Whats the difference betweent -link: and link:?

[waynet]

I saw that Brett mentioned about using -link:domain.com in google. Whats the difference between that and just link:domain.com? I noticed that I get a different order. Is that order show how much page rank is passed along?

I tried to search on here for the info, but it doesn't work the minus sign or dash in there.

[Hardwood Guy]

I wonder how often these link numbers are calculated? I haven't seen a change in three months and I know I have more than what is reported.

[Brett_Tabke]

It's in the ordering. It looks suspiciously like a link PR order to us.

[stevenha]

Oh my Goodness! What an fabulous discovery. I wish I'd known sooner. NFFC apparently deserves credit for this ( see [webmasterworld.com...] ). If someone could post the orginal thread of NFFCs discovery, I'd appreciate it.

I didn't realize the importance of this tool, until I used it, and wrote down the PR order of all my site's pages. Man oh man, you can learn a lot about how PR distributes, and why, just from doing this exercise. If you haven't done this yet, I suggest you do so! ( This tool may not last forever).

Think of all the times that people pose questions or statements on Webmasterworld, claiming that they've noticed something influencing PR calculation. Now we have a tool that can we can apply.

May I also ask, to those of you who have used this tool already, what do you think accounts for the ordering of pages, where they seem to be randomly ordered with equal PR? Has anyone detected a secondary factor for ordering equal-PR pages?

[coconutz]

If someone could post the orginal thread of NFFCs discovery, I'd appreciate it.

It was posted in the WebmasterWorld Supporters Forum [webmasterworld.com] quite some time ago.

thanks NFFC

[stevenha]

I'm still so excited about the importance of this, that I thought I'd bump it up. The volume of posts is amazing nowadays on Webmasterworld. My last post was last evening... and when I checked for this thread today, it was 10 pages deep by early afternoon. Wow.

Thanks coconutz for showing that original NFFC thread. I can't see it just now, because its in the private supporters forum. I don't mind if y'all want to say "it serves you right for not being a supporter". (yet). I suppose I was waiting for a significant example of what I've been missing, and to me, this was a big example.! Maybe one of you supporters can use this as a starting point for a new thread, to promote whatever other cool tips are in the Supporters forum.

[brotherhood of LAN]

promote whatever other cool tips are in the Supporters forum.

I guess its one of those mohammed and the mountain things......come join the supporters forum, you have a reason why ;)

Just as an added "google quirk" (which doesnt carry much weight)...check out these links

[google.com...]
[google.com...]

if you map the number of results returned (until the query is too long) you get a nice sigmoid curve. Seems the curve is more pronounced depending on the frequency of the word (those low frequency words dont fluctuate at all)

coincidence? just another observation ;)

[Brett_Tabke]

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