Oh! My bad! I use that to keep it from automatically switching me over to Yahoo SiteExplorer. Gives me more control over how I pull the data. you can either use a random string no one would have in their pages, or something useful like: [linkdomain:www.yourdomain.com -site:yourdomain.com] Giving you only external links, or: [linkdomain:www.yourdomain.com -site:yourdomain.com -link:http://www.yourdomain.com/] Giving you only external links that point to pages other that your homepage, or: [linkdomain:www.yourdomain.com -site:yourdomain.com -site:digitalpoint.com] Giving you external backlinks from places other than a DP signature, etc. -Michael