years ago

Openlinkprofiler would be a good choice for finding the back links for your competitors. Apart from that, you can also consider these,

SEMRush
Ahrefs
Majestic SEO
Backlink watch and
SEO Spyglass
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zendindia 11 years ago

You should sign up to backlinkwatch,SEMRush or aherf. They will allow you to input a competitors domains and look at the backlinks.
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Kherk Roldan 11 years ago

Hi JammieCutts,

Please use ahrefs and majestic seo. but actually you can use both for getting all the data.
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webtech123 11 years ago

Excellent thread,

I just knew about the majestic tool, from this thread i come to know several other tools which can help us to find out the competitor's website backlinks..
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patco 11 years ago

Ahrefs is a pretty useful tool. But don't forget that there is NO tool that can show you ALL of the website's backlinks! Be sure to check DA & PA of the websites too!
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devi10 11 years ago

Previously I used to check in with "Yahoo Explorer" but now I am using "BackLinkWatch".
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Manasarao 11 years ago

so many tools are there but i prefer ahref.
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AmberWhite 11 years ago

Ahref & Opensite explorer are the most important tools for collecting competitors backlinks but you need to be a subscriber for getting complete details
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HarryBajwa 11 years ago

I always use backlinkwatch, Ahrefs and Majestic SEO Tool to check backlinks of any website.
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johndefoe 11 years ago

Ahrefs is a great site, but it's also worth investing in SEMrush and/or Majestic, for other things they offer, great tools for everything SEO and keyword research
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JammieCutts 11 years ago

Thank you guys, now I have updated my list. I will use the tools interchangeably to understand my competitors' backlink sources. Thanks a lot.

1. BuzzSumo
2. Open Site Explorer
3. Link Diagnosis
4. OpenLinkProfiler
5. Backlink Watch
6. Moonsearch
7. WebMeUp Backlink Tool
8. SEO TOOL Software
9. Rank Signals
10. Ahrefs
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meahanabanerjee

11 years ago

Originally Posted by JammieCutts

Hey guys,

I want to do competitor analysis. The first step is, I need to see all the sources of their backlinks. How can I do that?

Link: <competitors website> on google.com doesn't work, does it?

You must need to take subscription some backlink checker site like SERPS ALEXA

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5Gloria5 11 years ago

one word only - Backlinkwatch. It's so easy-peasy to use it. Than you can also try Ahrefs, but I think there'll be no need.
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befamousb 11 years ago

You can use semrush, is the best website to check and comprar your positions versus your competitors
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satyaprakash75per 11 years ago

Buzzsumo and open site explorer are recommended.
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JammieCutts 11 years ago

ahrefs is definitely good but one should use the premium version of the tool to enable complete services.
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PrinceKapoor

11 years ago

Hi mate
There are various tools to identity backlinks of competitor like Ahrefs, Majestic SEO, etc. But I personally use SEMRUSH! It gives very detailed report of how competitors are building links.

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JammieCutts

11 years ago

Originally Posted by PrinceKapoor

Hi mate
There are various tools to identity backlinks of competitor like Ahrefs, Majestic SEO, etc. But I personally use SEMRUSH! It gives very detailed report of how competitors are building links.

Hello Prince, SEMRUSH is definitely a great tool. However, unless you are willing to buy the full version you cannot enjoy its full services.

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dronehawk 11 years ago

Ahref, majestic and moz would be good but remember nowadays one can hide backlinks from such crawlers so the results you get might not be complete if that's the case.
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Wiliam Haminton 11 years ago

I usually use Ahrefs. Very good
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Designmasterindia 11 years ago

use ranksignal for getting all backlink data of competitors.
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