Checking backlinks has never been easier! It is always interesting to check the backlinks your blog gets, to see what others are linking to and talking about. Get an automated Email notification when new backlinks become active, using Google Alerts - for free. All you need is a Gmail account, the log-in credentials Google uses for all its services.

Alerts are emailed to you once per day, once per week, or as new links come up. You can also indicate if you want Google to search through the web as a whole, or to limit the search for blogs, news, discussion groups or videos.