Yahoo Site Explorer Closure

[BBonanza]

Am I reading this right?
Point seven on this page says Yahoo Site Explorer will be closing by the end of the year.
Won't that kill thousands of website SEO tools instantly?
How or where will website backlink information be available?

[help.yahoo.com...]

[martinibuster]

The functionality of the linkdomain search has been crippled for a month or so already in the U.S. and for about a week now in Canada. I wonder if this means other country versions of Search.Yahoo still work?

[martinibuster]

The linkdomain query still works normally in Australia.
[au.yahoo.com...]