backlinkwatch or Yahoo Site Explorer ?

Discussion in 'Link Development' started by WallaceYeung, Jul 9, 2007.

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  1. #1
    up to now,
    only two backlink check tools are reliable(for yahoo only) and work i think,
    they are backlinkwatch and yahoo site explorer,
    so i have a question,
    why some sites have more than 30K backlinks at yahoo but only less than 5K at BW,
    some sites have 10K at yahoo and 8K at BW,
    what happen?!
     
    WallaceYeung, Jul 9, 2007 IP
  2. nonBot

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    #2
    I’m not entirely sure, but it might have something to do with usage limits. I believe BackLink Watch has some API integration for their data retrieval. But I might be completely wrong. ;)
     
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  3. Mong

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    Its because BacklinkWatch uses Yahoo API which is up to date and very current compared with other search results provided by Yahoo! Site Explorer.

    BacklinkWatch depicts the correct picture.
     
    Mong, Jul 9, 2007 IP
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    Right you are Mong! :)

     
    rezx, Jul 12, 2007 IP
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    #5
    you can try to use google sitemap links tab:)
     
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    It works great if done using greasemonkey ;)
     
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    jumong79 Banned

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    I think for me Yahoo explorer... 'coz backlinkwatch is always down... always on upgrade. I think their checker is on beta running unlike yahoo which is stable in terms of checking backlinks....
     
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    you are backlinkwatch owner right? Can I see more than 1000 backlinks in BLW?
     
    wokaka, Jul 13, 2007 IP
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    i also feel backlinkwatch is more accurate
     
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    No, because backlinkwatch is powered by Yahoo! and it provides max 1000 results like any other search engine.
     
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    Then why few other tools like onestopwebmasters can provide more than 1000 results? Who powered them?
     
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    I don't know about them.
    What is their url and how many results it display?
     
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    I think they use a tool similar to - if not the same as iwebtools here

    I don't know but my best understanding is they use Google crawlers from different data centers to give an approximate idea of how many sites linking to them by using generic queries like

    and showing generic link results as :

    However i still think iwebtools is soggy and slow and still find's Yahoo's stats quite accurate (although they update links drastically late).

     
    rezx, Jul 14, 2007 IP