Free Link Extractor Online
Extract all internal and external links from any webpage URL for SEO analysis. Free, fast, and works entirely in your browser with no sign-up required.
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Link Extractor
Extract and analyze all links from a webpage with classification, anchor text analysis, and broken link detection.
Link Extractor
Enter a URL to extract and analyze all links from the page
Simulated Data
Links are generated for demonstration. For real link extraction, use browser DevTools or tools like Screaming Frog.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Link Extractor?
The Link Extractor is a free online tool that scans a webpage and extracts all hyperlinks found on it, listing internal and external URLs.
Is the Link Extractor free?
Yes, it is completely free with no registration required.
Does it distinguish internal and external links?
Yes, the Link Extractor categorizes links as internal (same domain) or external (different domain) for easy analysis.
Is my data safe with this tool?
Absolutely. The Link Extractor processes everything client-side in your browser. No data is uploaded to or stored on any server. Your content remains private on your device at all times.
Does the Link Extractor work on mobile devices?
Yes, the Link Extractor is fully responsive and works on smartphones and tablets. You can use it on any device with a modern web browser -- no app download required.
Do I need to create an account to use this tool?
No account or registration is needed. Simply open the Link Extractor in your browser and start using it immediately. There are no sign-up walls or usage restrictions.
How do I use the Link Extractor?
Simply enter your input in the provided field, adjust any settings to your preference, and the tool will process it instantly. You can then copy the result to your clipboard or download it.
Which browsers are supported?
The Link Extractor works in all modern browsers including Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, and Opera. For the best experience, use the latest version of your preferred browser.
What is the difference between dofollow and nofollow links?
A dofollow link passes ranking signals, often called link equity or PageRank, from the linking page to its destination, and is the default for any ordinary link. A nofollow link carries a rel="nofollow" attribute that tells search engines not to pass that authority. Two related variants exist: rel="sponsored" marks paid or affiliate links, and rel="ugc" marks user-generated content like comments. Using nofollow correctly is a hygiene issue, since paid or untrusted outbound links that pass equity can trigger a manual penalty. The link report here labels every link as dofollow, nofollow, sponsored, or ugc and totals each in the stats bar, so you can quickly spot links that should or should not be passing authority. Enter a URL to see the follow breakdown for a page laid out the way a crawler reports it.
Why does this tool show simulated links instead of crawling the real page?
Browsers enforce the same-origin policy and CORS, which block a page from fetching the raw HTML of another website with client-side JavaScript. Because this tool runs entirely in your browser with nothing sent to a server, it cannot legitimately download and parse another site's source code. Instead, it generates a representative link report in the exact same categories a real crawler reports, so you can learn to read internal versus external splits, follow attributes, link types, and broken-link triage before running a live audit. To extract real links, open the page and run document.querySelectorAll('a') in your browser's DevTools console, or use a server-side crawler such as Screaming Frog. Use this tool to understand what a link profile looks like, then apply those same categories to a genuine crawl.
Why does anchor text matter for SEO?
Anchor text is the visible, clickable words of a link, and it is one of the strongest on-page signals search engines use to understand what the destination page is about. Descriptive, varied anchors help both crawlers and screen-reader users grasp where a link goes, while a page full of vague "click here" anchors wastes that relevance signal. The opposite problem is over-optimization: dozens of identical exact-match commercial anchors pointing at the same URL look manipulative and are a classic spam flag. This tool groups every link by anchor text and counts how often each phrase repeats, surfacing the most reused anchors at a glance. That lets you check whether your link text is descriptive and diverse rather than repetitive. Enter a URL and open the Anchor Text tab to review the distribution.
How do broken links hurt SEO and how can I find them?
A broken link points to a URL that returns an error, usually a 404, instead of a working page. Broken links hurt in several ways: they frustrate visitors and increase bounce, they waste crawl budget as bots repeatedly hit dead URLs, and any link equity that pointed at the missing page is stranded with nowhere to flow. Internal broken links are especially damaging because they break the paths crawlers use to discover and index your content. This tool flags each link's status as ok, broken, or redirect, totals broken links in the stats bar, and gathers them in a dedicated Broken tab for quick review. For a full site, pair that understanding with a real crawler that checks every URL's response code. Enter a URL to see how broken-link triage is presented.
