A backlink is any link from another site to yours. Google treats each one as a vote, and the count of sites vouching for you is one of the strongest signals it uses to decide who ranks first. Votes from strong sites count more than weaker sites.
When two sites publish similar content, Google almost always ranks the one with more trusted links higher.
The AI engines answering your sellers' questions lean on the same signals.
SiteStakes Back Link Checker
- Measures your site's domain strength against a live index of 2 trillion links
- Shows every site that links to you
- Tracks your growth over time
- Compares you to the exact competitors above you in Google, so you can see whether links are the reason they hold the spot you want.
SiteStakes scores your whole profile and puts four numbers on one screen:
- Domain strength, from 0 to 100, with a label you can act on
- Linking websites, the count of distinct sites pointing at you
- Total backlinks, every individual link across all of them
- Gained and lost, so you can see whether your profile is growing or leaking
At a glance you can tell exactly where you are and whether you're improving or not.

