Backlinks deliver targeted visitors directly from another website to your website, improving your site's ranking position on search engines, such as Google. Backlink websites can be used to show you who is following you, and help you understand where your site is showing up on the Internet. You can see from the backlink reports the actual URL of the site linked to you, along with their page rank on the Internet. The page ranking is where the site shows up on a search engine when someone does a search.

Free Backlink Checker

Navigate to the Backlink Watch website.

Enter the URL of your school's website into the "Search Web Directory" box. The address needs to start with "www." A new web page will open.

Click the "Search" button next to the the "Search Web Directory" box. Underneath it are listed the sites that are linked to your school's website. It shows the URL (web address), which you can click to go to that site and the anchor text, which is the visible, clickable text in a hyperlink.

Alexa

Navigate to the Alexa website.

Enter the URL of your school's website in the "Search" box. The address needs to start with "www."

Click the "Search" button next to the "Search" box. A new web page will open listing the sites that link to your school's website. It shows the clickable website address and the page ranking for that website.

Link Diagnosis

Navigate to the Link Diagnosis website.

Enter the URL of your school's website in the "Link Diagnosis" box. The address needs to start with "www."

Click the "Start" button next to "Link Diagnosis." A new web page will open listing the sites that link to your school's website. It shows the clickable website address and the page ranking for that website.