Backlink Finder

Overview

Backlinks remain one of Google’s strongest ranking signals, but finding quality link-building opportunities is tedious manual work. Backlink Finder automates the prospecting phase — identifying high-value link opportunities from competitor analysis, unlinked mentions, broken links, and resource pages.

The skill doesn’t just find any backlinks — it prioritizes quality. Each opportunity is scored by domain authority, topical relevance, link placement (editorial vs. sidebar), and estimated likelihood of successful outreach. It even generates customized outreach email templates for each opportunity.

How It Works

1. Analyze competitors — Identify who links to your competitors but not to you
2. Find mentions — Discover unlinked brand mentions across the web
3. Broken links — Find broken links on relevant pages that you can replace
4. Resource pages — Identify curated resource lists in your niche
5. Prioritize — Score and rank opportunities by value and feasibility

Use Cases

• Link building campaigns — Build a prioritized outreach list
• Competitive link analysis — Understand competitors’ link strategies
• Brand mention reclamation — Convert unlinked mentions into backlinks
• Broken link building — Replace dead links with your content
• Resource page inclusion — Get listed on curated resource directories

Getting Started

# Find link opportunities
backlink-find --url "https://mysite.com" --competitors "https://competitor1.com,https://competitor2.com"

# Focus on broken link opportunities
backlink-find --strategy broken-links --niche "AI agents"

# Generate outreach templates
backlink-find --url "https://mysite.com" --outreach --templates

Example

Link Opportunities for: mysite.com

🔴 High Priority (DA 60+, high relevance):
1. techcrunch.com — Mentions "mysite" without link (DA: 92)
   → Outreach template: Brand mention reclamation
2. awesome-ai-tools (GitHub) — Missing from curated list (⭐ 4.2k)
   → Outreach template: Resource inclusion request

🟡 Medium Priority (DA 30-60):
3. dev.to/article-about-agents — Broken link to similar tool
   → Outreach template: Broken link replacement
4. medium.com/ai-weekly — Resource roundup, updated monthly
   → Outreach template: Roundup submission

Found: 47 opportunities (8 high priority, 15 medium, 24 low)

Alternatives

• Ahrefs — Backlink analysis and link-building tools
• Moz Link Explorer — Backlink research and domain authority
• Hunter.io — Email finder for outreach campaigns