Guide · link building and prospecting

Backlink metrics for 1,000 domains for about $8

Qualifying a prospect list or sizing competitors one domain at a time in a backlink tool is slow and the exports are capped. This run takes a list of up to 1,000 domains and returns one row each with authority, link counts, spam score and 30-day link velocity, from licensed DataForSEO data.

What you get

Per domain: domain_rank (0–1,000 authority), backlinks, referring_domains with nofollow and main-domain variants, spam_score (0–100, higher is worse), and new_/lost_ backlinks and referring domains for the period you choose (default: the last month). Subdomains and page URLs are accepted and measured as given.

one real row · live run 17 Oct 2026
domain
apify.com
domain_rank
552
backlinks
1,897,495
referring_domains
13,861
spam_score
18
new_backlinks
262,368
lost_backlinks
8,420
new_referring_domains
5,960

The cost

ItemPrice1,000 domains
Rows$0.008 per domain$8.00
Lookup (one per batch of up to 1,000)$0.15$0.15
First 10 rowsfree−$0.08
Totalabout $8

Six supplier requests are made per batch (rank, backlinks, referring domains, spam score, new/lost backlinks, new/lost referring domains) and joined into one row per domain. A list of 5,000 domains is five batches.

Steps

  1. Open Backlinks Summary. It goes live on Apify on 18 October 2026; the catalogue line shows a real row until then.
  2. Paste domains into domains, one per line, without https or www (bare domains work best; URLs are accepted).
  3. Optionally set dateFrom (YYYY-MM-DD, up to a year back) for the new/lost counts. Empty means the last month.
  4. Press Start. A batch of 1,000 domains takes well under a minute.
  5. Download CSV or Excel from the Dataset tab, sort by domain_rank or spam_score, and you have a qualified list.

Things worth knowing

See the catalogue line Live on Apify from 18 October 2026. First 10 rows free.