: Google Search Console says a website links to my website but I can't find a link I was checking inbound links in Google Search Console and it says I have 1000s of links from some completely

@Lee4591628

Google Webmaster Console should tell you the page URLs of the inbound links it has discovered that are pointing to your site. You can view them in the URL below where siteUrl=yoursite and blddomain=theirsite
www.google.com/webmasters/tools/external-links-domain-to-page?hl=en&authuser=0&siteUrl=example.com&bldomain=example.com
The list on that page should tell you the pages that are linking to your website that Google has discovered. When you visit those URLs you'll get a better sense if those domains are performing spammy behavior, if the links are legit, or if they simply once linked to you but have since updated their page and removed the link.

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@Murray155

Make sure you have Search Console setup for the www.yourdomain.com also yourdomain.com, in addition to any other subdomains like www.yourdomain.com. You can also verify links with an additional backlink crawler. Remember you are looking at diverse indexes by diverse data sources, so you will see some disparity in results (diverse numbers and links for diverse backlink reports.)

To get an improved understanding around your backlink profile my commendation is to use a pair of tools (OSE, Majestic, aHrefs, etc) in addition to the data delivered in Search Console. Export the backlink information from all sources into Excel, de-dedupe the statistics (so you're not seeing at duplicate links) and review where the links are coming from. Using more than 1 tool will provide you a much better understanding what is out there, so see which ones work for you and your budget.

Also, ensure you have the precise version of your site in Search Console. Google will identify multiple disparities as diverse sites (HTTPS/WWW/HTTP/Non-WWW). You'll also want to set a favored domain (www vs. non-www) to aid Google in combining data.

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@Debbie626

It does not hurt your site if you add these links to the disavow file nonetheless. As @closetnoc said, it could've been part of a spam tactic, so these pages might not be available any longer for now - but I'd surely recommend to add them to the disavow file just to make sure they are not being evaluated by Google in your backlink profile - especially if these links might still persist, but just not be available to you (cloaking, as @Stephen Ostermiller mentioned). (Please keep in mind, though, that the disavow file is only available for Google; if you've got any relevant traffic by other search engines such as Bing, you need to handle these separately.)

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