Comments on: Find out how many sites link to you and your competitors http://www.theideasblog.com/2009/11/08/find-out-how-many-sites-link-to-you-and-your-competitors/ Blog ideas for bloggers who mean business Wed, 09 Jun 2010 08:16:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: STRAIGHTALK http://www.theideasblog.com/2009/11/08/find-out-how-many-sites-link-to-you-and-your-competitors/comment-page-1/#comment-3266 STRAIGHTALK Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:40:20 +0000 http://www.theideasblog.com/?p=1302#comment-3266 FF also has an app. called SEQuake very simple to use & insall.. Noran Flecha .-= STRAIGHTALK´s last blog ..<a href="http://turn1keywebsites.blogspot.com/2010/01/15-most-annoying-types-of-twitter-users_27.html" rel="nofollow"></a> =-. FF also has an app. called SEQuake very simple to use & insall..

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]]> By: Jim Connolly http://www.theideasblog.com/2009/11/08/find-out-how-many-sites-link-to-you-and-your-competitors/comment-page-1/#comment-1557 Jim Connolly Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:01:21 +0000 http://www.theideasblog.com/?p=1302#comment-1557 Great recommendation Nicola. I have used Quirk Search Status for ages and find it especially useful for showing the Google PageRank of every page I visit. Definitely worth installing! Great recommendation Nicola.

I have used Quirk Search Status for ages and find it especially useful for showing the Google PageRank of every page I visit.

Definitely worth installing!

]]> By: Nicola Erlich http://www.theideasblog.com/2009/11/08/find-out-how-many-sites-link-to-you-and-your-competitors/comment-page-1/#comment-1554 Nicola Erlich Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:40:09 +0000 http://www.theideasblog.com/?p=1302#comment-1554 Hi Jim, I recommend downloading Quirk Search Status for Firefox users. http://www.quirk.biz/searchstatus/ From there, you can quickly check the backward links to a site on Google, Yahoo and Yahoo Site Explorer as well as other snapshot information about a website. Its handy and very easy to you. It inconspicuously sits at the top of your browser with a little "q" icon and you just right click on it. Hi Jim,

I recommend downloading Quirk Search Status for Firefox users. http://www.quirk.biz/searchstatus/

From there, you can quickly check the backward links to a site on Google, Yahoo and Yahoo Site Explorer as well as other snapshot information about a website.

Its handy and very easy to you. It inconspicuously sits at the top of your browser with a little “q” icon and you just right click on it.

]]> By: Jim Connolly http://www.theideasblog.com/2009/11/08/find-out-how-many-sites-link-to-you-and-your-competitors/comment-page-1/#comment-1518 Jim Connolly Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:37:04 +0000 http://www.theideasblog.com/?p=1302#comment-1518 As always Toma, it's great to see you pop by the blog. You are right to point out the value of comments. The best thing about blogging, in my opinion, are the comments. The people who comment are priceless to any blogger and any blog. As always Toma, it’s great to see you pop by the blog.

You are right to point out the value of comments. The best thing about blogging, in my opinion, are the comments. The people who comment are priceless to any blogger and any blog.

]]> By: Toma - Optimizing the web http://www.theideasblog.com/2009/11/08/find-out-how-many-sites-link-to-you-and-your-competitors/comment-page-1/#comment-1517 Toma - Optimizing the web Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:29:54 +0000 http://www.theideasblog.com/?p=1302#comment-1517 Hi Jim, I just want to say that the article together with the comments are forming one interesting piece of information and I think many overlooked this tool from Yahoo. Thank for mention it, Toma Hi Jim,

I just want to say that the article together with the comments are forming one interesting piece of information and I think many overlooked this tool from Yahoo.

Thank for mention it,
Toma

]]> By: Jim Connolly http://www.theideasblog.com/2009/11/08/find-out-how-many-sites-link-to-you-and-your-competitors/comment-page-1/#comment-1511 Jim Connolly Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:36:41 +0000 http://www.theideasblog.com/?p=1302#comment-1511 Access to the full dataset would REALLY help. Thanks for the feedback David and thanks for stopping by the blog. Access to the full dataset would REALLY help. Thanks for the feedback David and thanks for stopping by the blog.

]]> By: david sanger http://www.theideasblog.com/2009/11/08/find-out-how-many-sites-link-to-you-and-your-competitors/comment-page-1/#comment-1510 david sanger Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:05:42 +0000 http://www.theideasblog.com/?p=1302#comment-1510 Site Explorer only shows you the first 1000 of your links and details them by page. There seems to be no way to see the additional inbound links. It would be much more useful for overall link evaluation to show all the domains, or at least allow you to download the entire dataset rather than just 1000 Site Explorer only shows you the first 1000 of your links and details them by page. There seems to be no way to see the additional inbound links.

It would be much more useful for overall link evaluation to show all the domains, or at least allow you to download the entire dataset rather than just 1000

]]> By: Jim Connolly http://www.theideasblog.com/2009/11/08/find-out-how-many-sites-link-to-you-and-your-competitors/comment-page-1/#comment-1507 Jim Connolly Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:52:08 +0000 http://www.theideasblog.com/?p=1302#comment-1507 Hello Mr Gannon! Yep, just checked and you're right. Google shows 42,000 links but when I clicked through the page numbers at the foot of the page it actually only has 316! Thanks Dale. Hello Mr Gannon!

Yep, just checked and you’re right.

Google shows 42,000 links but when I clicked through the page numbers at the foot of the page it actually only has 316!

Thanks Dale.

]]> By: Dale Gannon http://www.theideasblog.com/2009/11/08/find-out-how-many-sites-link-to-you-and-your-competitors/comment-page-1/#comment-1506 Dale Gannon Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:41:56 +0000 http://www.theideasblog.com/?p=1302#comment-1506 Googles link counter is screwy. It also counts all your own links not just the links from other sites. If you check those 40000 results Jim you'll see that most are faked. Click through the page numbers at the bottom of the screen and that 40000 will drop to just a few dozen. Googles link counter is screwy. It also counts all your own links not just the links from other sites. If you check those 40000 results Jim you’ll see that most are faked.

Click through the page numbers at the bottom of the screen and that 40000 will drop to just a few dozen.

]]> By: Jim Connolly http://www.theideasblog.com/2009/11/08/find-out-how-many-sites-link-to-you-and-your-competitors/comment-page-1/#comment-1505 Jim Connolly Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:33:37 +0000 http://www.theideasblog.com/?p=1302#comment-1505 Hi David. Thanks for the suggestion. However, doing that for every page on a blog or site would take hours, wouldn't it? I've never really found Google's 'link:' feature to be particularly accurate either. It also lacks the features of Site Explorer - for instance (as far as I know) you can't download the results direct into a spreadsheet. Just checked and Google currently, returns 40k plus inlinks just for the homepage http;//jimsmarketingblog.com of my marketing blog, which in reality only has a third that number. Maybe it's me, but Ive never found it useful. Anyone using Google's 'link:' feature, want to tell me what I'm doing wrong? Hi David. Thanks for the suggestion.

However, doing that for every page on a blog or site would take hours, wouldn’t it?

I’ve never really found Google’s ‘link:’ feature to be particularly accurate either. It also lacks the features of Site Explorer – for instance (as far as I know) you can’t download the results direct into a spreadsheet. Just checked and Google currently, returns 40k plus inlinks just for the homepage http;//jimsmarketingblog.com of my marketing blog, which in reality only has a third that number.

Maybe it’s me, but Ive never found it useful.

Anyone using Google’s ‘link:’ feature, want to tell me what I’m doing wrong?

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