If you’re new to LinkMiner, our backlink analysis tool, this simple, step-by-step guide is a great place to start.
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LinkMiner is an easy-to-use backlink checker tool that will help you find the backlinks of your competitors so that you can try to replicate them.
The tool is designed to evaluate backlink data by providing different metrics, embedded link previews and other features to filter and save the most interesting links.
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If the term “backlink” is something new for you, check out our SEOpedia post – What are backlinks?
Once you are in the tool, just type a valid domain or URL into the main search window and click on the green button “Find backlinks”.
You can also select the option to display only “One link per referring domain”. Leave the checkbox empty to display multiple links per referring domain.
You can switch between them anytime.
Choose the input according to data you would like to analyze. Here are the most common input types you can use:
Important note: Please remember that “example.com” is not the same thing as “www.example.com” or “https://example.com”.
Look at the following list. Although all the inputs may look the same, they’ll bring different results.
The backlinks table provides all backlink data including metrics and attributes. Right below the “Source URL” are basic characteristics:
As we mentioned earlier, the data is based on Majestic database. The most critical metrics for link evaluation are Citation Flow (CF) and Trust Flow (TF). You can sort the results by any metric:
The Link Strength is a new metric we developed to evaluate the power of backlink considering various factors such as Citation Flow, Trust Flow, Do/NoFollow attributes, number of referring domains and other metrics.
This metric is all about saving time. Instead of analyzing a bunch of metrics we have created an algorithm that identifies the potential of each backlink.
You can see the number of links and pages right below the backlinks table:
When you click on the button “Load more”, 500 more backlinks will load. LinkMiner doesn’t automatically load all links from the database as its main focus is to provide powerful links instead of throw thousands to you.
Let’s narrow the backlink analysis by specific preferences. “Filter” lets you display backlinks with specific values of selected metrics or attributes.
You can turn it on/off anytime while it keeps your settings saved until you decide to reset.
Quick tip:
Display only “DoFollow” and/or “Active” links by clicking on one of the two buttons above the results table.
This is one of the main time-saving features of the tool. Live website preview is located in the right part of the dashboard. Just click on one of the backlink rows to load it.
The preview will scroll down to the actual backlink and highlight the anchor text with an orange border.
The right panel includes additional settings and options. You can:
The Favorites list is a great way to save selected backlink opportunities for the future. This way, you can keep those links of competitors you would like to replicate.
Click on the star next to a backlink and LinkMiner will automatically create a new Favorites list for you.
You can access the Favorites list in the top left menu of the app. You’ll also find an option to delete the lists in there.
Exporting results from LinkMiner is a one-click effort. The feature is located under the top right corner of the backlinks table. It will export currently loaded backlinks.
You can either copy the backlinks to clipboard or export them as a CSV file.
If you have any questions or tips what to include in the guide, feel free to share them in the comments below.
If you still have troubles using LinkMiner, don’t hesitate to ask via live chat or email.
This post was last modified on February 17, 2023 1:42 pm