Link Extractor

Paste HTML source to extract all links — internal, external, and nofollow. Get a full breakdown with anchor text, href, and rel attributes for SEO link audits.

HTML Source
Paste HTML above to extract links.

Frequently Asked Questions

A link extractor helps you audit all links on a page — both internal links pointing to other pages on your site and external links pointing to third-party sites. SEO professionals use it to check anchor text diversity, find broken external links, identify nofollow patterns, and understand how link equity is being distributed across a page.
The rel="nofollow" attribute tells search engines not to pass link equity (PageRank) through that link and not to necessarily crawl the destination. It is commonly used on user-generated content, paid links, and untrusted outbound links. Google updated its treatment in 2019 — nofollow is now a hint rather than a directive.
Internal links connect pages within the same website, helping search engines discover content and passing link equity between your own pages. External links (outbound links) point to other websites. Good SEO practice involves a healthy internal linking structure, authoritative external links, and avoiding excessive nofollow on internal links.
Rows highlighted in yellow indicate links with a rel="nofollow" or rel="sponsored" attribute. These links do not pass PageRank to the destination URL. Identifying nofollow links is useful when auditing your link profile, verifying affiliate link tagging, or reviewing which external links you have marked as paid or untrusted.
To extract all links, open the page in your browser, right-click, choose "View Page Source", select all and copy the HTML, then paste it into the HTML Source field above. Click "Extract Links" to see all links categorized as internal, external, and nofollow. For large sites, consider a dedicated crawler like Screaming Frog for bulk analysis.

About This Link Extractor

This free SEO tool parses raw HTML and extracts every anchor tag, showing the href URL, anchor text, rel attribute, and whether the link is internal or external. Use it to audit link equity distribution, check for broken outbound links, and verify nofollow tagging on paid or sponsored links.

When to use this tool

  • Auditing internal linking structure on important pages
  • Verifying nofollow tags on affiliate and sponsored links
  • Checking anchor text diversity for a given page
  • Finding all outbound links before a site migration

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