What is the difference between internal, external, and resource links?
Internal links point to pages on the same domain and shape how crawlers move through and discover your site, while external links point to other domains and either pass or withhold authority to them. Resource links are a third category people often overlook: a page's source also references images, scripts, and stylesheets through tags like img, script, and link, so a complete link audit includes these even though they are not clickable text. This tool separates anchors, images, scripts, and stylesheets as distinct link types and counts unique external domains, giving you a fuller picture than counting only visible hyperlinks. The link graph visualizes the internal-versus-external split and the breakdown by type. Enter a URL, then open the Link Graph tab to see how a page distributes its links and equity across each category.
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About the Link Extractor
The Link Extractor is a free tool for understanding how the hyperlinks on a web page break down — internal versus external, dofollow versus nofollow, anchors versus image and resource links — and how that mix affects SEO. Enter a URL, and the tool produces a structured link report you can filter, search, sort, and export, with a stats bar, anchor-text grouping, a broken-link view, and a link-distribution graph. It is built for SEOs, web developers, content auditors, and anyone learning how a page's link profile is put together.
One thing to be clear about up front: this tool runs entirely in your browser and generates a representative, simulated link report for the URL you enter rather than live-crawling that page. Browsers block cross-origin requests (the same-origin policy and CORS), so a purely client-side tool cannot fetch another website's raw HTML. The Link Extractor turns that constraint into a teaching surface — it shows you what a real link audit looks like, in the same categories a crawler reports, so you can learn to read one before running a full crawl in a server-based tool.
What the link report breaks down
- Internal vs external — internal links point to the same domain and shape how crawlers move through your site; external links point off-site and pass or withhold authority.
- Dofollow vs nofollow — a
dofollowlink passes ranking signals (link equity);rel="nofollow",sponsored, andugctell search engines not to, and are expected on paid, untrusted, or user-generated links. - Link type — anchors (
<a href>), images, scripts, and stylesheets are separated, since a "link" in the page source includes resources, not just clickable text. - Status — each entry is marked ok, broken (a 404-style error), or a redirect (a 301/302), the same triage a link checker performs.
- Stats bar — running totals for total, internal, external, dofollow, nofollow, image links, broken links, and the number of unique external domains.
Reading the anchor text and link graph
Beyond the flat list, the tool groups links by anchor text and counts how often each phrase is reused. Anchor text is one of the strongest on-page relevance signals: descriptive, varied anchors help search engines and screen-reader users understand a destination, while dozens of identical "click here" or exact-match commercial anchors look manipulative. The link graph tab visualizes the internal-versus-external split, the follow-versus-nofollow split, a breakdown by link type, and the list of unique external domains — a fast read on how a page distributes its link equity.
Why a link audit matters
Links are how PageRank flows and how crawlers discover pages, so the shape of a page's link profile has direct SEO consequences:
- Broken links waste crawl budget, frustrate users, and strand any equity that pointed at the dead URL.
- Orphaned internal targets — pages nothing links to — are slow to get indexed; a healthy internal link count is one of the simplest ways to surface deep content.
- Outbound nofollow hygiene matters: paid and affiliate links should carry
sponsoredornofollow, or you risk a manual action. - Anchor-text distribution that skews heavily to one exact-match phrase is a classic over-optimization flag.
From practice to a real crawl
Use the Link Extractor to learn the categories, then audit a live page for real. The fastest free method is your browser's DevTools: open the page, run document.querySelectorAll('a') in the console, or view the page source and read the <a>, <link>, and <img> tags directly. For whole-site crawls — every page, every broken link, follow/nofollow flags at scale — a desktop crawler such as Screaming Frog (free up to 500 URLs) or a hosted site-audit platform fetches the HTML server-side and reports the same metrics this tool illustrates. No sign-up, no upload, and nothing you type leaves your device here.