Does google count a link page from an exchange

[rjcable]

Does google count a link from a link exchange site the same as a link from any other site or is it clever enough to relise you have had the link from an exchange and thus decrease the value of the link.

And at a guess how many links do you need to be in the top ten for a standard two word keyword phrase.

[stephaneggy]

depends on the comnpetition of that phrase, I have a site that only haves 10 backlinks and is #1.
An other site with a more populair keyword haves more then 1000 backlinks and is still ranked #4.

So its very hard to say, I think google threads the links from the coop network as each link

[rjcable]

I currently registered about 40 links through a link agency, and about 11 show in G.

I am 8th, so it look promising.

[synthium]

Here is a question.

How on earth do we figure out how many links google has actually acknowledged. I've started to disbelieve the results I often get back from the google toolbar or by doing a manual query. If these numbers are correct google is ignoring as much as 90% or more of exchanges you might expect the average person to initiate and follow through with.

Any insights?

Any are welcome on this one.

[Cristian Mezei]

A link from a website with which you made an exchange, count much less than a one-way link. That's the catch :)

[Jim_Westergren]

A link from a website with which you made an exchange, count much less than a one-way link. That's the catch
Evidence? It's a speculation, maybe true maybe not.

I've started to disbelieve the results I often get back from the google toolbar or by doing a manual query. If these numbers are correct google is ignoring as much as 90% or more of exchanges you might expect the average person to initiate and follow through with.
:)

You cannot check links with Google. Google sees all the links. If you do a "link:" you only get some kind of random of a few they know about. I don't know why, maybe to confuse webmasters :) .

Use MSN to check links, it is the best.

[Cristian Mezei]

Evidence? It's a speculation, maybe true maybe not.

Everything i ever said or will say is just from my extensive experience. :)

That's all.

[generaltomfoolery]

I use Yahoo to see back links (e.g. link:yoursite - include h t t p) and it shows pretty much all of them.

Trouble is that it's Google I want to impress... (beginning to lose faith a little!)


Jk