Website Scraper – Extract External Links From Any Blog's Recent Posts
A website scraper crawls a site's recent blog posts and pulls out every link pointing to another domain, saving them to a downloadable file. Enter a website (e.g. https://ventsmagazine.co.uk/). The tool first checks WordPress's own data (REST API) - if available, it gets exact-dated blog posts directly. Otherwise it falls back to sitemap.xml, then to following homepage links. Then, from only the posts published within your selected window, it extracts every external link (links to other domains, excluding social media) and saves them all to a file - there's no fixed post-count limit, every post published in that window gets scanned, however long it takes.
Free/guest access: a 5-day window only, and up to 5 searches per 24 hours (5 left right now). Sign up (admin-approved) for the full 1/2/4-month windows and unlimited searches.
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CSV columns: title, external_link (plus external_link_email if you checked "look up contact email" above). Results are deduped to one row per distinct external domain. "external_link_email" is best-effort info found on that external link's own website (homepage, or contact page for the email) - not the site you scanned, and not always available. Social media links found inside posts (Facebook/Instagram/Twitter/YouTube/etc.) are automatically excluded from the external_link results themselves.
What Does This Website Scraper Do?
This tool scans a website's recent blog posts and extracts every external (outbound) link it finds — the links pointing from that site to other websites. Enter a domain, choose a time window, and get a clean, exportable list of every site they have linked out to recently. It is built specifically for link builders, SEO agencies, and outreach teams who need to know who a website links to, which is data that most SEO tools make surprisingly hard to get.
| Price | 100% Free |
| Signup | Not required (free account extends scan window) |
| Scan window | 5 days (guest) · up to 4 months (free account) |
| Export | Yes — outreach-ready list |
| Best for | Link builders, SEO agencies, outreach teams |
How to Use the External Link Extractor
- Enter the blog's domain. Paste the homepage URL of the website you want to analyze.
- Pick a time window. Guests can scan posts from the last 5 days; free registered accounts unlock 1, 2, or 4 month windows.
- Run the scan. The scraper automatically finds recent posts via the WordPress API, sitemap, or homepage — whichever the site supports.
- Review and export. You get every external link with its source post, ready to filter or export for your outreach sheet.
Why External Links Matter for Link Building
A website that recently linked out to other blogs is a website that links out — which makes it a warm prospect. If a site linked to your competitor's guide last week, there is a real chance the same editor will link to your better resource this week. Outbound link data also reveals paid link patterns, guest post networks, and resource page habits that raw backlink data never shows you. In short: backlink tools tell you who links in; this tool tells you who a site links out to — the other half of the picture.
Who Is This Tool For?
Link builders and outreach specialists use it to qualify prospects: a blog that published five posts this month with outbound links to niche sites is an active, linkable target. SEO agencies use it to audit clients' link neighborhoods and detect if a site is linking out to spammy domains. Guest posting services use it to reverse-engineer competitor placements — scan a known guest-post-friendly blog and see exactly which sites are getting placed there. Content marketers use it to find broken-link and resource-page opportunities on sites that actively cite sources.
What Makes Our Scraper Different?
It adapts to any platform. The tool tries the WordPress REST API first, falls back to the XML sitemap, and finally parses the homepage — so it finds recent posts whether the site runs WordPress, a static generator, or a custom CMS.
It is focused. Instead of dumping thousands of historical URLs like a crawler, it targets only recent posts — because in outreach, freshness is everything. A link placed two years ago tells you nothing about who is accepting links today.
It is free. Guests can run scans daily with no signup. A free account extends the scan window up to 4 months.
Pro Tip: Turn Outbound Links Into an Outreach Pipeline
The fastest link building workflow with this tool: scan 10–15 blogs in your niche, export the external links, and look for domains that appear on multiple blogs — those are sites actively earning links right now, and studying them shows you exactly what content your niche links to. Then flip it: any blog that links out frequently to guides and tools is a prime target for your own pitch. Combine the results with our Companies Finder to attach company data to each prospect, and you have a complete, free prospecting pipeline.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is the website scraper free to use?
Yes. Guests get a daily usage limit with a 5-day scan window. Creating a free account (admin-approved) unlocks 1, 2, or 4 month scan windows.
What counts as an external link?
Any link inside a blog post that points to a different domain than the one being scanned. Internal links, navigation links, and footer links are excluded so your results stay clean.
Which websites can it scan?
Any publicly accessible blog. The scraper automatically detects the best method — WordPress API, sitemap, or homepage parsing — so it works across almost all platforms.
Can I export the results?
Yes, results can be exported so you can drop them straight into your outreach or prospecting spreadsheet.
Is scraping external links legal?
The tool only reads publicly available pages — the same content anyone sees in a browser. It does not bypass logins, paywalls, or access private data.
How is this different from a backlink checker?
A backlink checker shows links pointing TO a site. This scraper shows links going OUT from a site's recent posts — data that reveals linking habits, guest post activity, and outreach opportunities.