I get diff results when I type link:www.mydomain.com than I do when I type links:www.mydomain.com... What's the difference? In the words of Ben Stein: "Anyone, anyone?"
Kufu
12:03 am on Mar 11, 2006 (gmt 0)
Google and MSN respond to the link: command, Yahoo! on the other hand requires that you use links:
wildegray
2:58 am on Mar 11, 2006 (gmt 0)
Thanks Kufu.
jt007superman
3:27 am on Mar 11, 2006 (gmt 0)
The link: command applies for MSN, Yahoo, and Google. The only difference is that you have to fully qualify the url in Yahoo. Ex. link:http://www.yoursite.com
wildegray
3:49 am on Mar 11, 2006 (gmt 0)
Superman - but I wasn't. I wasn't even in Yahoo. All of this occurred in Google, as link:www.domainame.com and links:www.domainame.com The funny thing was that the link: command was accurate, giving me all of the links I know I have, but the links: command gave me a whole plethora of sites I know I DON'T link to. I was wondering whether or not this was a command for Google to give me a listing of related sites I might want to list to, which I thought strange. Feedback?
Kufu
3:51 am on Mar 11, 2006 (gmt 0)
the 'link:' command lists the sites that are linking to you, not the ones that you link to. Or am i misunderstanding your statement:
...gave me a whole plethora of sites I know I DON'T link to.
wildegray
4:11 am on Mar 11, 2006 (gmt 0)
No, you're right. I just misspoke. However, the ultimate question remains...
Swebbie
9:12 pm on Mar 11, 2006 (gmt 0)
The link: command at Google will give you those sites linking to you (some of them). The links: command is not valid at Google, so what you're probably seeing are sites that come up as if it's a generalized search. If your domain contains keywords, you're likely seeing sites that don't link to yours but qualify to be returned in the SERPs for that search query. Even just the word "links" will be in that mix.
