Get Bulk Backlink Metrics

Score up to 1000 domains, subdomains or pages in one DataForSEO request: backlink counts, referring domains, links gained and lost since a date, rank, spam score, or the full profile per target. Built for qualifying prospect lists or tracking a portfolio cheaply. Needs the DataForSEO Backlinks subscription.


App	DataForSEO
Operation ID	`dataforseo_get_bulk_backlink_metrics`
Type	Action
Connection	`dataforseo` (required)
Credits per run	Free
Agent / MCP tool	Yes

Inputs

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
`targets`	array of string or string	Yes	-	Up to 1000 domains, subdomains or pages, as a list or newline/comma-separated text. Domains go in bare (example.com); pages need their full URL. One request covers the whole list, which makes this the cheap way to score a large prospect or client list.
`metric`	string or SelectableOption	No	`backlinks`	Which metric to pull for every target: ‘backlinks’ (default, backlink count), ‘referring_domains’ (referring and main referring domains, with the nofollow split), ‘new_lost_backlinks’ or ‘new_lost_referring_domains’ (gained and lost since a date), ‘ranks’ (DataForSEO rank), ‘spam_score’, or ‘pages_summary’ (the full profile per target: backlinks, referring domains, IPs, broken links, spam score).
`date_from`	string	No	-	new_lost metrics only: the date from which links count as new or lost, in YYYY-MM-DD format, not earlier than 2019-01-01. Defaults to one month ago.
`include_subdomains`	boolean	No	`True`	Count links to subdomains of each target as well. Defaults to true.
`rank_scale`	string or SelectableOption	No	`one_thousand`	Scale for the rank values: ‘one_thousand’ (DataForSEO’s default, 0 to 1000) or ‘one_hundred’ (0 to 100, comparable to the domain ratings other SEO tools show).
`fields`	string or array of string	No	-	pages_summary only: result columns to keep, e.g. url, rank, main_domain_rank, backlinks, referring_domains, referring_main_domains, referring_ips, broken_backlinks, backlinks_spam_score, first_seen, lost_date. Leave empty for the default set listed in the output description.

SelectableOption

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
`value`	string	Yes	-
`label`	string	Yes	-

Output

Type: List[Dict] Returns one row per target. backlinks: target, backlinks. referring_domains: target, referring_domains, referring_domains_nofollow, referring_main_domains, referring_main_domains_nofollow. new_lost_backlinks: target, new_backlinks, lost_backlinks. new_lost_referring_domains: target, new_referring_domains, lost_referring_domains, new_referring_main_domains, lost_referring_main_domains. ranks: target, rank. spam_score: target, spam_score. pages_summary: url, rank, main_domain_rank, backlinks, referring_domains, referring_main_domains, referring_ips, referring_pages, broken_backlinks, broken_pages, backlinks_spam_score, first_seen, lost_date. Fields: target, backlinks Example:

[
  {
    "target": "ahrefs.com",
    "backlinks": 7061158
  },
  {
    "target": "semrush.com",
    "backlinks": 31240980
  }
]

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