Type a domain or URL into LinkMiner's search box and select Find backlinks. LinkMiner loads up to 500 backlinks at a time, and each backlink it loads uses one backlink row from your monthly allowance. Sorting and filters work only on the backlinks already loaded.

If the box shows "Please insert a valid URL.", LinkMiner did not recognize the address. The box takes a domain, such as example.com, or a full web address.

LinkMiner gives different results for different forms of the same address. A yellow label next to the searched address shows which type LinkMiner used. Select the label to open Supported Input Types.

For an exact URL, http and https are different URLs with different backlinks. So are the versions with and without www.

When you search anything other than a root domain, LinkMiner shows "Change to root domain to see all links." Select Change to root domain to search the whole domain with the same tab and settings. That is a new search, so it uses backlink rows.

If a path is too broad, LinkMiner says "Sorry, this path URL* has too many matches". Try a longer path.

The All tab searches all the backlinks LinkMiner has for the address. New shows recently found backlinks, and Lost shows backlinks that have disappeared. LinkMiner does not show the date range it uses for new and lost links. See Why a backlink is missing, marked deleted or counted differently.

The One link per ref. domain box appears only on the All tab. New and Lost always show every backlink from each linking website. After a New or Lost search, the box is cleared when you switch back to All. Tick it again to see one backlink from each website.

LinkMiner loads backlinks in pages of 500. Select Load more under the table to add the next 500 below. To jump to a page instead, type its number in Page: and press Enter. That page replaces the table.

The two numbers next to Page:, for example "394 / 394", are the backlinks displayed and the backlinks loaded so far. The second number is not the domain's total. When a page comes back with fewer than 500 backlinks, there is nothing more to load and Load more is greyed out.

In LinkMiner, select a column heading to sort the table. Sorting and filters work in your browser on the backlinks already loaded. They never fetch more. So sorting by Link Strength (LS) shows the strongest of your loaded backlinks, not of the whole domain. Load more first if you need a wider view.

The Source URL heading does not sort from A to Z. It keeps the order LinkMiner received the backlinks in, or reverses it.

A new search resets the quick filters and turns the advanced filter off. See Filters, favorites and the website preview.

Each backlink LinkMiner loads uses one backlink row, and that includes the backlinks Load more adds. A search that loaded 394 backlinks took the Backlink rows bar in the account menu from "2k" to "1.6k". A Load more that added 500 backlinks used 500 backlink rows.

Backlink rows are a monthly allowance. Basic includes 100,000 backlink rows per month, Premium 500,000 and Agency 1,200,000. Free+ includes 2,000 for the whole Free+ period. The pricing card calls this limit "Backlinks".

The account menu shows what is left and when the bar resets, for example "25d 8h 30m to reset". With One link per ref. domain ticked, fewer backlinks load for the same domain, so a search uses fewer rows. See How lookups and limits work, and when they reset.

Select History in LinkMiner's top menu. The Search history panel lists your earlier searches with the address, an All, New or Lost label and a link icon: one link for "One link per ref. domain", two links for "Multiple links per ref. domain". Click a search to run it again with the same settings.

Clear history deletes the whole list at once, with no confirmation. LinkMiner then shows "History was successfully cleared."