Hi Mark,
You won't find this on any official Google page, but the Backward
Links feature of the Google Toolbar does not return a complete list of
sites. Typically any site with a PageRank of 3 or less will not appear
in the results.
Here are some threads on the topic at WebMasterWorld:
I've learnt that google only shows backward links that has pr4 or
higher. link:mysite.com will only show sites that links to u which
have a pr4 or higher. But then google still count the pr4 and under
sites in your true page rank, it just doesn;t show it. (so I've
heard).
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum3/4187.htm
link:www.domain.com will bring up all sites where the link page is
>pr4. Lower PR links do count for your site but are not listed using
this search term.
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum3/7825.htm
google doesn't include pages with less than about pr4 in a "link:"
search, but it does use those pages when calculating PageRank (so you
do benefit from being linked by them)
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum3/4641-2-15.htm
PLEASE NOTE: Only backlinks of pr4 and above show with the link:
command. Thus, if you have 100 PR3 pages linking to a page, and 4 that
are pr4+, you'll only see 4 backlinks.
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum3/6589.htm
You may also find that the Backward Link feature shows different
results depending on which URL you give it:
mysite.com
www.mysite.com
mysite.com/index.html
www.mysite.com/index.html
Thre best tool at present for finding backward links is the URL
Investigator feature at AlltheWeb ( http://www.alltheweb.com ). Just
enter yoursite.com into the search box and it will return a variety of
info, including a complete list of backward links.
Feel free to ask for a clarification if any part of my answer is
unclear, or if you need an answer specific to your site's URL.
Best wishes,
robertskelton-ga |
