Forum Moderators: Robert Charlton & goodroi
The google link: command is showing less than half of the backlinks listed prior to the October PR update. The number is declining daily. I have not noticed a similar trend for the other sites I track.
The number of links shown in the Google Webmaster backlink tool continues to grow in line with our organic link building program.
Our pagerank is unchanged, the number of indexed pages is unchanged, and our keyword rank is unchanged.
None of our backlinks or outbound links are affiliate sites, we don’t (knowingly) participate in link farming programs and any paid advertising is done in javascript or with the rel=nofollow attribute.
I assume the link: command is suggesting that my backlinks have been devalued. Is this some sort of warning? If I don’t have paid links on my site and have never paid for a link nor do I participate in a link farm or belong to affiliate sites how can I fix the problem?
I assume the link: command is suggesting that my backlinks have been devalued.
It's not a good idea to make any assumptions based on the public link: operator results. It's never complete and it always only shows a sampling of all your links. It also can be buggy. See this thread from our Hot Topics area [webmasterworld.com], which is always pinned to the top of this forum's index page.
The link: Operator [webmasterworld.com] - it's not like other search engines!
If your Google search traffic is the same and your rankings are still in the same ballpark, then I'd say you do not have a problem.
Honestly I'm not sure why the even offer the command anymore.
