Since Yahoo! closed the Site Explorer service bloggers and webmasters (myself included) were left without any solid alternative. I have been looking for similar tools since then, and an interesting one I found recently is called ahrefs.com.
It’s a paid service, but there are many free tools you can use on their website as well. For instance, right on the homepage you can type your domain name and click on “Explore Links” to get an overview of how your website is doing.
As you can see from the screenshot above you get a lot of data back. For instance, you can see the total number fo backlinks, how it evolved over the past 30 days, how many are coming from .gov and .edu sites, how many are text and image links and so on.
Paid users can also check all the links, including the Alexa rank of the site that is linking to you and the anchor text used.
Another free tool you can is the domain comparisson one. You basically input two domain names and the tool will compare their backlink profile for you, including an estimation of search engine traffic over time. I tested with some of my domains and the accuracy of the information wasn’t bad.
Source: http://www.dailyblogtips.com/new-backlink-analysis-tool/
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