Pull bulk domain backlink profiles into a spreadsheet

Pulls backlink stats for a whole list of domains at once and fills them into your spreadsheet automatically.

How the work actually flows

A straight line.

Pattern: Sequence (1)

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Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
SEO & Search OptimizationSpreadsheet & Database OpsResearch & Market Intelligence
Connects
DataForSEOGoogle Sheets

The problem it solves

Checking backlinks one domain at a time is slow, especially when you're comparing your site against several competitors. You end up running the same lookup over and over and manually pasting numbers into a spreadsheet to compare them.

Who it fits

SEO specialists, link-building teams, or agencies auditing backlink profiles across many domains.

How it works

  1. Starts when you run it with a list of domains in your spreadsheet
  2. Sends the whole domain list as one batch request for backlink data
  3. Retrieves backlink count, referring domains, domain rank, and spam score for each site
  4. Writes the results back into the matching rows in your spreadsheet
What you get

Backlink profiles compared across your whole list

You get backlink counts, referring domains, and spam scores for every domain on your list, filled into your spreadsheet automatically.

What you get

A spreadsheet updated with a full backlink summary for every domain on your list.

What you need

A DataForSEO account and a Google Sheets account.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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