Determine how many external links point to my web site

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Question:

How can I find what other web sites link point to my web site? When I use Google's backlink function ('Backward Links' from the Google Toolbar), I get only 10 sites listed that point to me. I know for fact there are more. I simply want to discover who links to me.

Answer:

I understand that knowing the links pointing to a site helps evaluate how popular or important the site is. This is what PageRank and similar algorithm use.
Right now, Google is not too good with the 'Backward Links' function. You can try Alexa.com. As of now (September 2005), yahoo delivers the best result if you search using the linkdomain: syntax.

By the way, a different approach would be to parse the referrer log file of your web server. It may just take longer.

Here an example for this site (www.delphifaq.com)

- Google Backlinks: 20 links, 10 of them from one single spam site

- Alexa 'Sites Linking in': 17 links, the spam site is not included

- Yahoo (linkdomain:delphifaq.com): 'About 809' results.

Comments:

2007-03-15, 19:46:04

anonymous

Hi,

Thanks for you article, but I would like if you could more cleare about how to know the backlinks, and where are they place on yahoo or google.

The another thing I would like to know, where those people mostly find link to piont to their website?

Jeremie Mouithsone

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2007-12-23, 16:03:47

anonymous from France

If you want high rank in Google, please give lot of attention on contents of the site. You will see your rank will go up. My site www.agranews.com is about Indian news. You can see the updating of contents. It help me lot in rank.

Thanks
Best wishes

Rajeev

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