hey! i am member of the coop since march and i am now tracking keywords and backlinks. my keywords have reached good positions through the coop, but my backlinks dont change at all. i still have exactly the same amount of google backlinks. yahoo shows some more but the amounts are not comparable, i'd like to see my real google backlinks. few weeks ago the backlinks dropped to 1000 on one day but then they went back to the amount it always shows. i already thought of an update but no...how often does google update their backlinks or is there a way to check backlinks more regularly? cheers! nico
THey haven't updated in a long time and those fluctuations you are talking about seem part of the round robin of datacenters and don't reflect any links added in the last few months. SERPs are still what you should keep your eye on as those do change daily and if you want to keep track of your "growth", maybe the link popularity tool at www.marketleap.com will be of more use.
Not only does google not update them often, you will never see a good representation through them, as they only show a 'sample'. Better to check the other major ones for a better idea. Marketleap (as yfs1 suggested) is a great tool for that.