{"id":4616,"date":"2026-10-08T06:33:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T06:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifx0.com\/?p=4616"},"modified":"2026-10-08T06:33:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T06:33:46","slug":"finding-websites-that-mention-your-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifx0.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/08\/finding-websites-that-mention-your-website\/","title":{"rendered":"finding websites that mention your website"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To find which websites mention or link to a domain, you can use search engines or dedicated <strong>Backlink &amp; Brand Mention Checkers<\/strong>.<sup><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Free SEO &amp; Backlink Checkers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These platforms crawl the web and report which sites contain hyperlinks or text references pointing to a domain:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/backlink-checker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ahrefs Free Backlink Checker<\/a>:<\/strong> One of the largest web indexes. Enter <code>ifx0.com<\/code> to view a list of top referring domains, anchor text, and specific pages linking to it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.semrush.com\/analytics\/backlinks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Semrush Backlink Analytics<\/a>:<\/strong>Shows total backlinks, referring domains, and whether links are follow or nofollow.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/moz.com\/link-explorer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moz Link Explorer<\/a>:<\/strong>Offers 10 free queries per month with a free account, displaying linking domains and page authority metrics.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seobility.net\/en\/backlinkchecker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Seobility Backlink Checker<\/a>:<\/strong> A simple free tool for quick checks without requiring account registration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Google Search Operators (Direct Search)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can search Google directly to find both hyperlinked backlinks and unlinked plain-text mentions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Find text mentions (excluding the domain itself):<\/strong><br>Plaintext<code>\"ifx0.com\" -site:ifx0.com <\/code><em>(Searches for pages that write out &#8220;ifx0.com&#8221; while filtering out your own website&#8217;s pages.)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Find potential backlinks\/references:<\/strong><br>Plaintext<code>intext:\"ifx0.com\" -site:ifx0.com<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Brand Mention &amp; Monitoring Tools<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to track live unlinked text mentions (where a website types out the name without adding a hyperlink):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Alerts<\/a>:<\/strong> Set up a free alert for <code>\"ifx0.com\"<\/code> to receive email updates whenever a new page mentioning the domain is indexed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.talkwalker.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Talkwalker Alerts<\/a>:<\/strong> A free alternative to Google Alerts for monitoring web and news mentions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. For Verified Domain Owners<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you own or manage the domain, <strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/search.google.com\/search-console\">Google Search Console<\/a><\/strong> provides the ground truth under the <strong>Links <sup><\/sup>$\\rightarrow$ Top linking sites<\/strong> report.<sup><\/sup>It shows every external domain Google has indexed as linking to your site.<sup><\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To find which websites mention or link to a domain, you can use search engines or dedicated Backlink &amp; Brand Mention Checkers. 1. Free SEO &amp; Backlink Checkers These platforms crawl the web and report which sites contain hyperlinks or <a href=\"https:\/\/ifx0.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/08\/finding-websites-that-mention-your-website\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifx0.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifx0.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifx0.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifx0.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifx0.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ifx0.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4617,"href":"https:\/\/ifx0.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4616\/revisions\/4617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifx0.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifx0.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifx0.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}