Analyze backlink profiles, track new and lost links, qualify link building prospects, and surface authority metrics — programmatically and at scale.
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Overview
Backlink data is central to link building, competitive analysis, and domain health monitoring. But working with it manually — exporting backlink lists, checking authority scores one domain at a time, tracking which links were gained or lost — is slow and difficult to repeat at scale, especially when managing hundreds or thousands of domains.
The SE Ranking API provides structured backlink data through a single integration — referring domains, authority scores, trust metrics, new and lost links, and full backlink lists — so teams can feed this data directly into reporting tools, outreach workflows, product interfaces, or trust scoring systems.
How the SE Ranking API Fits into the Workflow
Teams retrieve backlink data in two modes: in batch — scanning hundreds or thousands of domains on a schedule to keep quality metrics and authority scores current — or on demand, when a user submits a domain and the system pulls its backlink profile in real time. The API returns referring domain counts, authority and trust scores, new and lost backlinks, and full link lists with anchor text. From there, the data feeds into downstream systems: displayed as quality metrics on a marketplace, compared against previous scans to trigger automated outreach, combined with traffic data to qualify link prospects by geography, or fed into AI models that analyze why content ranks.
What You Can Build
- Link marketplace and directory features. Display domain authority, trust scores, referring domain counts, and organic traffic for thousands of listed websites — so buyers can evaluate link quality before purchasing placements.
- Backlink monitoring with automated outreach. Track new and lost backlinks on a schedule. When the system detects a change — such as a competitor gaining a link from a domain that hasn't linked to you — trigger an outreach campaign automatically.
- Link prospect qualification workflows. Filter potential placement sites by domain authority, traffic volume, and geographic traffic distribution — building targeted outreach lists that exclude sites where the actual audience doesn't match the client's target market.
- Authority metrics in reporting and trust scoring. Pull domain authority, trust scores, and referring domain counts into client reports, product dashboards, or composite trust scoring systems where backlink data serves as a quality or compliance signal.
Data Used in This Workflow
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Get Started
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