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Use Backlinks Search when you want a workflow step to list the backlinks pointing at a domain, subdomain, or page, then pass those links into later workflow steps.

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Configuration

Add this step from the Research group in Search steps…. A value with no scheme, such as example.com, is sent as a domain. www. is removed. A URL with a real path, such as https://example.com/blog/post, is sent as a page. https://example.com/ is treated as the domain example.com. A path without https://, such as example.com/blog, is rejected.

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Output

Click Run in the step header to test the step. Fetch Hive shows the matching backlinks in Output after the run completes. Use the variable picker in a later step to insert the exact output path available for that run. The base reference is:
The output includes total_count, items_count, and an items array. Each item includes the referring page, the target URL, anchor text, rank, whether the link is dofollow, and when it was first seen. To use the first referring URL:
If a referring page contains more than one link to the target, only the highest-rank link is returned. links_count is the number of matching links on that page.

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Example

Add Backlinks Search from the Research group in Search steps…. Set Name to something like Homepage backlinks. Enter example.com in Target, or insert a variable that resolves to a domain or page URL. Leave Link status on Live, set Number of results to a small number, then click Run and review the links in Output before using them in a later step.

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Cost

Hosted runs convert the recorded service cost plus a 6% service fee into task credits. The provider charge grows with the number of backlinks returned. See Task costs.

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Notes

  • A run returns at most 1000 backlinks. Offset can skip up to 20,000 earlier rows.
  • If the provider rejects the target or a filter, the step fails and the error message is the provider’s message. When the step fails then decides whether the workflow stops or continues.
  • Personal model keys are not used. This step always runs as a hosted provider call.