Track website traffic and backlinks in Google Sheets automatically

Submit a domain and get its traffic and backlink numbers pulled automatically into two Google Sheets.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken; a person is alerted when a step fails.

Pattern: Exclusive Choice (4)

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An outside serviceA personOne path onlyResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
SEO & Search OptimizationEmail AutomationSpreadsheet & Database OpsResearch & Market IntelligenceSurvey & Feedback
Connects
AhrefsGoogle SheetsEmail

The problem it solves

You want to know how your website and your competitors are performing, but pulling traffic and backlink numbers by hand is slow and easy to forget. By the time you check, the data is already stale.

Who it fits

SEO professionals and digital marketers tracking website performance for themselves or clients.

How it works

  1. You submit a domain through a simple form
  2. The system checks the domain's traffic and backlink data
  3. If the check succeeds, the numbers are added as new rows in two separate Google Sheets
  4. If the check fails, an email alert is sent with the domain and error details
What you get

Traffic and backlinks tracked over time

You get a domain's traffic and backlink numbers pulled automatically into your spreadsheets whenever you submit it.

What you get

An updated Google Sheets log of traffic and backlink data for every domain you check, plus alerts on failures.

What you need

A Google Workspace account, an Ahrefs API subscription, and an email account for alerts.

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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