I dont understand why google doesnt show me with any backlinks. Yahoo and MSN are finding everything.
There are some stories that say that google only sees web sites who have PR more than 3 .. Don't worry about google, check your backlinks on yahoo and you will see the most backlinks there.
It is a well known fact that Google does not provide a full backlink count for websites and only exports their backlink data periodically. They frown upon people using this data to attempt to manipulate their rankings. There is debate in the SEO community as to whether Google is showing you links that count towards your rankings, links with a certain pr minimum or a random sample of your backlinks.
I understand that its only a sample but I have 800 links in MSN 400ish in Yahoo and Google shows 0. I have a couple PR 5 links, probally 10 or more PR4's and then tons of lower PR links. Yet Google shows me as having 0 links.
OK I get 121 Results with most of them being links to my site but this doesnt explain why it shows no backlinks when I type in link:www.cedarcityonline.com What am I missing? I am a new website owner and am definately still learning.
Like seowebguide said, Google only updates backlinks periodically. Suddenly one day they will appear, although only a subset of them as mentioned earlier. Just because Google doesn't report them in the link: command doesn't mean they weren't found or aren't being counted..
that's why people hate to love google so much, they play hard to get.. now if google shows all of the bl, people won't talk about them as much and probably stop using them..or something. I like to have some excitement and check how many bl g is giving me every 3 months or so