While it is technically possible to build links with just a bit of brain power and a Gmail account, there are a number of link building tools that will help make the process of acquiring links much faster and easier.
Here are some free ones:
- Ahrefs’ Free Backlink Checker – Shows top 100 links pointing at any website or URL.
- Google Alerts – Notifies you whenever a specific word or phrase was mentioned on a newly published page. Which is a great way to source relevant link prospects.
And here are some premium ones:
- Ahrefs’ Site Explorer – Shows you all links of any website or URL with an option to sort and filter them by many important SEO metrics.
- Ahrefs’ Content Explorer – A unique link prospecting tool, which helps you find thousands of relevant websites for link requests and guest posting. Also helps to discover linkable assets on any topic from all around the web.
- Ahrefs Alerts – Similar to Google Alerts but has more flexibility with SEO-related filters.
- Pitchbox/BuzzStream/GMass – Email outreach tools. There are many other tools that let you send personalized emails at scale, but these ones seem to be the most popular among SEOs.
- Hunter.io/Voila Norbert – The so-called “email lookup services,” which help you find contact details of websites at scale.
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