# Free Backlink & Nofollow Checker – Verify Up to 10 Pages

> Instantly check up to 10 URLs to see if they link to your site. Identify dofollow, nofollow, sponsored, and UGC attributes for free with no signup required.

Canonical: https://dailylaunch.io/backlink-checker

Check whether the pages that should link to your website really do, like your listings on launch directories, and whether search engines follow each link. Up to 10 pages at once, free, with no account needed.

## Questions about backlinks

### What is a backlink?

A backlink is a link from another website to yours. Search engines read backlinks as a sign of trust: links from more websites, and from stronger ones, help your pages rank, and they raise scores like Ahrefs' Domain Rating.

### What's the difference between dofollow and nofollow links?

A dofollow link is an ordinary link: search engines follow it and count it toward your rankings. There's no dofollow attribute, only the absence of a nofollow one. A link marked rel="nofollow" asks search engines not to count it, and Google treats that as a hint rather than a rule.

### What do sponsored and ugc mean?

They're more specific kinds of nofollow: rel="sponsored" marks paid links and ads, and rel="ugc" marks links in content users post, like comments and forums. Search engines treat both like nofollow, and so does the checker. A page's robots meta tag can also mark every link on it nofollow at once.

### Why does the checker find no link when I can see one?

It reads the page's HTML as it first arrives, the way search engines first see it. A link added later by JavaScript may not be there yet, a link through the site's own redirect (like /out?url=…) points to that site rather than yours, and some websites turn away automated visits. Links to your domain count with or without www, and so do links to its subdomains.

### Do nofollow links help my SEO?

A little at most: they can bring visitors, and search engines may still take them as a hint, but they pass far less ranking strength than dofollow links. When you choose where to list your product, look for directories that link to it dofollow.

### Is the backlink checker free?

Yes, with no account needed. You can check up to 10 pages at a time, and up to 100 a day, which keeps it free for everyone. Each page is read fresh, so you can check again as soon as a link is fixed.