Top Link Audit Tools for offsite SEO Audit

by Mina Younan

Inbound links play a very important factor to increase your Page Rank and Authority and thus enhance your search engine Optimization. So, you will need a way or a tool to give you some information on:

1. The URL of the page linking to you
2. URLs on your site that is being linked to
3. The IP/location of the URL linking to you
4. The anchor text used for the linking
5. The Percentage (Mix) of Anchor text
6. The status of the link (follow/nofollow)
7. A measure (rank) of the link’s trust & authority

In order to know such important information and even more in-depth backlinks analysis, the following are the Top 4 Tools to analyze backlinks (inbound links to your website)

1- Link Research Tool

Features:

• Link Detox – Get rid of your bad links.
• Quick Backlinks Tool – Visualize and analyze all your backlinks in seconds.
• Quick Domain Compare – Compare domains with important SEO metrics.
• Competitive Landscape Analyzer – Outrank your competitors.
• 17 powerful SEO tools!

2- ahrefs

Features:

• Backlinks analysis
• Domain Comparison
• Batch Analysis

3- Open Site Explorer 

Features:

• Find out what type of sites are discussing and linking to your website.
• Find and fix errors or omissions on the links that point to your site.
• Investigate where your competitors are getting links, and target those areas for earning press or attention in your marketing efforts.
• Compare your link metrics with those of your competitors to assess your competition and develop strategies for improving how your site stacks up against the competition.
• Learn which pages on your site are the most authoritative, and find pages with broken links or that redirect to another page.

4- Majestic SEO

Features:

• Keyword Checker
• Link Profile Fight
• Backlink History
• Bulk Backlinks
• Clique Hunter
• Majestic Million
• Comparator