How to Set up a Project in Semrush Link Building Tool

Link Building is getting links from other websites and providing our links to other websites to improve our ranking.

In SEO, getting backlinks is crucial because it helps to rank our websites and drive traffic.

To get a backlink easily, there is an effective tool called Semrush Link Building Tool.

This guide teaches you how to build a backlink project and get a backlink for your website using Semrush Link Building Tool.

How to Setup Project in Semrush Link Building Tool?

First, you need to log in to Semrush to set up a project. If you don’t have an account, create one.

Now, click the Link Building Tool option in the SEO dashboard and click ‘Create Project’.

You will be taken to a page where you can enter your domain and project name(optional). After entering your domain, click ‘Create Project’.

After that, enter your 10 keywords ranking higher in the SERPs.

And move to the competitor’s tab.

Add your 10 competitors in the tab. This will help to see the backlinks, that your competitor is linking.

According to Google, you will be considered an authoritative website if you have more backlinks.

After adding the competitors, click ‘Start Link Building’.

It will take a few minutes to create a project dashboard.

Finally, it was completed by collecting and analyzing all data.

Now, click to view prospects.

You will find many domains in your niche and start to build links.

Dig deeper to learn about link building in Semrush.

How To Use Semrush Link Building Tool?

It is easy to send an outreach email for backlinks using the Semrush Link Building tool.

You already set up a project, right?

Now you can see the overview of Domain Prospects. It will show you how many domain prospects your link-building tool has.

Now, come over to the Prospects tab.

These are the domains you need to reach out for the backlinks.

If you compare it to other tools, you can easily identify its authority score and URL type.

In the old method, analyzing a domain score, type, and other factors took a long time. You want to search for high-authority and reputable domains, right?

But, here, everything is in one place and easy to process.

Let’s start by sending an outreach mail.

On the right side, you will find the term ‘To In Progress’.

Click it or click the arrow to see the options. For what purpose do you want to send the mail?

Options are shown in the below image.

Now select it, and your selected domain will be moved to the In Progress tab; click to view it.

In down, you will see the selected domain. Click ‘Contact’ to send an outreach email.

Here is a tab for sending the mail.

If you don’t add your email ID, first add it.

Semrush analyzes the domain and provides you with the targeted domain’s email ID.

And create the best email content and get noticed by the receiver.

After sending the mail, you can track it here.

The four dots for, email sent, email delivered, and email were read by the receiver and got a reply for your mail.

It’s nice, right?

So, only Semrush is known as an All-In-One platform tool.

How To Find Backlink Gap Using Semrush?

It is the features that help you identify your competitor backlinks that you don’t have.

For that,

1. Login Semrush
2. Open Backlink Gap
3. Enter your domain
4. Enter your competitor’s domain(at a time, you can enter only four competitors)
5. Now, click ‘Find Prospects’

Here, you can see the backlinks that your competitors have, but you don’t have this backlink.

It’s also a perfect feature, like a link-building tool.

Which is going to get more backlinks.

You can see each domain’s authority score, monthly traffic, and Matches(out of 5).

You may have doubts about the meaning of “best,“ “weak,“ “strong,“ “shared,” and “unique.”

Let me explain.

Best: Backlinks are in your competitor’s domain but not yours.

Weak: Domains that link to your domain are less than your competitors.

Strong: Links that have only to your domain.

Shared: The domains that link you and your competitor’s domains.

Unique: Only one domain has the link that others, including you, don’t have.

I hope you got an idea of the backlink gap tool.

Conclusion

In this guide, I explained how to set up a link-building tool campaign, send outreach mail for backlinks, and analyze the backlink gaps.

I hope you will have a clear understanding of how it works and how to get backlinks from high-authority domains.

If you have any doubts about this guide, leave them in the comment section. I will definitely clarify them.

Here’s the full guide to the Semrush backlink checker and how to check and remove toxic backlink domains from your site.

Bonus: Here is the list of Semrush Coupon and discounts, which will help to save cost.