Backlinks

The Backlinks tab does two things. It watches links you’ve earned, re-checking each page so you know when a link is removed or changed. And it shows the backlink profile of any domain, yours or a competitor’s, so you can see who links to them.

Requires a Startup or Agentic Scale plan and an SEO project. Watching links costs 0 credits. A new backlink profile costs 2 API credits with an API key or MCP; see Credits. In the dashboard: SEO for Apps → Backlinks.

Watched links

Links get on the list in two ways:

Won outreach. When you mark a link building thread won, the link is added and checked.
Added by you. Add any page that links to you.

Each link is checked when it is added and again about once a week. You can re-check one at any time.

Status	Meaning
`pending`	Not checked yet
`live`	The page links to your domain
`changed`	Still linked, but the anchor text or `rel` attributes changed, for example it became `nofollow`
`lost`	The link is gone, or the page returns 404 or 410

A link to any page on your domain counts, so a link to your homepage or one with a ?ref= parameter is still live. A temporary error, like a 5xx, doesn’t mark a link lost; it keeps its last status and records the error.

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	`/v1/seo/backlinks?project=`	List watched links (`?status=`; `?limit=` 1–500, default `100`; `?offset=`)
POST	`/v1/seo/backlinks`	Add a link and check it
POST	`/v1/seo/backlinks/:id/verify`	Re-check a link now
DELETE	`/v1/seo/backlinks/:id`	Stop watching a link

Add a link

curl -X POST https://api.appeeky.com/v1/seo/backlinks \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APPEEKY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "projectId": "PROJECT_ID",
    "sourceUrl": "https://example.com/best-focus-apps",
    "targetUrl": "https://focustimer.app"
  }'

Field	Type	Description
`projectId`	string	Required
`sourceUrl`	string	Required. The page that contains the link
`targetUrl`	string	Your URL it points to. Default: the project’s website, or its store listing

Response (201):

{
  "data": {
    "backlink": {
      "id": "BACKLINK_ID",
      "sourceUrl": "https://example.com/best-focus-apps",
      "sourceDomain": "example.com",
      "targetUrl": "https://focustimer.app",
      "status": "live",
      "httpStatus": 200,
      "anchorText": "Focus Timer",
      "relAttributes": [],
      "error": null
    }
  }
}

Backlink profile

A backlink profile shows who links to a domain: an authority rank (0–100), total backlinks, referring domains and IPs, nofollow and broken links, a spam score (0–100, higher is spammier), the top referring domains, the most used anchors, a sample of the strongest backlinks (one per domain) and the mix of top-level domains. Run it on your own site to see where you stand. Run it on a competitor to find sites that link to apps like yours, then add them as prospects.

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	`/v1/seo/domain/backlinks?project=&domain=`	The latest stored profile and recently checked domains. Free
POST	`/v1/seo/domain/backlinks`	Fetch a profile: `projectId`, optional `domain`, optional `refresh`

curl -X POST https://api.appeeky.com/v1/seo/domain/backlinks \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APPEEKY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "projectId": "PROJECT_ID", "domain": "competitor.com" }'

Leave out domain to use the project’s website. Profiles are stored for 24 hours per project: asking again within that window returns the stored one with cached: true and costs nothing. Send refresh: true to fetch a new one.

MCP

Tool	Description
`seo_backlinks_list`	Watched links with status, anchor text and `rel`
`seo_backlinks_add`	Watch a link you found yourself
`seo_backlinks_verify`	Re-check a link now
`seo_backlinks_remove`	Stop watching a link
`seo_backlink_profile`	Backlink profile for your site or a competitor’s

Example prompt: “Show me competitor.com’s top referring domains and tell me which ones don’t link to focustimer.app yet.”

Tips

Check changed links. A link that turned nofollow passes less value than it did.
If a link is lost, reach out to the site owner. It is often an accidental edit.

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