Monitor lost backlinks with DataForSEO, Google Sheets and Gmail
UnknownUnknown. This template uses community nodes we can't verify statically. Uses community nodes that can't be verified statically (unverified community packages are off by default in 3.0). Static check, last run 2026-10-19.
What this workflow does
This workflow has 16 nodes and runs on a schedule (every day at 09:00). Along the way it connects Google Sheets, Gmail and Dataforseo (community).
How it runs
Trigger: On a schedule (every day at 09:00).
- Initialize "items" field (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: items
- Set "items" field (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: items
- Get lost backlinks (Data For Seo Backlinks Api): get backlinks
- Merge "items" with DFS response (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: items
- Has more pages? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Filter: keeps only the items that match a condition
- Create spreadsheet (Google Sheets): work with spreadsheet
- Prepare columns for Google Sheets (Edit Fields (Set)): sets or maps fields
- Append columns (Google Sheets): append or update
- Set final "items" field (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: items
…plus 5 more steps. See the full node list below.
Services it uses
Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0
We can't fully verify this one: it relies on 1 community package, and n8n 3.0 turns unverified community packages off by default (N8N_UNVERIFIED_PACKAGES_ENABLED=false).
- Check that n8n-nodes-dataforseo is verified or supports 3.0 (used in Get lost backlinks).
Nodes used (9)
- Edit Fields (Set)
n8n-nodes-base.set - If
n8n-nodes-base.if - Filter
n8n-nodes-base.filter - Google Sheets
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets - Split Out
n8n-nodes-base.splitOut - Data For Seo Backlinks Api
n8n-nodes-dataforseo.dataForSeoBacklinksApi - Gmail
n8n-nodes-base.gmail - Schedule Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger - Aggregate
n8n-nodes-base.aggregate
From the author
With this n8n automation, you no longer need to manually audit backlinks every day. The workflow connects directly to the DataForSEO Backlinks API to pull recently lost backlinks for your domain or specific URL. On each run, it generates a clean Google Sheets…