google backward links
Hey,
Curious as to any known issues to be aware of regarding backwards links from google.
I can do a backwards links search on google and get maybe 1 to 5 results when I know there are many more.
For example:
The site I posted about here recently: http://tinyurl.com/6lv76
On Google I get 4 backwards links. On MSN I get 26. Yahoo gives over 30.
What is wrong w/ Google? I find this problem w/ many sites, not just the above.
thanks,
bruno
Curious as to any known issues to be aware of regarding backwards links from google.
I can do a backwards links search on google and get maybe 1 to 5 results when I know there are many more.
For example:
The site I posted about here recently: http://tinyurl.com/6lv76
On Google I get 4 backwards links. On MSN I get 26. Yahoo gives over 30.
What is wrong w/ Google? I find this problem w/ many sites, not just the above.
thanks,
bruno
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interesting - i guess that explains. have you ever heard of any reasoning for this?
brunobear -
>have you ever heard of any reasoning for this?
Google does not want to provide any data that can be used to partially deconstruct their algorithm.
You can however get a better idea from "+www.yourdomain.+com" -site:yourdomain.com but this will include sites that just mention your web site URL without actually having a link. Also it doesn't confirm that Google considers these to be 'links' because it is simply a search.
- duz
>have you ever heard of any reasoning for this?
Google does not want to provide any data that can be used to partially deconstruct their algorithm.
You can however get a better idea from "+www.yourdomain.+com" -site:yourdomain.com but this will include sites that just mention your web site URL without actually having a link. Also it doesn't confirm that Google considers these to be 'links' because it is simply a search.
- duz
ASKER
Thanks for your help duz
I forgot to mention that I had a post-grad maths intern working on finding out how Google determined the 'sample' and we were unable to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion - that's why I said the Google link: operator is useless.
- duz