With Yahoo Site Explorer dying int 2011, what other options do we have.

Yahoo was a good site explorer that help much where buidings links.

Are there any other better options other than Yahoo site explorer?

 

you can actually use google webmaster tools or backlinkwatch

 

msn bing webmaster tools are ok but not like yahoo site explorer.

 

have you ever tried out opensiteexplorer?

i think this is the best tool!

 

So here are some alternatives that you can use as a site explorer alternatives:

-blekko
-Bing webmaster tool
-ahrefs
-exalead.com/search

 

i use ahrefs

 

Solomono for the russian and cyrillic markets.

 

If you own are site owner, Google and Bing webmaster tool is the idea choice.

To completely spy competitor backlink, you may consider online subscription tool - Open site explorer, Majestic SEO, ahrefs (They have independent spider crawling)

Offline backlink tool, SEO spyglass

It seem like the OP is request free backlink tool to spy other site. The answer would be, ahrefs, exalead, link diagnosis, blekko and backlinkwatch.

Note: free backlink tool is have its limitation.