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I see a TBpr3 in position 8 that has only a big graphic of its domain name. It is a 1 page site with no content whatsoever. The keyword doesn't even appear anywhere on the page. Google's cache says the keyword only appears in the links pointing to the page. But of the 5 backlinks, I can see only the HTML for 4. These 4 backlinks contain only half of the 2-word keyword phrase. For 2 of these backlinks, the half keyword is not in the link, but in the description text beside the link.
So that leaves the 5th backlink. Problem is, it is a flash page. So google gives no cache. And when I view the page, I cannot get a View Source from my browser.
How do I find out where does google see the keyword in the back link?
[edited by: tedster at 7:26 am (utc) on Nov. 7, 2007]
[edit reason] moved from another location [/edit]
Also, in the scenario you described, Google is not saying that every backlink contains the link text involved. The Google link: operator does not return all backlinks, anyway. I would not bother with this particular single Flashh backlink. It's more likely that there's a 301 redirect pointing to that page - in which case you'll only discover it by a lucky stumble.
You might also research backlinks through Yahoo Site Explorer, rather than depending on Google's report, whcih as I said is almost never anywhere near complete.
By the way, description text near the backlink and even the title element of the page where the link occurs both can be keyword influences - don't discount them in your analysis.
