Comments on: Google Tip: How-to know who’s linking to your website http://www.googletutor.com/2008/10/01/google-tip-how-to-know-whos-linking-to-your-website/ Your how-to guide for Google with Google tutorials, tips for using Google and advice. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:07:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Carl Schoenleber http://www.googletutor.com/2008/10/01/google-tip-how-to-know-whos-linking-to-your-website/#comment-240641 Carl Schoenleber Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:05:39 +0000 http://www.googletutor.com/2008/10/01/google-tip-how-to-know-whos-linking-to-your-website/#comment-240641 Yahoo is definitely the best for viewing links, Google and MSN both are known for giving users only partial results. Here is how to check your links in Yahoo: 1. Go to Yahoo (this example doesn't require Y!SE) 2. Type the following into the search bar: linkdomain:www.YourSite.com -site:www.YourSite.com 3. You should be left with external sites that have links to yours Tip: Use the above operator but leave out "www." it will often yield some new results that the other misses. Yahoo is definitely the best for viewing links, Google and MSN both are known for giving users only partial results. Here is how to check your links in Yahoo:

1. Go to Yahoo (this example doesn’t require Y!SE)
2. Type the following into the search bar:
linkdomain:www.YourSite.com -site:www.YourSite.com
3. You should be left with external sites that have links to yours

Tip: Use the above operator but leave out “www.” it will often yield some new results that the other misses.

]]> By: The Tutor http://www.googletutor.com/2008/10/01/google-tip-how-to-know-whos-linking-to-your-website/#comment-240561 The Tutor Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:22:05 +0000 http://www.googletutor.com/2008/10/01/google-tip-how-to-know-whos-linking-to-your-website/#comment-240561 agreed Phil. Peter doesn't know as much about checking links, Y! SiteExplorer is the best tool for this https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com agreed Phil. Peter doesn’t know as much about checking links, Y! SiteExplorer is the best tool for this https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com

]]> By: Phil Bradley http://www.googletutor.com/2008/10/01/google-tip-how-to-know-whos-linking-to-your-website/#comment-240558 Phil Bradley Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:20:47 +0000 http://www.googletutor.com/2008/10/01/google-tip-how-to-know-whos-linking-to-your-website/#comment-240558 This is useful, but it has limitations. Mainly due to the way that Google looks at links. Using the link: method at Google I have 215 links to http://www.philb.com but with Yahoo that figure climbs to over 4,000 links to my home page and over 20,000 to my site as a whole. Consequently while it's interesting, it's not really an accurate reflection of who is linking to a particular site. This is useful, but it has limitations. Mainly due to the way that Google looks at links. Using the link: method at Google I have 215 links to http://www.philb.com but with Yahoo that figure climbs to over 4,000 links to my home page and over 20,000 to my site as a whole.

Consequently while it’s interesting, it’s not really an accurate reflection of who is linking to a particular site.

]]> By: Darris G. Williams, AG http://www.googletutor.com/2008/10/01/google-tip-how-to-know-whos-linking-to-your-website/#comment-240537 Darris G. Williams, AG Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:31:28 +0000 http://www.googletutor.com/2008/10/01/google-tip-how-to-know-whos-linking-to-your-website/#comment-240537 Looks like a great idea but it doesn't work for me. I tried two of your examples after getting no results for my site. Is there something missing from the steps or ??? Looks like a great idea but it doesn’t work for me. I tried two of your examples after getting no results for my site. Is there something missing from the steps or ???

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