Question about the "link:" operator

Discussion in 'Google' started by Devilfish, Apr 6, 2008.

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    Hi folks,

    OK...here goes...

    The "link:" operator allows us to see how many websites link to your own, we all now this. If I use it in Yahoo I have 300+ links, if I use it in Google is have 2. :(

    I'm guessing that Yahoo includes every page that it sees a link on and it's pretty fast in finding them. Does google do it after a certain timescale, i.e. once a month, or does google assign a certain relevance to the link and if it thinks it's a spam link, etc. it doesn't include it?

    Are the yahoo results a good indication of how the google results will be after the next update?

    Thanks :)
     
    Devilfish, Apr 6, 2008 IP
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    astup1didiot Notable Member

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  3. Devilfish

    Devilfish Active Member

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    Ah...now that says I have 532 links from other sites, that's more like it.

    So the link: operator isn't really that accurate then. :(

    Thanks
     
    Devilfish, Apr 6, 2008 IP
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    what is the exact query to find links in yahoo ?
     
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    It's just ment to give a sample of the inbound links.

    linkdomain:www.domain.com
     
    astup1didiot, Apr 6, 2008 IP