Backlink checker and disavow file generator, with Google's cautions kept in

XeoRank's backlink checker shows the referring domains, anchor text and dofollow ratio of your site's backlinks, scores each link for toxicity, and can turn the riskiest ones into a Google disavow file. It is on Pro and above, and it is not a replacement for a large backlink index like Ahrefs.

Google's disavow links help page calls disavowing an advanced feature to use with caution, so read the section on what Google says before you use the disavow part.

Who it is for

• Site owners who have spotted spammy links pointing at them and want to know whether they are a problem.
• Sites with a manual action for unnatural links that need a clean, reviewable disavow file.
• Agencies taking over a client site and checking its link profile as part of onboarding.

What the backlink checker shows

The dashboard shows referring domains, follow and nofollow links and anchors. The risk breakdown and per-link toxicity are available to your AI assistant through the MCP server and in the API.

The toxicity score is XeoRank's own estimate of how spammy or manipulative a link looks. It is not a number from Google, and Google does not publish one.

The disavow file generator

XeoRank writes every referring domain at or above a toxicity threshold (0.61 by default, adjustable through the API) into a plain-text file, one domain: line per referring domain, each followed by its score as a comment. Only current links that point directly at your site are eligible. The backlink profile lists every flagged domain with the reasons it was flagged, so you can check each one before you decide.

A lower threshold catches more domains and raises the chance of disavowing a link that was helping you. Start strict, read the list, and remove anything you recognise as a genuine site.

What Google says about disavowing

Google's disavow links help page is direct about the risk. It says "This is an advanced feature and should only be used with caution," and that "If used incorrectly, this feature can potentially harm your site's performance in Google Search results." It also says that "In most cases, Google can assess which links to trust without additional guidance."

The same page describes two conditions for disavowing: you have "a considerable number of spammy, artificial, or low-quality links" pointing to your site, and the links "have caused a manual action, or likely will cause a manual action, on your site." If those conditions do not describe your site, the safer choice is to leave your links alone.

When you do upload a file, Google's rules from that help page apply:

• the file is plain text ending in .txt, encoded as UTF-8 or 7-bit ASCII;
• one URL or one domain: entry per line, and lines starting with # are comments;
• the file can be at most 100,000 lines and 2MB;
• you need to be an owner of the Search Console property, and each property has one disavow list;
• uploading a new list replaces the old one, so include anything you disavowed before;
• Google says it can take a few weeks for the list to be taken into account.

A careful order of work

1. Open the Manual Actions report in Search Console and check whether Google has flagged unnatural links to your site.
2. Read your backlink profile in XeoRank, starting with the risk breakdown and the anchors.
3. Generate a disavow file from the flagged domains.
4. Remove any domain you recognise as a genuine site, a partner or a directory you chose to be listed in.
5. Merge the result with any disavow file you uploaded before, because a new upload replaces the old list.
6. Upload the file in Google's disavow links tool and keep a copy.

Working with your AI assistant

With the XeoRank MCP server connected to Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor or VS Code, you can review links in plain language:

"Show me our backlink profile. Which referring domains have the highest toxicity, and why? Build a disavow file and list every domain in it with its reasons."

The assistant calls get_backlink_profile to read the profile, explains the flagged domains, and calls download_disavow_file to generate the file. It does not upload anything to Google. You read the file, decide, and submit it yourself in Google's disavow links tool.

The rest of XeoRank's work on your site, such as fixing pages found by the technical SEO audit, goes through your AI assistant, which asks before each tool call. On WordPress, writes are off for each site until you turn them on, and every change to a page's content keeps a snapshot you can restore.

What it does not do

• It is not a replacement for a large backlink index like Ahrefs. It will not find every link pointing to your site, and its counts will differ from other tools. Use a dedicated link index if link research across the web is your main job.
• It does not build links, run outreach or send link removal requests.
• It does not upload your disavow file to Google or remove a manual action. Both happen in Google's tools.
• It does not know how Google treats any given link. The toxicity score is an estimate to help you review, not a verdict.

Pricing

The backlink checker and disavow file generator are on Pro and above. Starter is $19 a month for one site, with a 14-day free trial and no card needed. Pro is $49 a month and Growth is $109 a month.

See pricing for what each plan includes.