---
title: "Backlink Monitoring & Link Analysis API for SEO"
description: "Monitor backlink pages, extract outbound links and anchor text, and find link building prospects. Pull link data from any page with WebScraping.AI."
url: https://webscraping.ai/use-cases/backlink-analysis
markdown_index: https://webscraping.ai/llms.txt
---
SEO & DIGITAL MARKETING

# Backlink Monitoring

Monitor link pages for your backlinks, extract outbound links and anchor text from any page, and find new link building prospects.

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## Backlinks Drive Rankings

Quality backlinks remain one of the most important ranking factors. Reading the pages that link out in your niche shows where your own links could fit.

WebScraping.AI extracts the link data from any page you point it at - outbound links with their anchor text via AI extraction, and the raw HTML (with `rel` attributes such as nofollow) via `/html` - so you can monitor link pages and build your own datasets.

#### WebScraping.AI Solution

- **Link Extraction:** Pull outbound links and anchor text from a page's main content
- **Backlink Monitoring:** Check whether your links are still live on target pages
- **Prospect Discovery:** Analyze roundups and resource pages for link opportunities
- **AI Insights:** Ask what a page links to and what it would take to be included

## Link Analysis Features

Comprehensive backlink intelligence

#### Link Extraction

Extract outbound links and anchor text, or parse link attributes like nofollow from the page HTML.

#### Competitor Analysis

See which sites a competitor's pages link out to and how.

#### Prospect Discovery

Find resource pages, directories, and link opportunities.

#### Content Analysis

Analyze what content earns the most links.

## Code Examples

Extract backlink data

##### Extract outbound links from a roundup article

**cURL**

```bash
curl -G "https://api.webscraping.ai/ai/fields" \
  --data-urlencode "api_key=YOUR_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "url=https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2026" \
  --data-urlencode "fields[page_title]=Page title" \
  --data-urlencode "fields[outbound_links]=All external links as anchor text (URL), separated by semicolons" \
  --data-urlencode "fields[link_categories]=Group the linked sites by type (tools, resources, competitors)" \
  --data-urlencode "fields[author]=Article author if shown" \
  --data-urlencode "fields[publish_date]=Publication date"
# Response:
# {
# "result": {
# "page_title": "Best Marketing Tools for 2026",
# "outbound_links": "Tool One (https://tool1.com); another great option (https://tool2.com)",
# "link_categories": "Tools: tool1.com, tool2.com; Resources: resource-site.com",
# "author": "Jane Smith",
# "publish_date": "2026-01-15"
# }
# }
```

**Python**

```python
# pip install webscraping_ai
# https://pypi.org/project/webscraping-ai/
from webscraping_ai import Client

client = Client(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")
result = client.fields(
    "https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2026",
    fields={
        "page_title": "Page title",
        "outbound_links": "All external links as anchor text (URL), separated by semicolons",
        "link_categories": "Group the linked sites by type (tools, resources, competitors)",
        "author": "Article author if shown",
        "publish_date": "Publication date",
    },
)
print(result)
# Response:
# {
# "result": {
# "page_title": "Best Marketing Tools for 2026",
# "outbound_links": "Tool One (https://tool1.com); another great option (https://tool2.com)",
# "link_categories": "Tools: tool1.com, tool2.com; Resources: resource-site.com",
# "author": "Jane Smith",
# "publish_date": "2026-01-15"
# }
# }
```

**JavaScript**

```javascript
// npm install webscraping-ai
// https://www.npmjs.com/package/webscraping-ai
import { WebScrapingAI } from 'webscraping-ai';

const client = new WebScrapingAI({ apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY' });
const result = await client.fields({
  url: 'https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2026',
  fields: {
    page_title: 'Page title',
    outbound_links: 'All external links as anchor text (URL), separated by semicolons',
    link_categories: 'Group the linked sites by type (tools, resources, competitors)',
    author: 'Article author if shown',
    publish_date: 'Publication date',
  },
});
console.log(result);
// Response:
// {
// "result": {
// "page_title": "Best Marketing Tools for 2026",
// "outbound_links": "Tool One (https://tool1.com); another great option (https://tool2.com)",
// "link_categories": "Tools: tool1.com, tool2.com; Resources: resource-site.com",
// "author": "Jane Smith",
// "publish_date": "2026-01-15"
// }
// }
```

