Fetch live backlink counts for your whole domain list in Google Sheets

It looks up live backlink totals for every domain on your list and writes the counts straight into your sheet.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per each domain in the list.

Pattern: Sequence (1) ยท Multiple Instances with a priori Run-Time Knowledge (14)

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An outside serviceRuns once per itemA personA record or sheetResultPayoff
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 backlink counts one domain at a time is slow, and doing it for a long list of competitors or clients eats up an afternoon fast. You end up with stale numbers because nobody has time to refresh them regularly.

Who it fits

Best for SEO teams and link-building specialists who track backlinks across many domains for reporting or research.

How it works

  1. You run the check whenever you want fresh numbers
  2. It reads your list of target domains from Google Sheets
  3. It sends the whole list as one batch request for backlink totals
  4. The backlink count for each domain is written back into the matching row
What you get

Backlink numbers refreshed across your whole list at once

Get live backlink totals for every domain on your list, updated straight into your spreadsheet whenever you need fresh numbers.

What you get

An updated spreadsheet with a current backlink count next to every domain.

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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