Is there any way of knowing which backlinks are being reported via DP's tools ? (source page of the reported Backlink) If not could this be incorporated ? Or, could anyone recommend a tool for this purpose ?
Yahoo gives a much better idea of what backlinks are being tracked. Generally, I would imagine that Google is tracking somewhat the same list.
What's the URL for the DP tool? This one... http://www.marketleap.com/publinkpop/ calculates links listed by Google, MSN, Hotbot, altavista, and alltheweb. It also provides a link to the command for each search engine to display your results. pretty handy. (Note that it gives a 'total', which is meaningless because all 6 count many of the same links) Also, be aware google has been fluctuacting lately. usually it only returns IBLs with PR above 4. Sometimes recently it has returned IBL with PR less than that.