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Mommens built LinkCheetah after finding no existing backlink verification tool

Francois Mommens · 1349 Blogger Mentions Tool, Now $100k in ARR and CEO Doubling Down · Apr 4, 2019 · at 4:16

Francois Mommens, founder of SEO software LinkCheetah, discusses the origins of the tool with Nathan Latka.

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“I realized I needed a tool to check the backlinks, that I weren't removing the backlinks after a while, and so I looked for that, and I didn't find any tool, so I decided to create my own tool, and I decided to make it web-based, and just put it out there for anybody who wants to use it”

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