JimWorld Forums: Google - How I Can I Tell Who is Linking to Me?



Posted By: cfpa ()
Posted On: 05/01/2007 08:54 am

What is the thing you type into google to find out which sites are linking to your site? I remember reading about it on here a long time ago but I cannot find the thread. If anyone knows, that would be great.


Posted By: Hampstead ()
Posted On: 05/02/2007 01:23 am

Use Yahoo instead of Google to find inbound links. The search is

link:www.domain.com


Posted By: bhartzer (Staff)
Posted On: 05/02/2007 05:48 am

Yes, I would definitely use Yahoo! to check backlinks. I prefer to use this search at Yahoo!:

linkdomain:domain.com -site:domain.com

That search will ignore the on-site (internal) links.


Posted By: Hampstead ()
Posted On: 05/02/2007 05:50 am

Good tip Bill, but that search doesn't bring up the Yahoo! site explorer.

Try both.


Posted By: g1smd (Staff)
Posted On: 05/02/2007 11:50 am

Yahoo is good, or you can sign up to Google's webmaster tools.


Posted By: dudibob ()
Posted On: 05/03/2007 02:37 am

Google's webmaster tools is the best one IMO because it shows you links to interior pages, your interior link structure, PR from sites linking to you, it's very good!


Posted By: Hampstead ()
Posted On: 05/03/2007 03:21 am

Google webmaster tools also shows the anchor text of inbound links.


Posted By: linxhunter_com ()
Posted On: 05/23/2007 03:03 pm

As others have said Yahoo Explorer is better for finding backlinks as Google masks its results and only shows a sample of backlinks to keep webmasters guessing.


Posted By: g1smd (Staff)
Posted On: 05/23/2007 03:47 pm

They still do that limited list for the public to look at, but in a validated webmastertools account they will show the site owner a lot more information.


Posted By: marketraisecorp ()
Posted On: 06/25/2007 04:46 am

yes, link:www.domainname.com is the right way to get inbound links. Though google can change the algo anytime and guys like we again get into new R&D.

There are some sites which provides services on that.


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