Adding a single link

February 18, 2026

Adding a single link

You can manually add a single backlink to Linkody to start monitoring it immediately. This is useful when you acquire new links through outreach or want to track specific links not discovered automatically.

Required field

• Referring page URL (URL from) – This is the page where the backlink is located. It’s the only required field.

Prospect link option

You can mark the link as a prospect link using a toggle switch.

If enabled, a dropdown appears to select the prospect status: Candidate, Requested, Pending, Declined.

This status is for your reference only—it does not affect how Linkody tracks the link.

​ Learn more about prospect links

Optional fields

You can define the following optional values when adding the link:

• Tags – Add labels to categorize or organize your links
• Notes – Add any comments or context
• Date added – Defaults to now, but can be backdated
• Expires – Set an expiration date to be reminded via email when a link is about to expire
• Cost – Useful if you're tracking paid links
• Contact – Associate the link with one of your saved contacts to track who you worked with for this link
• Expected landing page URL – If the actual target differs, the link gets a WLP (Wrong Landing Page) status
• Expected anchor – If the anchor text doesn’t match, the link gets a WA (Wrong Anchor) status
• Must be follow – If the link is nofollow, the link gets a WR (Wrong Rel) status
• Report status changes – Enabled by default. If unchecked, the link will still be monitored but won’t trigger email notifications when its status changes.

Adding multiple links from the same page

You can add several links from the same referring page, as long as each one points to a different target page.

If you don’t specify an expected landing page and Linkody detects that links from this source already exist, a pop-up will prompt you to enter the expected target page URL:

This ensures that each link is tracked individually and correctly.