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link:www.mydomain.com vs. link: www.mydomain.com

different SERPS - different meaning?

         

elmarpanzenberger

7:53 am on Jun 9, 2004 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Good morning

If i do a search for who links to a domain and type in link:www.mydomain.com, I am supposed to get a list of sites who link to mydomain and have a pagerank of 4+ (at least most of the time).
If I do the same search but with a space between link: and mydomain (link: www.mydomain.com) I get a totally different list. This page lists sites with every type of pagerank, but NONE of this sites is listed in the first (link:www.mydomain.com).

Does everyone know if this could mean something?

DerekH

9:28 pm on Jun 9, 2004 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Mean something?
Yes, it means you're searching for something different.

With a space there, you're searching for the word link, and the *text* (not the link) www.****

For example, a page which says

"Link to www.example.com isn't supported"
will match your second command, as the website and the word link are both mentioned. But you most certainly haven't found a link this way!

Regards
DerekH

elmarpanzenberger

6:29 am on Jun 10, 2004 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Thanks Derek,

somehow obvious, I simply didn't think it was that simple ;-)