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Google "link" vs "link:" and "site" vs "site:"?

         

dukelips

4:20 pm on Aug 16, 2009 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



What is the difference between
link www.example.com and
link:www.example.com

site www.example.com and
site:www.example.com

tedster

6:57 pm on Aug 16, 2009 (gmt 0)

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With the colon on the end you are using a special operator - a function Google wrote that reports on links or site urls. Without the colon on the end, you are searching on the actual word "link" or "site".