{"id":7,"date":"2025-05-28T12:04:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T12:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moccasin-dotterel-449913.hostingersite.com\/blog\/?p=7"},"modified":"2025-06-03T12:49:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T12:49:52","slug":"semrush-backlink-checker-vs-backlink-monitor-which-tool-wins-for-link-monitoring-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backlinkmonitor.co\/blog\/semrush-backlink-checker-vs-backlink-monitor-which-tool-wins-for-link-monitoring-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Semrush Backlink Checker vs Backlink Monitor: Which Tool Wins for Link Monitoring in 2025?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7\" class=\"elementor elementor-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3e6cd7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a3e6cd7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e3db91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e3db91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Semrush is the reason a lot of us even got into SEO.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-405f17a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"405f17a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21fa567 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"21fa567\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backlinkmonitor.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-24-142002-1024x507.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-218\" alt=\"semrush backlink checker\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backlinkmonitor.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-24-142002-1024x507.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.backlinkmonitor.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-24-142002-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/www.backlinkmonitor.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-24-142002-768x380.png 768w, https:\/\/www.backlinkmonitor.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-24-142002.png 1247w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29abdad e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"29abdad\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5192cce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5192cce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They started out in the early 2010s dominating paid search visibility, giving marketers their first real glimpse into how competitors were running Google Ads. Since then, they\u2019ve evolved into one of the most complete SEO toolkits out there.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re doing broad SEO work from keyword research to content audits to competitor benchmarking, Semrush is gold.<\/p>\n<p>But, Semrush backlink checker helps you find backlinks. Backlink Monitor can help you track the backlinks you spent time and energy on acquiring.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a different job!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f48e11a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f48e11a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71aea3db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71aea3db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Quick Features Overview<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:table --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table class=\"has-fixed-layout\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Feature<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Semrush Backlink Checker<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Backlink Monitor<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Backlink discovery<\/td>\n<td>Huge database<\/td>\n<td>Smaller, but focused<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Index status tracking<\/td>\n<td>\u274c Not supported<\/td>\n<td>Real-time Google index checks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Error code &amp; redirect logs<\/td>\n<td>\u274c Basic<\/td>\n<td>\u2705 Full tracking (404, 301, 410)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Anchor &amp; rel tag monitoring<\/td>\n<td>\u274c No<\/td>\n<td>\u2705 Alerts on anchor\/rel changes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Daily change alerts<\/td>\n<td>Email digests only<\/td>\n<td>Instant alerts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bulk list management<\/td>\n<td>Manual tags<\/td>\n<td>Smart, flexible \u201cLists\u201d system<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Collaboration<\/td>\n<td>For agencies<\/td>\n<td>For individuals and agencies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cost<\/td>\n<td>Premium<\/td>\n<td>Affordable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<p><!-- \/wp:table --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h3>Have you&#8217;ve ever Googled:<\/h3>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201csemrush backlink checker\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201chow to monitor backlinks with semrush\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201csemrush backlink tool vs alternatives\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>You&#8217;re probably someone who cares deeply about off-page SEO. But here&#8217;s the problem most users face:<\/h4>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} --><\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Semrush finds backlinks\u2026 but doesn\u2019t really <em>monitor<\/em> them.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\">\n<p><!-- \/wp:button --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:buttons --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bfaf4b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5bfaf4b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b855b4c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b855b4c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59db76c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59db76c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can analyze your backlink profile on Semrush, see trends and how the number has changed over time. But, if your priority is just link-building &#8211; you need to know the status of each backlink you work hard for. Semrush backlink checker doesn\u2019t notify you about individual link status.<\/p>\n<p>You can be surprised with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a deindexed high-authority page<\/li>\n<li>a 404\u2019d review link<\/li>\n<li>a nofollowed anchor that used to pass juice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Semrush is amazing for:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Keyword research<\/li>\n<li>Competitor audits<\/li>\n<li>Domain vs. domain comparisons<\/li>\n<li>SERP visibility tracking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Its backlink checker taps into a huge database and is great for discovery. You can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>View referring domains<\/li>\n<li>See new\/lost links<\/li>\n<li>Export link data for analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But here\u2019s what Semrush doesn\u2019t do:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It doesn\u2019t track if the linking page is indexed<\/li>\n<li>It won\u2019t alert you when a link disappears<\/li>\n<li>It can\u2019t monitor anchor text or rel tag changes<\/li>\n<li>It won\u2019t flag if a backlink now leads to a 404, 500, or redirect chain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For something this critical to your ranking strategy, that&#8217;s a huge blind spot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3790704 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3790704\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4562cdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4562cdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Backlink Monitor Protects the backlinks you build on Semrush!<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-993261c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"993261c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8db544b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8db544b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Unlike these powerhouse SEO suites, BacklinkMonitor wasn\u2019t built to be a \u2018suite\u2019. It was built to monitor and track hard-earned backlinks and grant you peace of mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Here\u2019s what makes it different:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c64ad7e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c64ad7e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef73052 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ef73052\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Google Index Status Monitoring<span style=\"font-size: 2.5rem;\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-918fd8b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"918fd8b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7f7626 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b7f7626\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"287\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backlinkmonitor.