Recover links after a migration
Find external links whose destination is unavailable after URL changes, then choose between restoring the page and adding the closest relevant redirect.
- Broken destinations
- Changed URLs
- Relevant recovery path
Backlink Checker and Link Analysis
Select your project or an added competitor to review backlink totals, referring domains, profile movement, source and target URLs, anchors, link attributes, broken destinations, and first-seen dates. Use every metric as investigation context—not an automatic verdict about a link.
A backlink record you can inspect
Source and target
producthunt.com/posts/screpy → screpy.com
Anchor and attribute
check your website · dofollow
Status and first seen
live · 2026-09-18
Analyze Your Backlink Profile
Start with the domain you are investigating. Screpy brings backlink totals, referring-domain diversity, broken backlinks and the profile's spam score together before you inspect individual links.
- Select the active project or an already added competitor, then load its report with Search.
- Compare backlinks with referring domains: one website can supply many links, so the two totals answer different questions.
- Use the broken-backlink total to identify recovery work; the spam score is a review signal, not a Google penalty decision.
- The report covers the selected domain rather than a separately entered page or folder. Available records are not a census of every live link.
- example.org
- example.net
- example.edu
example.com84 Links
Read Backlink History
Look at backlink and referring-domain totals across the recorded dates. The chart helps locate a change worth investigating without turning an observed increase into a claim about a campaign's success.
- Backlink and referring-domain lines show how link volume and source diversity changed in the available history.
- Gain and Loss show net changes between successive backlink totals, not separate counts of every newly acquired or removed link.
- Search loads the available report; it does not freshly test every source page. Verify important changes on the live websites.
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1,240Inspect Sources and Anchor Text
Follow the evidence from the referring page to the linked destination. Keep the source URL, anchor text, target URL and first-seen date together when assessing a placement.
- Open the source page to check the surrounding content and whether the recorded link still points to the intended destination.
- Read anchor text as context for the placement. An empty text field can reflect a non-text link and needs inspection before you call it an error.
- The table starts with the most recently discovered records. Sort by supported source, anchor, target, date, follow or review-metric columns and move through the result pages.
- First Seen dates in the table record discovery, not the date a publisher originally created the link.
- Inspect the recorded target URL before changing a linked page during a migration or content consolidation.
/guides/seo
/shop/linen
/shop/linenTarget
Review Backlink Quality Signals
The Type, Rank, Domain and Spam columns help you compare records. Use them alongside the actual referring content rather than replacing editorial judgment with one score.
- Type shows the reported dofollow or nofollow flag. It is not a complete inventory of every sponsored, ugc or other link attribute.
- Rank describes a relative link metric and Domain a relative source-domain metric; neither is your keyword's position in Google.
- Check topical relevance, surrounding content and the reason for the placement even when the recorded metrics look strong.
- A high spam score alone does not prove a penalty or justify removing a link. Investigate the pattern and any Search Console manual action first.
example.orgnofollow
- Rank
- 32
- Spam score
- 4
example.org/guidesexample.com/linen
Recover Lost and Broken Backlinks
A lost placement and a broken destination require different checks. Use the recorded status to start the investigation, then verify what the source page and linked URL currently do.
- The main table displays Live, Lost or Broken for the recorded state; the broken flag takes priority when several conditions apply.
- For your own project, Link Building's separate Lost Links and Broken Links views group affected links by referring domain. Open a domain's link count to inspect its records.
- Lost Links includes last-seen information. A lost record can reflect a changed or removed source page rather than a broken destination on your website.
- For a broken target, restore useful content or choose a relevant replacement redirect after checking the live response and visitor journey.
- Inbound backlink recovery differs from finding broken links inside your own crawl; use the crawler's Broken Link Checker for that investigation.
Source/guides
404
/old-pricing404/setup503
Compare Competitor Backlinks
Select an added competitor to study its sources, anchors and linked destinations. Continue to Link Building's Backlink Gap when the question is which source domains appear for that competitor but not for your project.
- Add competitors to the active project before selecting their profiles; the available competitor allowance depends on the project plan.
- Backlink Gap compares the project with one added competitor and lists recorded source domains absent from the project's profile.
- Its separate history chart compares the project's and competitor's available backlink totals over the last twelve months.
