WHERE ARE MY BACKLINKS
How Many Backlinks Do You
Have
SHOW ME
THE BEEF
We are often asked by
people who order campaigns "When will I see the
backlinks in Google?" The answer is: maybe never.
That's doesn't mean they aren't there or aren't
working - Google will not show you how many
backlinks you really have.
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HOW
COME BACKLINKS DON'T SHOW UP IN GOOGLE |
GOOGLE
BACKLINKS
Google does NOT show all the
backlinks pointing to a website. Google will not show
all the backlinks to
prevent people from manipulating the search results. If they showed you exactly what backlinks
are used to get a site to the top - then their algorithm
would be compromised.
Google fiercely guards it's
algorithm. They are not going to tip their hand - to us
OR to the their own search engine competitors (Yahoo, et
al)
HOW CAN
WE COUNT BACKLINKS
First
- do not use Yahoo Site Explorer or any site that uses
data from Yahoo. Since MSN (Bing) merged with Yahoo the
stats are no longer relevant. If you want to check how
many backlinks you MAY have visit this page:
http://www.majesticseo.com/
.... make sure you check the box for Historic
index
But finding
out exactly how many backlinks you have is virtually
impossible. It is - at best - a guess
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BACKLINKS FOR - www.Art.com |
BACKLINKS |
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Backlinks in
Yahoo Site Explorer |
1.4 million |
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Backlinks
as reported by Majestic SEO |
76.9 million |
Obviously
there is a major discrepancy in backlink checking.
Try looking
at your Google Webmaster Tools. But - again - remember
they will NOT show all the backlinks.
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BACKLINKS FOR - www.seo-back-links.com |
BACKLINKS |
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Backlinks in
Yahoo Site Explorer |
644 |
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Backlinks
as reported by Google Webmaster Tools |
14,570 |
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Backlinks
as reported by Majestic SEO |
44,600 |
Trust me, we
have more than 644 backlinks. The Yahoo backlink checker
is woefully inadequate.
The bottom line is Google
will only show a faction of the backlinks that you have.
That DOESN'T mean they aren't there or they aren't
working. If the page on which the backlink is situated
is publically accessible, and if the backlink is DO
FOLLOW - then we can assume that Google has access to
it.
Try not to fret too much on
whether or not Google shows the backlinks. Worry about
getting the links themselves - and then monitor your
position for your keyword phrases. The bottom line is
NOT how many backlinks you can see - but where you rank
in the search engines.
If you have any
questions,
please
contact us for more information
or call us at 250-882-1384
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