Find all the back links to all the posts/pages within the blog subdirectory only.

[DarrenD]

Hi, I am new to Moz. I using the open site explorer to find backlinks for a website's blog. The website itself is huge. I want to find all the backlinks to all the posts/pages within the blog subdirectory only. Not the regular website. I ran a few reports, but it is giving me links to that page, not all the sub pages.Fi

[DavidLee]

Hi Darren

In order to view backlinks to a specific sub-folder or directory you will need to use the advanced report feature to filter the results. Here is a screenshot of the settings: http://www.screencast.com/t/qeit2kc2

You also want to makes sure to end your URL with a trailing slash, however you will only find links to pages in that immediate sub-folder.

So if your URL is domain.com/blog/

The your results will show links that are finding pages within /blog/ and not /blog/other/

If you need to go deeper then you would run the same report with /blog/other/ as the search URL.

Let me know if this helps!

[DarrenD]

Hi Chris, thanks for your reply. When I use open site explorer it shows only links to the URL or links to the entire domain. How can I see links only within a certain directory?

[csfarnsworth]

Go to opensiteexplorer to explore your page or website linkprofile.Its quite simple to use.Add the the directory URL in search bar and press enter.
Export report and sort data like you need.