I’m not actually sure how I got there. That happens to me in real life too–more than I’d like to admit.
Somehow I ended up on a forum called SEO Guy on a thread about backlinks. The discussion was about that age old question
Why don’t my backlinks show up in Google?
It’s accepted knowledge that Google only reports about 5% of the backlinks it knows about. This practice frustrates folks attempting to see where they stand.
Embedded in the discussion thread that I found was a way to uncover what backlinks Google has by asking Yahoo. The technique set forth below by forum member Brandon is complete with the compelling argument for why you would trust that Google has these same links.
This is an image of Brandon’s post at the SEO Guy Forum.
This is an image of the search text in action. It took a few tries to get it right using a blog with a subdomain. Note the space before the hyphen.
Not only did I find out what links Google has, I found out that Yahoo doesn’t show me all of its links when I do a simple link:mydomain.com search either. The link count for both my personal blog and for Successful Blog were both almost 40% higher through this command.
Believe me the entire thread at SEO Guy Forum is worth reading. I just found this particular bit worth highlighting for your attention.
I’m heading back that way. I’ve bookmarked both the SEO Guy Forum and the SEO Guy Blog. This SEO Guy makes SEO interesting. What a concept!
–ME “Liz” Strauss
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Great tip, Liz. Thanks, and here’s to a wonderful 2006!
Hi Sabine,
It’s a little thing, but it’s cool to know.
Have a great New Year yourself–everyday of it. 🙂
Liz
This is a very cool to know.Yahoo Backlinks -ââ¬ÅCheck Google Backlinks Through Yahooââ¬Â; http://www.apartmani-vrtlici.com. Thank you Liz.
You can also see all Google Backlinks of your Domain in the Google Webmaster Tools.
But Thanks for that tip, Liz.
Hi Vornamen!
Welcome and thanks for the support.
This post will be 2 years old in December. Webmaster tools didn’t exist then. 🙂
Now it’s just a fun look at a few different links. 🙂
i am having problem on how to check backlinks in yahoo… well this helps me… thanksss aeroz
Google has always been very secretive when it comes to showing backlinks. I’m sure they have a reason for doing this, but I don’t know what it is.
yes its true that google doesnt show up our back links
thats interesting, thanks for the info :))
Thanks for the post and for sharing such useful information with us.
Amazing article its easy but many doesn’t know like me. Its great to check you backlinks direct in yahoo.
Im using Google Webmaster Tool to find backlinks and it shows me only 338 links although I linked my website in about 500 websites. Mayb those websites have not been crawled yet. I think google is not showing me all the backlinks
Google will not show you all your back links but I found Yahoo comes closer.
Google makes me confused about the backlinks. I have exchanged links with many sites but links are not listed as google backlinks.
I have benn trying to find out how many links i have but iam having no luck, my site hasnt been indexed ny yahoo or google yet do you think that is why i cannot find anything. thankyou
ps i dont even get 5%
Finally I’ve found a site that gives you the truth. It’s so frustrating to try to find out about my site backlinks so I’m anxious to give this a shot.
Thanks for the article!
Great site. I always wondered about ZGoogle reporting of backlinks. Thanks
This is really the best way to check the google backlinks , thanks for sharing.
That was a wonderful way to see my Google back links, nice site too, I will bookmark this site.
This method doesn’t work anymore, because Yahoo Site Explorer is migrated 🙁
Does anybody have any other suggestions? ahrefs.com works well but You need a premium subscription to view all links. Anything better?
Just wanted to share a great substitute for Yahoo’s explorer… http://www.sheerexplorer.com