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-1-1024x560.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10\" alt=\"request google indexing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backlinkmonitor.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-1-1024x560.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.backlinkmonitor.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-1-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/www.backlinkmonitor.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-1-768x420.png 768w, https:\/\/www.backlinkmonitor.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-1-1536x840.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.backlinkmonitor.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-1.png 1598w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dedc75 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4dedc75\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d85b976 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d85b976\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Know if your backlink is actually getting indexed on Google. Most tools just list the link without considering index status.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b4514f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8b4514f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30f584c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30f584c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Error Code Detection<span style=\"font-size: 2rem;\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3af8b82 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3af8b82\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a29a487 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a29a487\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backlinkmonitor.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-15-1024x466.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-39\" alt=\"backlink monitor to send backlink alerts\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backlinkmonitor.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-15-1024x466.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.backlinkmonitor.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-15-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/www.backlinkmonitor.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-15-768x350.png 768w, https:\/\/www.backlinkmonitor.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-15.png 1118w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7ab827 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a7ab827\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8104df6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8104df6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If your link leads to a broken, moved, or redirected page, we\u2019ll tell you. We track HTTP responses like 301, 404, 410, etc. in real time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c0f066 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0c0f066\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fdd708 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4fdd708\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Anchor Text + Rel Tag Tracking<span style=\"font-size: 2rem;\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcca375 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dcca375\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7968230 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7968230\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Get alerts when someone changes the anchor text\u2026 or switches the link to nofollow.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f4a584 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2f4a584\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d272a04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d272a04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">List-Based Monitoring &amp; Bulk Management<span style=\"font-size: 2rem;\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e61710 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7e61710\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99a69b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"99a69b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backlinkmonitor.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-3-1024x499.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12\" alt=\"backlink list feature to have your personal backlink database\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backlinkmonitor.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-3-1024x499.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.backlinkmonitor.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-3-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/www.backlinkmonitor.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-3-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/www.backlinkmonitor.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-3-1536x749.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.backlinkmonitor.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-3.png 1540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-816b725 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"816b725\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a74b327 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a74b327\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Segment your links by campaign, domain, or team. Use our \u201cLists\u201d system to monitor entire portfolios, clients, or projects.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0ea833 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c0ea833\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a36c5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1a36c5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Status Logs &amp; Change History<span style=\"font-size: 2rem;\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b98fe30 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b98fe30\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94cc7e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94cc7e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Every link has a full log of status changes, so you can backtrack exactly when and why a link stopped passing value.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d60496b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d60496b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21d5cb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21d5cb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #151515; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 2rem;\">When to Use Semrush backlink checker, When to Use Backlink Monitor<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:table --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table class=\"has-fixed-layout\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Scenario<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Recommended Tool<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>You want to audit a competitor\u2019s backlink profile<\/td>\n<td>Semrush<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>You want to discover new backlink opportunities<\/td>\n<td>Semrush<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>You want to monitor if existing backlinks go missing, break, or lose value<\/td>\n<td>Backlink Monitor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>You need to know if a link is actually indexed<\/td>\n<td>Backlink Monitor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>You want alerts when backlinks silently die<\/td>\n<td>Backlink Monitor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>You need SEO data across keywords, content, and PPC<\/td>\n<td>Semrush<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\">\n<p><!-- \/wp:button --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:buttons --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cc5565 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2cc5565\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7adea1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b7adea1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In short:<br \/>Use Semrush to find backlinks. 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