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SEO–Link Checking Tools

November 24, 2005 by Liz Leave a Comment

Practical SEO for Every Blogger

Checking Backlinks

Backlinks are an exciting part of watching your blog grow. Each link is a statement, a vote, that moves your blog a bit higher in the Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs). Here are some ways for finding out about your links.

Talk Digger
Duncan Riley introduced Fred Giasson’s Talk Digger in an article in the Blog Herald this summer and I’ve been using it since. It’s a quick way to check your links at Bloglines, Blog Pulse, Feedster, Technorati, Ice Rocket, BlogDigger, PubSub, MSN, and Google all at the same time. To quote Talk Digger: Talk Digger is a meta-search engine. It asks major search engines: “Who links that URL?” The results will then be processed and displayed on Talk Digger. This is a free web service developed by Frederick Giasson.

Who Links to Me
Another tool you may have seen around the web is WhoLinkstoMe. Paste the Who Links to Me linking code into your template. Click through the link to check your own or another site’s Google Page Rank, and links found by Who Links to Me, Blogrolling, Google, Yahoo, MSN, Technorati, and Icerocket.

Related Links
Nick Wilson at Performancing had this method to check what Google considers related links. Type in the Google search box: related: yourdomain.com . Then he suggests you review the links to see what kind of sites come up. You would want a strong theme to show through. Your goal would be to answer these questions with a “yes.”

  • Are most of the sites on same theme or topic as your blog?
  • Are there some authorities in your niche?

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THIS JUST IN:

Mark Wade of Blog Marketing, Blog Promotion for Newbies offered this addition to our list.

iWEBTOOL Backlink Checker

Ara Pehlivanian of the site of the same name offers this:

You might also want to check out the Firefox extension SEO Links by WebmasterBrain.

These should give you something to do while that turkey’s in the oven.
Happy Holiday if you’re having one. If you’re not, declare one.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Related articles:
Check Google Backlinks Through Yahoo
SEO–Positioning Keywords for Readers and Search Engines
Don’t Buy that New Domain Name Yet
Checklist for Linking to Quality Blogs

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Comments

  1. Mark Wade says

    November 24, 2005 at 10:10 AM

    Hey!

    Happy Thanksgiving!

    Here’s another backlinks checker for ya’ [I find it in my stats daily :-)]

    http://www.iwebtool.com/backlink_checker

    Enjoy Your Toikey,

    Mark

    Reply
  2. ME Strauss says

    November 24, 2005 at 10:21 AM

    Hi Mark,
    Cool and other link checker for the collection. YEA!

    Thanks for stopping by.

    I was just working on the Fan Club News for your blog!
    It’s all written in Crayon. 🙂

    Happy T-day to you too
    Liz

    Reply
  3. Mike says

    November 24, 2005 at 1:09 PM

    Hi Liz,

    Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours !

    I’ve enjoyed these posts as well as the community that has evolved. Glad they were here to stand up for you while I was away on the road and computer-less.

    I’m doing my part now, though, over at WorkBoxers.

    Keep up the great work !

    Reply
  4. ME Strauss says

    November 24, 2005 at 1:12 PM

    Happy Thanksgiving to all of your family too, Mike.

    Yeah. I’m becoming very attached to everyone here and I’m thinking of all of you on this Thanksgiving.

    Thank you, Mike. Thank you.
    Liz

    Reply
  5. Ara Pehlivanian says

    November 24, 2005 at 1:48 PM

    You might also want to check out the Firefox extension: SEO Links by WebmasterBrain. It allows you to hover over any link and it gives you instant feedback in the form of the link’s rank and backlinks.

    Reply
  6. ME Strauss says

    November 24, 2005 at 1:51 PM

    Hi Ara,

    Thanks That tool sounds like fun! There are lots of neat tools at WebmasterBrain.

    Hope you’ll keep adding to the conversation. 😛

    Liz

    Reply
  7. garnet says

    November 24, 2005 at 5:01 PM

    HI Liz-

    I did a dig and wholinks and found 0 links from the Google search, but lots on yahoo and msn. What’s up with that?

    G

    Reply
  8. ME Strauss says

    November 24, 2005 at 8:06 PM

    Hi Garnet!
    Good to see you over here. 🙂

    First, don’t panic.
    Google backlink numbers are often, if not always, low compared to MSN and Yahoo! I don’t know that anyone except the folks at Google can say definitely why. Yaro answers this question better than I ever could in his article, Search Engine Optimization: The Backlink FAQ.
    Liz

    Reply
  9. Martin (HomeOfficeVoice) says

    November 24, 2005 at 8:08 PM

    Hey, thanks for letting us know about Talk Digger – now that’s one cool tool!

    The related: thing at Google sounds like a good way to see what’s happening in your niche.

    I learn something new everyday

    Reply
  10. ME Strauss says

    November 24, 2005 at 8:10 PM

    Hi Martin,
    Great to see you!
    It’s fun to be able to give you guys something cool you’ve not yet seen. 🙂
    Liz

    Reply
  11. Chris says

    November 24, 2005 at 9:24 PM

    Damn, this site looks so good now…I almost read it differently! I know, I know…stupid. Aesthetics do that to me.

    Reply
  12. ME Strauss says

    November 24, 2005 at 9:30 PM

    Hi Chris,
    You have this way of popping in when I least expect you!
    This new design is quite something. I don’t blame you for your surprise–or are you just saying nice things to me? 🙂
    Liz

    Reply
  13. Hock says

    November 25, 2005 at 10:42 AM

    Great links, Liz. Here’s another one I’ve found to add to your collection:

    http://www.helpfulinformation.org/seo-tools/anchortext.pl

    This one checks anchor text as well. Great for seeing what people are using to link to your site.

    Reply
  14. ME Strauss says

    November 25, 2005 at 11:16 AM

    Hi Hock,
    Funny you should come by with a link about anchor text. Are you reading my mind again? I’m just working on a post on how to think through the best words to put into anchor text. This link will be a perfect addition to that. Thank you. Thank you.
    Liz

    Reply
  15. ME Strauss says

    November 27, 2005 at 5:06 PM

    Thanks Sabine, for the connection. 🙂

    Reply
  16. Blake Acheson says

    March 9, 2007 at 2:33 PM

    You have made some very helpful points. Focus on quality, not quantity. One quality back-link is worth 50 not-so-good back-links.

    Reply

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