Ever wonder how to figure out how many backlinks you have?
It is not as easy as you may think because none of the engines actually will list them all. However, the best tool currently is Yahoo.
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nice post, many real estate agents don't even know what backlinks are
Posted by: myrtle beach condos | January 27, 2009 at 08:39 PM
I have found lately Yahoo keeps coming up with a 999 error is this because of an error on their part or are they cutting this service?
Posted by: steve jenings | February 5, 2009 at 06:40 PM
Good post, getting increasingly difficult to find out how many back links are indexed.
Posted by: Alice Spencer | February 9, 2009 at 10:53 PM
The total count by yahoo seems to fluctuate up and down when I check from week to week. Any idea why it would go down?
Posted by: Greg @ Portland Real Estate Cafe | February 19, 2009 at 03:00 PM
Greg-
The count goes up or down based on
a. What Yahoo is finding (1 reason it may go down is a site with a link to u is down for a few seconds while the spider visits)
b. What Yahoo chooses to count. Like Google there is no law saying their tool has to be accurate. Or incentive for them to be accurate for that matter.
Posted by: Tim O'Keefe | February 19, 2009 at 03:11 PM
This is a great post. I know that most do not get it.
Posted by: Atlanta real estate | February 28, 2009 at 10:24 PM
I made a post on a blog and it just kept generating links for me and after awhile I figured it out. The blog had a box in the right column for "Recent Comments" and as I was the only one to comment lately it kept showing up in the box for many posts.
How this is related to this topic is when I'm no longer a recent post it will probably decrease my links showing in Yahoo when the spider re-visits that blog site and no longer finds my link in recent comments.
Posted by: Keith Gravlee | August 9, 2009 at 09:16 PM
I am still trying to figure that out. I am not sure about Twitter backlinks being recognized by Google.
Posted by: Edward | September 3, 2009 at 06:44 PM
Usefull info! It's amazing what you find out just surfing around. I always wondered why all the link sites gave different results.
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