**PHP**

```php
<?php
// composer require webscraping-ai/webscraping-ai-php
// https://packagist.org/packages/webscraping-ai/webscraping-ai-php
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use WebScrapingAI\Client;

$client = new Client('YOUR_API_KEY');
$result = $client->fields('https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2026', [
    'page_title' => 'Page title',
    'outbound_links' => 'All external links as anchor text (URL), separated by semicolons',
    'link_categories' => 'Group the linked sites by type (tools, resources, competitors)',
    'author' => 'Article author if shown',
    'publish_date' => 'Publication date',
]);
print_r($result);
// Response:
// {
// "result": {
// "page_title": "Best Marketing Tools for 2026",
// "outbound_links": "Tool One (https://tool1.com); another great option (https://tool2.com)",
// "link_categories": "Tools: tool1.com, tool2.com; Resources: resource-site.com",
// "author": "Jane Smith",
// "publish_date": "2026-01-15"
// }
// }
```

**Ruby**

```ruby
# gem install webscraping_ai
# https://rubygems.org/gems/webscraping_ai
require 'webscraping_ai'

client = WebScrapingAI::Client.new(api_key: 'YOUR_API_KEY')
result = client.fields(
  'https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2026',
  fields: {
    page_title: 'Page title',
    outbound_links: 'All external links as anchor text (URL), separated by semicolons',
    link_categories: 'Group the linked sites by type (tools, resources, competitors)',
    author: 'Article author if shown',
    publish_date: 'Publication date',
  }
)
puts result.inspect
# Response:
# {
# "result": {
# "page_title": "Best Marketing Tools for 2026",
# "outbound_links": "Tool One (https://tool1.com); another great option (https://tool2.com)",
# "link_categories": "Tools: tool1.com, tool2.com; Resources: resource-site.com",
# "author": "Jane Smith",
# "publish_date": "2026-01-15"
# }
# }
```

**Go**

```go
// go get github.com/webscraping-ai/webscraping-ai-go/v4
// https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/webscraping-ai/webscraping-ai-go/v4
package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"

    webscrapingai "github.com/webscraping-ai/webscraping-ai-go/v4"
)

func main() {
    client, _ := webscrapingai.NewClient(&webscrapingai.Config{APIKey: "YOUR_API_KEY"})
    result, _ := client.Fields(context.Background(), &webscrapingai.FieldsOptions{
        URL: "https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2026",
        Fields: map[string]string{
            "page_title": "Page title",
            "outbound_links": "All external links as anchor text (URL), separated by semicolons",
            "link_categories": "Group the linked sites by type (tools, resources, competitors)",
            "author": "Article author if shown",
            "publish_date": "Publication date",
        },
    })
    fmt.Println(result.Result)
}
// Response:
// {
// "result": {
// "page_title": "Best Marketing Tools for 2026",
// "outbound_links": "Tool One (https://tool1.com); another great option (https://tool2.com)",
// "link_categories": "Tools: tool1.com, tool2.com; Resources: resource-site.com",
// "author": "Jane Smith",
// "publish_date": "2026-01-15"
// }
// }
```

**Java**

```java
// Maven: ai.webscraping:webscraping-ai:4.2.0
// https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/ai.webscraping/webscraping-ai
import ai.webscraping.Client;
import ai.webscraping.Config;
import ai.webscraping.option.FieldsOptions;
import ai.webscraping.result.FieldsResult;

Client client = new Client(Config.builder().apiKey("YOUR_API_KEY").build());
FieldsResult result = client.fields(FieldsOptions.builder()
    .url("https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2026")
    .addField("page_title", "Page title")
    .addField("outbound_links", "All external links as anchor text (URL), separated by semicolons")
    .addField("link_categories", "Group the linked sites by type (tools, resources, competitors)")
    .addField("author", "Article author if shown")
    .addField("publish_date", "Publication date")
    .build());
System.out.println(result.getResult());
// Response:
// {
// "result": {
// "page_title": "Best Marketing Tools for 2026",
// "outbound_links": "Tool One (https://tool1.com); another great option (https://tool2.com)",
// "link_categories": "Tools: tool1.com, tool2.com; Resources: resource-site.com",
// "author": "Jane Smith",
// "publish_date": "2026-01-15"
// }
// }
```

**C#**

```csharp
// dotnet add package WebScrapingAI
// https://www.nuget.org/packages/WebScrapingAI
using WebScrapingAI;

var client = new WebScrapingAIClient(new WebScrapingAIClientOptions { ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY" });
var result = await client.FieldsAsync(new FieldsRequest {
    Url = "https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2026",
    Fields = new Dictionary<string, string> {
        ["page_title"] = "Page title",
        ["outbound_links"] = "All external links as anchor text (URL), separated by semicolons",
        ["link_categories"] = "Group the linked sites by type (tools, resources, competitors)",
        ["author"] = "Article author if shown",
        ["publish_date"] = "Publication date",
    },
});
Console.WriteLine(result.Result);
// Response:
// {
// "result": {
// "page_title": "Best Marketing Tools for 2026",
// "outbound_links": "Tool One (https://tool1.com); another great option (https://tool2.com)",
// "link_categories": "Tools: tool1.com, tool2.com; Resources: resource-site.com",
// "author": "Jane Smith",
// "publish_date": "2026-01-15"
// }
// }
```

