The Related Google Operator

[flanok]

I have actioned a related: operator on my site for the first time and was horrified at what Google saw as similar sites.

i.e. realted:(then my site url)

One site in particular is a link selling site that has nothing to do with my subject matter and I do not have my website on this site at all.

So I wanted to know if anyone has looked into this search operator before and knows what helps define the results, to see if I can change how google sees my site.

I also want to track down where the similarities occur.
I can see some are related to the sites that link to me.
Some have no reference at all.

Any Ideas?

Mark

[edited by: Robert_Charlton at 7:26 pm (utc) on July 17, 2008]
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[Robert Charlton]

...what helps define the results

As I remember, related:url should show pages that share a common inbound linking source as the url queried.

[flanok]

Hi
Thanks for the reply

I have just used the link: operator to see if there were any common links comming in and I can't find one. (I know G does not show every link).

So this "links site" does not get its links from the same source as I do.

I just dont get the results at all.

Mark

[Robert Charlton]

flanok - Google link: operator results are only a sampling of what Google sees.

Check in the Hot Topics [webmasterworld.com] section, pinned to the top of the Google Search forum home page.

The link: Operator [webmasterworld.com] - it's not like other search engines!

Try the Yahoo Site Explorer [siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com]. The results aren't necessarily complete, but they're more complete than Google's.