Hi I was woundering if someone could please explain what the different ways of checking websites links, positions, ect.. via search engine of Google and Yahoo. 1. I know for instance I can type my website name say http://www.mywebsite.com into google and it will show it first. Does that mean Google has indexed my website? 2. I type link:http://www.mywebsite.com shows only my website. 3. What does this line do in Yahoo? u:www.mywebsite.com or something around that nature? If you know any other special lines please post them or direct me to more information! Thanks a Million
The best function to use (in Google or Yahoo) is site:. For example: site:www.digitalpoint.com will show you all the pages within the site (in either search engine). Links can be done like so... Google: link:www.digitalpoint.com Yahoo: link:http://www.digitalpoint.com linkdomain:www.digitalpoint.com (any link anywhere within the domain, not just a single page)
A nice means of determining links that do not originate from your own domain in Yahoo: linkdomain:www.mydomain.com -domain:www.mydomain.com