Enter the URL for your website, below, to see your backlink graph
This free backlink tracking tool gives you a graph of the number of links to your website
For an example, take a look at the other sites using link tracker.
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Why are links important for your website?
Links and Visitors
Many people think links to your website are about increasing the number of visitors. While you might get more visitors from a link, this number will always be less than the number of visitors you can get with a good position in a search engine listing.
Links and Search Engine Listings
Most SEO experts agree that the most important of the search engine ranking factors is how many other websites link to yours- also known as "backlinks". This backlink tracking tool (above) will tell you the number of web pages that link to your website. In addition it will provide a chart to help track the number of links over time.
Link Anchor Texts
A good search engine position is not just about the number of links, but what the anchor text (the clickable text) says your webpage is about. What anchor text should you use? To know that, you'll need to do keyword research. Google provides keyword analysis tolls to help with this. You might also need to (no, it's not as underhanded as it sounds).
Quality Links
Along with the number of links and the anchor text, the quality of the websites that link to your site matters too. This is much harder to quantify. As you look over the list of sites that link to yours, check out your links for quality sites that are authorities on the subject of your web page.
How can I get more links?
There isn't a set number of links you need for a good search engine position, but one way to know if you have "enough" is to compare your website to a competitor's website. While you track your own website with this tool, why not monitor your competitor as well?
Link Services
Like I've mentioned above, it's not just about link quantity but link quality. There are many shifty services that promise volumes of links. If you use a service like this you might see an initial response but it will be temporary at best- even if Google doesn't catch you and penalize your site, the effect will eventually wear off.
Quality Links from Quality Content
The best way to get more links is to write good content. If your website answers questions people are asking or provides information people are looking for then people will link to it and the search engines will rank it better.
Link Directories
Here's the paradox: how do people find your quality content in a search engine without links that increase your search engine position? One solution is by using link directories. Some directories are free, like DMOZ, but they take a long time before your link appears- if it ever gets reviewed. Another directory, like DirJournal.com, will charge for a review but this insures the directory remains high-quality. The same is true about other quality directories such as Aviva Directory and if you Submit Your Site to Best of the Web!
You can also get links to your website through by services such as . Not only will this potentially produce a volume of links to your site, but it will get your news into other people's hands who might write about your website, and link back to you without you even asking.
