Yeah everyone knows that but which backlinks does Google count? The backlinks that are shown in google or the backlinks that we can see in other tools like backlinks watch or yahoo site explorer?
This software will report backlinks from all major search engines and other off site seo reports as well: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1603462 Its in the reviews area of digital point ... please review and leave some feedback as I haven't gotten any yet as far as features and usage.
the linkdomain: search operator works well in yahoo...although I think now its redirecting you to their site explorer... the link: search operator in google is not accurate.
Here I m going to show you that how to check back link in different search engines with manually and software? In Google site:www.dotcomweavers.com In yahoo use site site explorer and if you want to check your back links through software Here is my best suggest to check back link and or anything according to search engine optimization view that "search status" addon in firefox