Backlink monitoring automation with Google Sheets + DataForSEO
What This Workflow Does This n8n workflow reads backlinks from a Google Sheet, sends each one to the DataForSEO On-Page API, and checks: - Whether the backlink is still live on the target page - Whether it's dofollow or nofollow - Whether it's missing (i.e., lost) The result is then written back to the same Google Sheet under a Status column. Your result will look like this: Step-by-Step Setup Instructions 1. Add your DataForSEO and Google Sheets credentials in n8n 2. Make sure your Google Sheet
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Backlink monitoring automation with Google Sheets + DataForSEO is a ready-made n8n workflow you import as a workflow JSON file — no build required. It connects Google Sheets. It's free to download. Follow the 5-step import below to go live in minutes.
- Platform
- n8n
- Connects
- Google Sheets
- Modules
- 9
- Price
- Free
- Version
- v1.0

About this workflow
What This Workflow Does This n8n workflow reads backlinks from a Google Sheet, sends each one to the DataForSEO On-Page API, and checks: - Whether the backlink is still live on the target page - Whether it's dofollow or nofollow - Whether it's missing (i.e., lost) The result is then written back to the same Google Sheet under a Status column. Your result will look like this: Step-by-Step Setup Instructions 1. Add your DataForSEO and Google Sheets credentials in n8n 2. Make sure your Google Sheet has these columns: Backlink URL, Landing page, and Status 3. Click the Test Workflow button to check a batch of backlinks Workflow Breakdown 1. Trigger: Manual test start 2. Read Data: Pulls backlink URLs and target pages from Google Sheets 3. Format URLs: Extracts domain from URL 4. Send POST Request to DataForSEO: Triggers a crawl on the backlink URL 5. Wait 20 seconds: Allows crawl to finish 6. Fetch Link Results: Retrieves backlink data from DataForSEO 7. Validate Backlink: Checks if the backlink is live, and whether it’s dofollow 8. Update Google Sheets: Logs the status as Live, Lost, or Lost (Nofollow)
How to import this n8n workflow
- 1
Download the workflow JSON file after purchase.
- 2
Open n8n → click the menu → Import from File.
- 3
Select the downloaded JSON and import.
- 4
Set up credentials for each node that requires them.
- 5
Click Execute Workflow to test, then activate.
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