# Backlink Opportunity Finder (`codingfrontend/backlink-opportunity-finder`) Actor Discover high-quality backlink opportunities — guest posts, resource pages, and link roundups — by searching Bing for your niche keywords. - **URL**: https://apify.com/codingfrontend/backlink-opportunity-finder.md - **Developed by:** [codingfrontend](https://apify.com/codingfrontend) (community) - **Categories:** SEO tools, Lead generation - **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per usage This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Backlink Opportunity Finder Discover high-quality backlink opportunities to boost your domain authority. This actor searches Bing using proven SEO query patterns — guest post pages, resource lists, link roundups, and more — for your target niche. 🔍 > **Note**: For best result quality, use **Residential proxies** (`useApifyProxy: true`). Without a residential proxy, Bing may return lower-quality or off-topic results due to headless browser detection. ### Features - **Multiple opportunity types** — write-for-us, guest posts, resource pages, submit article, link roundups, contributor pages - **Deduplication** — same domain won't appear twice across queries - **Configurable** — choose which opportunity types to search for - **Pagination-ready** — up to 500 results across multiple search queries ### Input Parameters | Field | Type | Default | Description | |-------|------|---------|-------------| | `keywords` | string | *required* | Your niche (e.g. `digital marketing`, `fitness`, `python`) | | `opportunityTypes` | array | `["write-for-us","guest-post","resource-page"]` | Types to search for | | `market` | string | `""` | Bing market code (e.g. `en-US`, `en-GB`) | | `maxItems` | integer | `50` | Max opportunities to return (1–500) | | `proxyConfiguration` | object | — | **Recommended**: Apify Residential proxy for best quality | #### Opportunity Types | Type | Bing Query Pattern | |------|--------------------| | `write-for-us` | `"write for us" {keywords}` | | `guest-post` | `"guest post" {keywords}`, `"guest post guidelines" {keywords}` | | `resource-page` | `intitle:"resources" {keywords} inurl:links` | | `submit-article` | `"submit an article" {keywords}` | | `link-roundup` | `"link roundup" {keywords}` | | `become-contributor` | `"become a contributor" {keywords}` | #### Example INPUT.json ```json { "keywords": "digital marketing", "opportunityTypes": ["write-for-us", "guest-post", "resource-page"], "market": "en-US", "maxItems": 50, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], "apifyProxyCountry": "US" } } ```` ### Output Fields | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | `position` | integer | Global rank across all search queries | | `title` | string | Page title | | `url` | string | Landing URL of the opportunity | | `domain` | string | Domain name (without www) | | `displayUrl` | string | URL as displayed in search results | | `description` | string | Search snippet / meta description | | `opportunityType` | string | Type of opportunity found | | `matchedQuery` | string | The exact Bing query that discovered this | | `queryKeyword` | string | Your input keyword | | `scrapedAt` | string | ISO 8601 timestamp | #### Example Output ```json { "position": 1, "title": "Write For Us | Digital Marketing Blog - Moz", "url": "https://moz.com/blog/contribute", "domain": "moz.com", "displayUrl": "moz.com/blog/contribute", "description": "We're looking for talented writers who want to share their knowledge of digital marketing...", "opportunityType": "write-for-us", "matchedQuery": "\"write for us\" digital marketing", "queryKeyword": "digital marketing", "scrapedAt": "2026-05-15T12:00:00.000Z" } ``` ### Use Cases - **Guest post outreach** — find blogs accepting guest contributors in your niche - **Resource page links** — discover pages that aggregate links in your industry - **Content marketing** — identify editorial opportunities to get published - **Link building campaigns** — bulk-discover sites for outreach ### Proxy Recommendation For highest quality results, use Apify Residential proxies with US or your target country code. Without this, Bing may return bot-deflected results of lower relevance. # Actor input Schema ## `keywords` (type: `string`): Your niche keywords to find backlink opportunities for (e.g. 'digital marketing', 'fitness tips', 'python tutorial'). ## `opportunityTypes` (type: `array`): Types of backlink opportunities to search for. ## `market` (type: `string`): Bing market code (e.g. 'en-US', 'en-GB', 'en-IN'). Leave empty for global results. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of backlink opportunities to extract. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Proxy settings. Use Apify Proxy for better reliability. ## Actor input object example ```json { "keywords": "digital marketing", "opportunityTypes": [ "write-for-us", "guest-post", "resource-page" ], "market": "", "maxItems": 50 } ``` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("codingfrontend/backlink-opportunity-finder").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("codingfrontend/backlink-opportunity-finder").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{}' | apify call codingfrontend/backlink-opportunity-finder --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=codingfrontend/backlink-opportunity-finder", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Backlink Opportunity Finder", "description": "Discover high-quality backlink opportunities — guest posts, resource pages, and link roundups — by searching Bing for your niche keywords.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "g7UT7ePRZHd63ctkH" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/codingfrontend~backlink-opportunity-finder/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-codingfrontend-backlink-opportunity-finder", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/codingfrontend~backlink-opportunity-finder/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-codingfrontend-backlink-opportunity-finder", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/codingfrontend~backlink-opportunity-finder/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-codingfrontend-backlink-opportunity-finder", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "keywords" ], "properties": { "keywords": { "title": "Keywords / Niche", "type": "string", "description": "Your niche keywords to find backlink opportunities for (e.g. 'digital marketing', 'fitness tips', 'python tutorial')." }, "opportunityTypes": { "title": "Opportunity Types", "type": "array", "description": "Types of backlink opportunities to search for.", "items": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "write-for-us", "guest-post", "resource-page", "submit-article", "link-roundup", "become-contributor" ] }, "default": [ "write-for-us", "guest-post", "resource-page" ] }, "market": { "title": "Bing Market Code", "type": "string", "description": "Bing market code (e.g. 'en-US', 'en-GB', 'en-IN'). Leave empty for global results.", "default": "" }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max Items", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 500, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of backlink opportunities to extract.", "default": 50 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy Configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Proxy settings. Use Apify Proxy for better reliability." } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```