Google backward link checks

how does Google list links?

[seowork]

Is there any type of method to how Google lists these links. Is it in order of page rank, relevency, or anything else?

[duncan12]

I'm not sure how Google does it, but Alexa sorts the results by Traffic Rank. Just go to Alexa.com and type "link:foo.bar" just like Google, and you'll get the list of links.

The number will differ from Google's number because it comes from Alexa and not Google. Sometimes it is a smaller number, but I think that's because Alexa filters out the links originating from the site in question.

The crawl size is purported to be larger than Google, so all-in-all it seems a more useful link tool.

[Brett_Tabke]

Interesting you should mention that Ducan. I was noticing the same thing earlier today checking backlinks. I like the way alexa lists them better too - it's more relevant.

[Robert Charlton]

>>I like the way alexa lists them better too - it's more relevant.<<

I'm also seeing that the Alexa spider follows 301 redirects.

[rmjvol]

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