Backlink Audit & Dofollow Link Checker API

Backlink audit and dofollow link checker for public store, directory, marketplace, and profile pages: verify target-domain links, rel values, noindex, redirects, HTTP status, verdict, and checkedAt in a structured dataset.

Audit store, marketplace, directory and profile pages for target-domain links. The actor checks whether a page links to your domain and flags the signals that usually weaken backlink value: nofollow, ugc, sponsored, and page-level noindex.

Use it when you submit products to directories, launch tools on marketplaces, monitor partner pages, or build a repeatable backlink evidence report instead of checking HTML by hand.

For implementation notes, examples, and backlink-quality workflows, see the Store Link Auditor guide on Konabayev.com.

Why use it and what data fields you get

• Final URL and HTTP status after redirects
• Page title and robots meta content
• Whether the page has noindex
• All matching links to your target domains
• rel values for each matching link
• A clean follow-like verdict when a matching link has no nofollow, ugc, or sponsored
• A weakened verdict when the page/link is present but likely discounted

Input

Field	Type	Description
startUrls	Array	Store, directory, marketplace or profile pages to audit
targetDomains	Array	Domains you expect those pages to link to
maxItems	Integer	Maximum pages to audit
requestTimeoutSecs	Integer	Per-page request timeout

How to run: example input

1. Add one public listing/profile URL and the target domain you expect it to link to.
2. Inspect final URL, HTTP status, robots/noindex, matching links, rel, verdict, and checkedAt.
3. Scale the validated page list and retain source evidence; do not equate a clean HTML link with guaranteed ranking value.

{
  "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://konabayev.com/" }],
  "targetDomains": ["konabayev.com"],
  "maxItems": 20,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 30
}

Example output

{
  "url": "https://konabayev.com/",
  "finalUrl": "https://konabayev.com/",
  "statusCode": 200,
  "targetDomains": ["konabayev.com"],
  "checkedAt": "2026-04-30T04:00:00+00:00",
  "pageTitle": "Tugelbay Konabayev",
  "robots": null,
  "noindex": false,
  "matchingLinks": [
    {
      "href": "https://konabayev.com/tools/",
      "text": "Tools",
      "rel": "",
      "domain": "konabayev.com",
      "followLike": true,
      "riskRel": []
    }
  ],
  "matchingLinkCount": 1,
  "cleanFollowLinkFound": true,
  "verdict": "follow-like-found"
}

Verdicts

Verdict	Meaning
follow-like-found	A matching link exists, the page is indexable, and rel is clean
target-link-present-but-weakened	A matching link exists but rel contains nofollow, ugc, or sponsored
target-link-present-but-page-noindex	A matching clean link exists, but the page has a noindex signal
target-link-missing	No matching link to the target domain was found
timeout	The page did not respond before the timeout
http-error	The request failed before HTML could be analyzed

Backlink audit comparison

Route	Best for	Trade-off
This Actor	Repeatable public-page evidence in Apify datasets, schedules, and API	HTML signals cannot prove search-engine weighting
Manual browser/source check	One or two links	Slow, inconsistent, and hard to schedule
Full backlink index	Discovering unknown links across the web	Usually subscription-priced and may lag live page HTML

Use this Actor when you already know the claimed listing/profile URL and need current page-level evidence.

Pricing

On 2026-07-14 the rate is $0.003 per audited page on FREE and falls to $0.0021 on GOLD and higher tiers, plus Apify's $0.00005 synthetic start event. The Store Pricing tab is authoritative for current tiers.

FAQ

Does follow-like-found guarantee ranking impact?

No. It only reports current HTML, robots, and rel evidence. Search engines may ignore or discount any link.

Can this discover every backlink to a domain?

No. You provide the pages to audit. Use a backlink index for broad discovery, then audit important claimed URLs here.

What does noindex mean for the verdict?

The page currently exposes a noindex signal, so a matching link is reported separately from a clean indexable-page verdict.

Validation evidence and search guidance (2026-07-14)

Validation on 2026-07-14 anchors each verdict to primary documentation:

• MDN's rel reference documents link relationship values such as nofollow, ugc, and sponsored.
• Google's spam policies on link spam explain that links intended to manipulate rankings can be treated as spam regardless of simple HTML appearance.
• Results retain final URL, status, matching-link evidence, robots/noindex, verdict, and checkedAt for reproducible spot checks.
• Strict Actor QA validates schemas, links, metadata, Docker configuration, and PPE declarations before release.

Follow each target site's current terms and access rules. This evidence does not guarantee indexation, PageRank transfer, ranking, traffic, or AI citation.

Support

Send the run ID, public page URL, target domain, expected link, observed verdict, and visible error. Do not send credentials, private partner pages, or cookies.

Limitations

This actor reports HTML evidence. It does not guarantee ranking impact. Search engines can discount links for many reasons even when the link is technically follow-like.