##### Ask the AI for link-building opportunities

**cURL**

```bash
curl -G "https://api.webscraping.ai/ai/question" \
  --data-urlencode "api_key=YOUR_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "url=https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2026" \
  --data-urlencode "question=What types of sites does this page link to? What would a site need to be included here? How could I get a link from this page?"
```

**Python**

```python
# pip install webscraping_ai
# https://pypi.org/project/webscraping-ai/
from webscraping_ai import Client

client = Client(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")
answer = client.question(
    "https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2026",
    question="What types of sites does this page link to? What would a site need to be included here? How could I get a link from this page?",
)
print(answer)
```

**JavaScript**

```javascript
// npm install webscraping-ai
// https://www.npmjs.com/package/webscraping-ai
import { WebScrapingAI } from 'webscraping-ai';

const client = new WebScrapingAI({ apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY' });
const answer = await client.question({
  url: 'https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2026',
  question: 'What types of sites does this page link to? What would a site need to be included here? How could I get a link from this page?',
});
console.log(answer);
```

**PHP**

```php
<?php
// composer require webscraping-ai/webscraping-ai-php
// https://packagist.org/packages/webscraping-ai/webscraping-ai-php
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use WebScrapingAI\Client;

$client = new Client('YOUR_API_KEY');
$answer = $client->question(
    'https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2026',
    'What types of sites does this page link to? What would a site need to be included here? How could I get a link from this page?',
);
echo $answer;
```

**Ruby**

```ruby
# gem install webscraping_ai
# https://rubygems.org/gems/webscraping_ai
require 'webscraping_ai'

client = WebScrapingAI::Client.new(api_key: 'YOUR_API_KEY')
answer = client.question(
  'https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2026',
  question: 'What types of sites does this page link to? What would a site need to be included here? How could I get a link from this page?'
)
puts answer
```

**Go**

```go
// go get github.com/webscraping-ai/webscraping-ai-go/v4
// https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/webscraping-ai/webscraping-ai-go/v4
package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"

    webscrapingai "github.com/webscraping-ai/webscraping-ai-go/v4"
)

func main() {
    client, _ := webscrapingai.NewClient(&webscrapingai.Config{APIKey: "YOUR_API_KEY"})
    answer, _ := client.Question(context.Background(), &webscrapingai.QuestionOptions{
        URL: "https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2026",
        Question: "What types of sites does this page link to? What would a site need to be included here? How could I get a link from this page?",
    })
    fmt.Println(answer)
}
```

**Java**

```java
// Maven: ai.webscraping:webscraping-ai:4.2.0
// https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/ai.webscraping/webscraping-ai
import ai.webscraping.Client;
import ai.webscraping.Config;
import ai.webscraping.option.QuestionOptions;

Client client = new Client(Config.builder().apiKey("YOUR_API_KEY").build());
String answer = client.question(QuestionOptions.builder()
    .url("https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2026")
    .question("What types of sites does this page link to? What would a site need to be included here? How could I get a link from this page?")
    .build());
System.out.println(answer);
```

**C#**

```csharp
// dotnet add package WebScrapingAI
// https://www.nuget.org/packages/WebScrapingAI
using WebScrapingAI;

var client = new WebScrapingAIClient(new WebScrapingAIClientOptions { ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY" });
var answer = await client.QuestionAsync(new QuestionRequest {
    Url = "https://industry-blog.com/best-tools-2026",
    Question = "What types of sites does this page link to? What would a site need to be included here? How could I get a link from this page?",
});
Console.WriteLine(answer);
```

## Why Use WebScraping.AI

**Any Page:** Analyze links from any website or page.

**AI Analysis:** Get strategic recommendations, not just data.

**Flexible Queries:** Ask any question about link patterns.

**Scale:** Analyze hundreds of pages for link opportunities.

**Cost Effective:** No expensive SEO tool subscriptions needed.

#### Link Building Use Cases

**Competitor Link Analysis**

See which sites competitor pages link out to

**Resource Page Prospecting**

Find pages that link to similar content

**Broken Link Building**

Find broken outbound links to replace

**Content Gap Analysis**

See what content earns the most links

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[Content Analysis](https://webscraping.ai/use-cases/competitor-content-analysis): Analyze competitor content strategies.

[Social Monitoring](https://webscraping.ai/use-cases/social-media-monitoring): Track brand mentions across platforms.

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