Google Alerts: http://www.google.com/alerts You set it up to tell you when the top 10 results for a certain query change, and it emails you as it happens. I have it set up to tell me when [link:www.mysite.com] changes. -Michael
Ok, it actually seems to be changing from one run to the next, but I do see diff results on diff dc's at diff times: The one with the question mark (?) is a dead dc at this time. However, when I go to the dc's directly, it can change from one refresh to the next. Try running the link command on here, for example: http://64.233.161.104/ Hit refresh 10-15 times, see if the value changes for you. It looks like it might actually be a bug... I just got this for Google.com itself: Results 1 - 100 of about 1,600,000 linking to www.google.com. (1.29 seconds) which looks like it might be right, and then: Results 1 - 100 of about 970 linking to www.google.com. (1.31 seconds) Which isn't right at all. Oh, and this has got to be WAY wrong! Results 1 - 75 of 75 linking to www.yahoo.com. (1.99 seconds) So, heh, can a mod pls change the title of this to "Backlink Bug" instead of update please? Thanks -Michael
How do you do that, set it for http://www.google.com/search?q=exam...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a ?
Just type [example keywords] in the search term box. By default it will check all search types (web, news, blogs, groups), so if you're just checking rankings, you should change it to "web". -Michael
Do you have to use www? For example when I check "link:yahoo.com" it says: Your search - link:yahoo.com - did not match any documents. Also it says the same for my site whether or not I use www. But Yahoo site explorer shows more than 50. Does it mean Google didn't count any of the backlinks to my site or it hasn't crawled it in a long time? Thanks. Need some help here.
google will not show ALL your backlinks.. for more backlink data from Google, check out their WebMaster Tools..
Hey, this is a great idea. Thanks for the information. Found any other alerts to set up that are helpful???
Well... if you're someone who is prone to committing felonies, I always find that... I mean someone like that might find it useful to set up a Google News Alert for their own name. -Michael
Woo Frickin Who!!!! I just checked my backlinks on Google's Webmaster tools. I'm up to 1524 from 26. Looks like a BL update. Use webmaster tools if unsure