Why does Link:xyz.com and Links:xyz.com show different num of backlinks

Hi people,

When i check backlinks for my site using links:mysitename.com in google i get 3000+ results. But when i use link:mysitename.com i get just 1

Whats the difference between link and links ?

 

there is nothing like links:domain.com

 

Check with your Google webmaster tool. That will give you the exact results.

 

For the query link:domain.com, "link:" is a Google operator that is used to show the Backlinks of the domain that Google considers...
while looking for links:domain.com, it will be treated as a general keyword...

 

Hey Manish,

If links: domain.com treats it as a general keyword, then shouldnt it display same number of results as displayed on searching for the domain name, i.e searching for domain.com ?

 

You didn't get me..what I meant to say is when you search for link:domain.com, Google shows you backlinks because "link:" is an Google operator(http://www.google.com/help/operators.html) and Google make some computations on the basis of operator and domain.

But when you search links:domain.com, Google considers it as a normal keyword and provide you the results accordingly...