- Open the recorded competitor links and assess editorial fit before considering a prospect. A gap does not reveal private outreach, contracts or guaranteed ranking value.
- example.org
- example.net
- example.eduMissing
example.com84 Links
Export Backlink Data
Download CSV or Excel for an investigation or handoff. Understand which rows and fields were exported before treating the file as an archive of the whole backlink profile.
- The dashboard export contains the current loaded result page, not every backlink across the report's pagination.
- Files use table-column values: Source contains a referring domain, and Status a broken-link flag rather than every displayed status label. Check the exported columns before sharing.
- Record the selected target, retrieval date and sorting alongside the sheet; load and export additional result pages when your review needs them.
- API and MCP table exports provide richer explicit link records, but also cover one requested page. Follow pagination to collect further pages.
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Manage Reviewed Disavow Entries
When the evidence supports a disavow decision, move selected sources into the project's separate Disavow Management list. Analysis does not automatically remove, reject or submit links.
- Selected-row disavow actions apply to your project domain, not a competitor profile.
- Choose between the specific source URL and its whole referring domain deliberately; the two selections have different scope.
- Review the saved list and export its text file in Disavow Management. Preparing that list is separate from uploading it to Google.
- Most sites do not need disavow. Follow Google's guidance and review removal efforts and manual-action evidence before using the file.
disavow.txtReviewdomain:example.org
https://example.net/links- Domainexample.org
- URLexample.net/links
Use Backlink API Data
Bring available backlink evidence into your own reporting workflow. API access uses an authorized project and the same project or added-competitor target constraints, with the relevant feature allowance.
- The integration overview includes available profile history and leading anchor, referring-domain and linked-page summaries; these are not extra panels in the main dashboard table.
- Link records can include source and target URLs, new/lost/broken flags, discovery dates, source-page rank and recorded HTML location when available.
- The record's HTTP status describes the source page, not the destination's response. Check the target directly when investigating recovery.
- Keep target, sorting and other selectors unchanged while following the returned pagination cursor. List and CSV/Excel responses cover the requested page.
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/projectsJSON{
"data": [
{ "domain": "example.com" }
]
}Talk about Backlink Checker. With SEO MCP.
Connect your AI assistant to review backlink profiles and records for an eligible project or an added competitor. Table exports cover a requested page; follow pagination for more. Disavow list changes require explicit confirmation and do not submit anything to Google.
- Screpy: Hello! Let’s look at Backlink Checker for example.com. What would you like to know?
- You: Show my project's backlink overview and a page of source and target URLs.
- Screpy: I'll use your accessible project's backlink overview for totals, history and source summaries, then request a page of link records. Additional records need the next pagination cursor; these observations do not replace a live source-page check. Example backlink request: Profile overview: Totals, history and source summaries. Link records: One page; pagination for more.
- You: Turn that into a short action plan.
- Screpy: I’ll keep the evidence and recommendations separate. Review the findings, choose one change and check the results afterward. Your next steps: Review: Check the source and date of each finding.. Decide: Choose the first change to make.. Verify: Compare the results after the change..
- You: Can you explain the evidence in plain language?
- Screpy: Yes. Ask about a supported result and I can explain what it shows, where it comes from and what is still uncertain. Missing data stays unavailable; recommendations are not automatic fixes.
Turn a backlink total into a verified investigation.
Start with one domain and a dated baseline, isolate the records behind the movement, verify important source and destination pages, then take only the action the evidence supports.
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Choose the domain behind the question
Select the project for monitoring and recovery work or an added competitor for research. Keep the same target when comparing two reporting dates.
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Establish the profile baseline
Record backlink and referring-domain totals, broken backlinks and the profile's spam score. Read the historical chart for net changes between recorded backlink totals, not separate counts of every gained and lost link.
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Move from the change to its records
Inspect source URLs, anchors, target URLs, follow flags, visible states and First Seen dates. For grouped loss or recovery investigations, use Link Building's separate Lost Links and Broken Links views, then open the affected domain's records.
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Verify the source and destination live
Open important referring pages and target URLs before assigning a cause. A discovery state or score is a lead for investigation, not proof that a link exists, disappeared, helps, or harms rankings.
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Take the smallest justified action
Restore a useful destination, add a relevant redirect, contact the publisher when appropriate, document the loss, or export the evidence. Use disavow only in the separate controlled workflow when Google guidance supports it.
