Ahrefs Website Authority Checker

Ahrefs Website Authority Checker lets you extract comprehensive website authority metrics from Ahrefs, helping you analyze domain strength, track competitors, and fuel your SEO strategy with automated data collection.

What is Ahrefs Website Authority Checker?

Ahrefs Website Authority Checker automates the extraction of key SEO metrics from Ahrefs' website authority checker, providing you with essential domain data to:

• Generate SEO insights: extract Domain Rating, backlinks, and referring domains to assess website authority and competitive positioning
• Track competitor metrics: monitor competitor domain strength, backlink profiles, and authority changes over time
• Perform market analysis: analyze domain authority across industries, identify high-authority targets for link building, or benchmark your sites against competitors
• Support outreach campaigns: discover high-authority domains for guest posting, partnerships, and link building opportunities
• Automate SEO workflows: replace manual authority checking with repeatable, scalable workflows that keep your SEO data fresh and consistent

The scraper bypasses manual captcha solving and provides concurrent processing to efficiently analyze multiple websites simultaneously.

What data does Ahrefs Website Authority Checker extract?

Metric	Description
🌐 URL	Original website URL analyzed
📊 Domain Rating (DR)	Ahrefs' proprietary metric (0-100) showing domain authority
🔗 Backlinks	Total number of backlinks pointing to the domain
🏢 Referring Domains	Number of unique domains linking to the target
✅ Dofollow Backlinks	Count of dofollow backlinks that pass link equity
🎯 Dofollow Referring Domains	Number of domains with dofollow links
🔄 Normalized URL	Cleaned URL used for duplicate detection

For maximum efficiency, Ahrefs Website Authority Checker has the following capabilities:

• Extract comprehensive metrics: Domain Rating, backlink counts, referring domains, and dofollow data
• Flexible input: scrape using direct URLs, handle various URL formats (www, https, trailing slashes)
• Duplicate detection: automatically identifies and skips duplicate URLs across different formats
• Concurrent processing: analyze up to 5 websites simultaneously for faster results
• Error handling: robust retry logic with exponential backoff for reliable data extraction
• Flexible output format: export data in JSON, CSV, Excel, or other formats
• Usage tiers: free plan for testing (1 URL), paid plans for unlimited processing

⬇️ Input

The input for Ahrefs Website Authority Checker should be a list of website URLs you want to analyze. You can set up the input programmatically or use the interface fields.

Start URLs (Required)

Provide website URLs in the start_urls array. The scraper handles various URL formats and automatically normalizes them for processing.

Input Format:

{
  "start_urls": [
    { "url": "https://example.com" },
    { "url": "https://competitor.com" },
    { "url": "https://another-site.org" }
  ]
}

Supported URL Formats

The scraper automatically handles and normalizes different URL variations:

• ✅ https://example.com - Standard HTTPS URLs
• ✅ http://example.com - HTTP URLs (converted to HTTPS)
• ✅ www.example.com - URLs with www prefix
• ✅ HTTPS://EXAMPLE.COM - Case variations
• ✅ https://example.com/ - URLs with trailing slashes
• ✅ example.com - Domain-only format

URL Processing

Duplicate Detection: The scraper automatically identifies and skips duplicate URLs, even when they're formatted differently:

Example duplicates that will be merged:

• https://example.com and https://www.example.com
• https://site.com/ and https://site.com
• HTTPS://SITE.COM and https://site.com

Usage Limits

Plan	URLs per Run	Features
Free	1 URL	Demo functionality, all metrics
Paid	Unlimited	Bulk processing, concurrent analysis, priority support

⚠️ Free Plan: Limited to 1 URL per run for demonstration purposes. Upgrade to a paid plan for unlimited URL processing.

⬆️ Output

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can find in the Output or Storage tab. The output is organized in tables for viewing convenience and can be viewed as a table, JSON, or downloaded in various formats.

Sample Output

{
  "url": "https://apify.com",
  "normalized_url": "https://apify.com",
  "domainRating": 71.0,
  "backlinks": 15420,
  "refdomains": 1243,
  "dofollowBacklinks": 8934,
  "dofollowRefdomains": 856
}

Output Formats

Once the run is finished, you can download the dataset in various formats:

• JSON - For programmatic processing
• CSV - For spreadsheet analysis
• Excel - For advanced data manipulation
• XML - For system integrations

Table View

The table view displays all authority metrics in an organized format:

URL	Domain Rating	Backlinks	Referring Domains	Dofollow Backlinks	Dofollow Ref Domains
apify.com	71.0	15,420	1,243	8,934	856
github.com	94.0	2,847,392	98,234	1,523,847	67,892

🎯 Use Cases

SEO Analysis & Research

• Competitor analysis: Compare domain authority across your competitive landscape
• Link building: Identify high-authority domains for outreach campaigns
• Content partnerships: Find authoritative sites for guest posting opportunities
• Market research: Analyze domain strength across different industries

Business Intelligence

• Portfolio monitoring: Track authority metrics across multiple owned properties
• Due diligence: Assess domain value for acquisitions or partnerships
• Performance benchmarking: Compare your domain against industry standards
• Trend analysis: Monitor authority changes over time

Marketing & Outreach

• Influencer identification: Find high-authority domains in your niche
• Partnership evaluation: Assess potential partner domain strength
• PR target selection: Identify authoritative publications for press coverage
• Affiliate recruitment: Find high-authority sites for affiliate partnerships

🔧 Integration & Automation

API Integration

Use the Apify API to integrate authority checking into your existing workflows:

// Example API call
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('your-actor-id').call({
  start_urls: [
    { url: 'https://parsedom.com' },
    { url: 'https://apify.com' }
  ]
});

Third-party Tools

Integrate with popular tools via Zapier, Make, or direct API:

• Airtable - Store results in organized bases
• Google Sheets - Automatic spreadsheet updates
• Slack - Team notifications for completed analyses
• CRM Systems - Enrich lead data with authority metrics

⚡ Performance & Reliability

Processing Speed

• Concurrent analysis: Up to 5 URLs processed simultaneously
• Smart queuing: Automatic token management for continuous processing
• Efficient deduplication: Skip processing of duplicate URLs instantly

Error Handling

• Retry logic: 3 attempts per URL with exponential backoff
• Captcha solving: Automated Turnstile captcha handling
• Proxy rotation: Residential proxies for reliability and avoiding blocks

Data Quality

• Real-time data: Direct from Ahrefs' authority checker
• Consistent formatting: Normalized output across all URLs
• Validation: Input URL validation and sanitization

💰 Pricing

Feature	Free Plan	Paid Plan
URLs per run	1	Unlimited
Concurrent processing	❌	✅ (up to 5)
Bulk analysis	❌	✅
API access	✅	✅
Data export	✅	✅

🚀 Getting Started

1. Add URLs: Input the websites you want to analyze
2. Run the Actor: Click "Start" to begin processing
3. Monitor progress: Watch real-time processing updates
4. Export results: Download data in your preferred format
5. Integrate: Set up automation for ongoing monitoring

Quick Start Example

{
  "start_urls": [
    { "url": "https://yourwebsite.com" },
    { "url": "https://competitor1.com" },
    { "url": "https://competitor2.com" }
  ]
}

🤝 Support

Need help or have questions?

• Email us at info@parsedom.com
• Or visit https://parsedom.com
• Visit our profilel in fiverr: https://www.fiverr.com/s/rEmNqEb
• You can also contact us if you want to build a custom actor.

Ready to analyze website authority? Add your URLs and start scraping! 🚀