📊 Discover & analyze SEO backlinks with ScrapeGraphAI and Google Sheets

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Description

How it works

This workflow automatically discovers and analyzes backlinks for any website, providing comprehensive SEO insights and competitive intelligence using AI-powered analysis.

Key Steps

1. Website Input - Accepts target URLs via webhook or manual input for backlink analysis.
2. Backlink Discovery - Scrapes and crawls the web to find all backlinks pointing to the target website.
3. AI-Powered Analysis - Uses GPT-4 to analyze backlink quality, relevance, and SEO impact.
4. Data Processing & Categorization - Cleans, validates, and automatically categorizes backlinks by type, authority, and relevance.
5. Database Storage - Saves processed backlink data to PostgreSQL database for ongoing analysis and reporting.
6. API Response - Returns structured summary with backlink counts, domain authority scores, and SEO insights.

Set up steps

Setup time: 8-12 minutes

1. Configure OpenAI credentials - Add your OpenAI API key for AI-powered backlink analysis.
2. Set up PostgreSQL database - Connect your PostgreSQL database and create the required table structure.
3. Configure webhook endpoint - The workflow provides a /analyze-backlinks endpoint for URL submissions.
4. Customize analysis parameters - Modify the AI prompt to include your preferred SEO metrics and analysis criteria.
5. Test the workflow - Submit a sample website URL to verify the backlink discovery and analysis process.
6. Set up database table - Ensure your PostgreSQL database has a backlinks table with appropriate columns.

Features

• Comprehensive backlink discovery: Finds all backlinks pointing to target websites
• AI-powered analysis: GPT-4 analyzes backlink quality, relevance, and SEO impact
• Automatic categorization: Backlinks categorized by type (dofollow/nofollow), authority level, and relevance
• Data validation: Cleans and validates backlink data with error handling
• Database storage: PostgreSQL integration for data persistence and historical tracking
• API responses: Clean JSON responses with backlink summaries and SEO insights
• Competitive intelligence: Analyzes competitor backlink profiles and identifies link building opportunities
• Authority scoring: Calculates domain authority and page authority metrics for each backlink

🔗 Nodes Used

Send Email, Google Sheets, Schedule Trigger, Filter

📥 Import

Download workflow.json and import into n8n: Workflow menu → Import from File

📖 Importing guide · 🔑 Credential setup