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# Keep a Log of the Links You've Earned

> Record each link another website gives you, such as a guest article or a directory listing, and keep them in one list with their strength and notes

Links from other websites to yours help you rank in Google. When you earn one, say a food blog writes about you or a directory lists your shop, record it in the **Backlink Tracker**. You keep one list of every link you worked for, what page it points to, and how strong the linking site is.

This guide logs a guest article that links to Northwind's wholesale page.

## Open the Backlink Tracker

Click **Marketing** in the left rail, then the **SEO Analysis** card, then **Manual Tools** at the top. Click **Launch Backlink Tracker**.

## Add a link

**1. Click Add Backlink**

Click **Add Backlink** at the top right of the list.

**2. Describe the link**

* **URL**: the page on the other website that has the link. **Title** is its name, for your list.
* **Target URL**: the page on your site it links to. **Target Anchor**: the words the link uses.
* **Link Type**: what kind of link it is, such as a guest article or a directory listing. **Status** and **Date Published** say whether it's live yet.

**Page Authority** and **Domain Authority** show how strong the linking page and site are, from 0 to 100. Hiveku fills them in when it can. Add any **Notes**, such as who you talked to.

![Add Backlink: URL https://www.example.com/portland-coffee-guide, Title Portland coffee guide, Target URL https://www.northwindroasters.com/wholesale and Target Anchor Northwind wholesale coffee, outlined; Link Type Guest article, Status Published and Date Published, outlined; Domain Authority 90, Scores filled in from our link data; Notes; and Add Backlink, outlined](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/xZ4nDFoImiJWFL80/images/how-tos/marketing/bt-01-add-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=xZ4nDFoImiJWFL80\&q=85\&s=cc15b9aaaa56ea43b3be660650ac32bb)

A guest article that links to the wholesale page

**3. Save it**

Click **Add Backlink**. The link is added to the list, and the counts and chart above it go up.

![The Published list, Showing 1 of 1 Rows: Portland coffee guide, linking to northwindroasters.com with Northwind wholesale coffee, Guest article, Domain Authority 90, and the note, with edit and delete buttons; the row outlined](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/xZ4nDFoImiJWFL80/images/how-tos/marketing/bt-02-list-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=xZ4nDFoImiJWFL80\&q=85\&s=abd621b1bbb40b914313aae212e09b44)

The link in the list

## Good to know

* **Not live yet?** Set **Status** to **Unpublished** while you wait for a site to post it. The **Unpublished** tab lists those.
* **More than one site?** **All Projects** at the top switches the list to one site.
* **Fix or remove a link** with the pencil and bin at the end of its row.
* **Which sites already link to you,** whether you asked or not: see [See Who Links to Your Site](https://docs.hiveku.com/how-tos/marketing/see-who-links-to-you.md).


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