In the past, we have told you about several tools which allow you to check the backlinks to your websites. However, Google has also been providing with a similar feature to check for links to your website in Google Webmaster. The problem with the Google Webmaster Tools product was that it did not show you the dates for those links and you had to figure them out yourself.

Earlier today, Matt Cutts tweeted about a new feature in Google Webmasters which would allow you to download the most recent links to your website as a CSV or also view it directly in Google Docs.

The new addition allows a webmaster to view the most recent backlinks to their website as seen by Google. The CSV file contains the URL of the webpage which linked to you along with the date Google found the backlink on. This feature is definitely very useful since it will allow you to figure out who is linking to you from Google itself and not have to rely on external tools.

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If you want to download a report of the most recent backlinks to your website, you can visit Google Webmaster Tools and click on the website you want to download it for. Once on the website dashboard, expand the “Traffic” menu item and click on the “Links to Your Site” link.

On that page, you will find two options. The first is “Who links the most” and the second is “Your most linked content”. You can click on the “More >>” link at the bottom of those sections to open any of those options. Once on the inside page, you will find a button to “Download latest links”. Click on the button to download a CSV file or to store the report to your Google Drive.

As a webmaster, I find this feature very useful and reliable because it is coming from none other than Google. What do you think about this new feature? Do you think it will be beneficial to you? What other features would you like to see built into Google Webmaster Tools? Do share your thoughts with me.