I am totally confused on how to check how many backlinks a website has!

I am totally confused on how to check how many backlinks a website has!

I am hoping to figure this out once & for all


Ok, if I go to google and put in:

link:http://www.boston.com 47,200 links


And the answer is different everytime... some times its a million.... sometimes i just put in boston.com without the http:// and there are 500,000 backlinks


Any idea on the most accurate way to check a websites backlinks?


Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Go to Yahoo and type in

link:whateversite

Code (markup):

It will give you more accurate results.

 

I just went to Yahoo and put in:

Link: Boston.com Inlinks (47,100)

Link: http://www.boston.com Inlinks (3,300,000)


I guess the lesson is always add http ---


However... do you think this 3,300,000 is accurate?

When I put in http://www.boston.com into google... (105,000) came up

Is google trying to prevent this info --- or does it have a problem calculating it?

Thanks!

 

you can check your site backlink in yahoo, give command like link:http://www.sitename.com-sitename.com.

 

Google doesn't show all the backlinks. Google does however take them into consideration...

That is why I suggested you check Yahoo...

 

Yahoo shows most of the backlinks theres no tool out there to show you 100% number but .....

link:http://www.yoursite.com

In yahoo is the most acurative

 

Agreeing with others recommendations, if its a site you don't own, yahoo is easy and decent.

If you own the site, Google webmaster tools is the ticket.

Hope that helps.

 

Yes, you should check out the Google Webmaster tool for more accurate backlink results

 

i think the difference between link: site.com and http://site.com is in way the site was linked
google doesn't show exact amount of backlinks especially if the amount is huge
i would multiply x5 google data

 

There are six ways to check the Google Seo Wellness of your site or particular domain.
1. site:
Check the indexed pages in your site
Command to type: site:www.yourcompany.com

2. allinurl
Pages that refer to your site's URL
allinurl:www.yourcompany.com

3. link
Pages that link to your site link:www.yourcompany.com

4. cache
The current cache of your site cache:www.yourcompany.com

5. info
Information we have about your site info:www.yourcompany.com

6. related
Pages that are similar to your site related:www.yourcompany.com

hope it will help

 

thanks jalpari

 

Yahoo is the best when it comes to backlinks

 

here are some useful info , I have found helpful.
Thanks guys

 

The best way to check in Google is:

yoursite.com -link:yoursite.com

 

Our company takes into consideration both Yahoo and Google when looking at backlinks since some backlinks hold more weight on certain search engines which is why Google will typically show less backlinks. It also depends how the link has been coded. Keep your links consistent! Thats why you will see variations using link:www. yoursite .com and link: yoursite .com

 

because without www can contain sub-domain website

 

This was damn helpful....thank you.

 

Remember, how many link you have is not as important as how many links you have that count

 

You can try link:www.sitename.com

 

View links trough toolbar (link:sitename) can not get all links, will shows only the latest indexed back links. if use any other third party tool or webmaster tool will get accurate. cehck it on "http://www.seologs.com/link-analysis-tool/backlinks.html"