Use backlink data where the next decision is clear.
The same dataset can support migration recovery, earned-media review, competitor research, and protection of linked content when each investigation begins with a specific question.
Review earned-link and digital PR results
Inspect newly discovered sources, anchors, destination pages, and follow attributes, then verify the live placements behind a campaign update.
- New source pages
- Campaign destinations
- Live placement check
Research a competitor profile
Select an added competitor to study available referring sources, linked pages, anchors, and profile movement without assuming the dataset reveals how or why each link was earned.
- Source patterns
- Linked-page patterns
- Research context
Protect pages that attract links
Identify destination pages receiving external links before consolidating content, changing URLs, removing pages, or redesigning internal publishing workflows.
- Linked destinations
- Content consolidation
- Redirect planning
Keep backlink metrics inside their real limits.
Backlink datasets are sampled observations of a changing web. Screpy surfaces evidence for review without presenting coverage, scores, or timing labels as complete or causal search-engine data.
No backlink index covers the whole web
Discovery and recrawl schedules differ between tools. A missing record does not prove that a live link does not exist, and a stored record may need a fresh source-page check.
Review metrics are not Google verdicts
Rank and spam scores help compare records inside the dataset. They do not prove ranking value, search-engine trust, a penalty, or the need to remove a link.
New and lost describe observed data
A state can change because a page was recrawled, redirected, unavailable, reclassified, or newly discovered. Confirm important changes on the live source and destination.
Profile movement does not prove causation
A backlink gain or loss can coincide with ranking movement without causing it. Compare content, technical changes, search demand, competitors, and Search Console evidence before drawing a conclusion.
Choose the link workflow that matches the decision.
Inspect individual backlinks for evidence, group sources by domain when the pattern matters, or manage a carefully justified disavow file for a project you control.
Select your project or an added competitor, inspect its available profile and link records, and export the currently loaded result page.
Group backlinks by the websites providing them and open the recorded links associated with one source domain.
Organize selected URLs or domains for a project you control and export a file only when removal efforts and Google guidance justify it.
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Read articleBacklink Checker FAQ
Understand what Screpy reports, how backlink and referring-domain records differ, why datasets change, and when a metric or disavow action needs extra caution.
What is a broken backlink?
A recorded broken backlink points to a destination observed returning a 4xx or 5xx response. Check its current response before restoring useful content or redirecting to a relevant replacement. A redirect is not automatically a broken link.
Can I analyze a competitor domain?
Yes. Add the competitor to the active project, then select it to review the available backlink profile. Treat the result as research context: it does not reveal private outreach, contracts, traffic value, or why any specific link was earned.
What do dofollow and nofollow mean in the report?
The field records the link attribute reported for the backlink. It is useful context, but it does not by itself prove how much ranking value a search engine assigns to the link or whether the link is editorially useful.
Does a spam score prove that a backlink is harmful?
No. Spam, rank, page-rank, and domain-rank metrics are third-party review signals rather than Google metrics or penalty decisions. Check the source, relevance, link pattern, target page, acquisition history, and any Search Console manual action before choosing an action.
What is the difference between a backlink and a referring domain?
A backlink is one recorded link from a source page to a target URL. A referring domain is the website that hosts one or more of those source pages. One domain can contribute many backlinks, so raw link count and domain diversity answer different questions.
What does a backlink checker show?
A backlink checker shows external links pointing to a website. Useful details include the referring domain, source page, target URL, anchor text, follow status, discovery status, and available quality signals.
Why should I monitor new and lost backlinks?
New and lost states help narrow an investigation, but they can reflect discovery timing, recrawling, changed source pages, redirects, or unavailable destinations. Verify the live source and target before concluding that a campaign gained a link or that a publisher removed one.
Why can backlink totals differ between SEO tools?
Each backlink service discovers, recrawls, stores, deduplicates, and classifies the web on its own schedule. Coverage and freshness therefore differ. Use one consistent source for trend comparisons and verify important links on the live source page.
Does Screpy remove or disavow backlinks automatically?
No. Backlink Checker is an analysis workflow. Disavow Management is separate and is available only for project domains you control. Google says most sites do not need the disavow tool and warns that incorrect use can harm search performance.
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