Links Counter
Enter any page address to count its links and see every one: internal or external, dofollow or nofollow, its anchor text, and where on the page it sits.
What you can use this tool for
- Internal linking. Check that important pages link to related pages. A page with very few internal links is harder for people and search engines to find.
- Outbound links. See which sites you link to and whether any should be nofollow, such as paid or user-submitted links.
- Competitor research. Look at how a ranking page links out and to itself, and which anchor text it uses.
- Clean-up. Find links with no anchor text, image links with no alt text, and links worth fixing or removing.
The counts describe one page at a time. For a whole site, run your key pages through the tool, or use an SEO audit that crawls everything.
Frequently asked questions
What is a links counter?
A links counter loads a web page and counts the links on it. This tool lists every link, whether it points to the same site (internal) or another site (external), the anchor text, whether the anchor is text or an image, whether it is followed or nofollow, and where on the page it sits.
Does it count backlinks?
No. It counts the links on the page you enter, which point out from that page. Backlinks are links from other websites to yours, and finding them needs a link database that crawls the whole web. To see how strong a site is overall, use our Website Authority Checker.
What counts as an internal link and an external link?
A link is internal when it points to the same website as the page, ignoring "www". So example.com and www.example.com are the same site. A subdomain of the same site, such as blog.example.com or shop.example.com, is listed separately as "Subdomain", so you can decide whether to treat it as part of your site. Links to a spot on the same page (#section), email addresses (mailto:), phone numbers (tel:) and similar are counted separately, so they do not inflate your internal or external totals.
What does dofollow and nofollow mean here?
A link is marked nofollow when its rel attribute contains nofollow, sponsored or ugc. These tell search engines the link is not an editorial endorsement, for example paid or user-generated links. Google treats them as hints. "Dofollow" is not a real attribute: it simply means none of those values are present, which is the default.
Does it include navigation and footer links?
Yes. Every link in the page code is counted, including menus, headers, footers and sidebars. Use the "Where on the page" filter to look at the links inside the main content only.
Why is my count different from what I see in the browser?
We read the HTML the server sends. Links that a page adds with JavaScript after it loads, such as some menus and widgets, are not in that HTML and will not be counted. We warn you when a page looks like it works this way. Sites that block automated requests cannot be read.
Is there an ideal number of links or internal-to-external ratio?
There is no fixed number. What matters is that links help the reader: internal links should connect related pages so people and search engines can find them, and external links should point to sources worth citing. Use the counts to spot problems, such as an important page with almost no internal links or a post that links out to many low-quality sites.
Is the tool free? Do you save the pages I check?
It is free with no sign-up. We do not save the pages you check or their links.
Want more than a link count?
Links are one signal among many. Check the rest of the page with our On-Page SEO Checker, see how strong a site is with the Website Authority Checker, or let our team earn quality backlinks for you through link building services.
Want help with your links?
Tell us about your site and we will show you where better internal and external links can help.
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