Google Webmaster Tools – Link Update
Posted in Google | By LGR | On February 6th, 2007
Google has added a new way of discovering websites that link to yours in the webmaster tools that they offer. Google’s link: operator is famous for not showing all of the external links back to your website, something that often frustrated webmasters, but was done so webmasters could not manipulate rankings to easily. They have even offered the ability to download the data so you can look at it more closely using a spreadsheet.
The Google Webmaster blog has all the details on this new external link feature that they have added to the webmaster tools. If you don’t have it on your webmaster tools yet, expect it soon. This is a great new feature that they have added and I look forward to looking more closely at the sites that link to mine.
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But this new Google tool doesn’t show all the external links neither…
In this article explains it: Error in Google Webmaster Tools
Also there is a online tool to count and view the real amount of pages that links to yours or any site: Who links to me
It would not surprise me if the Google Webmaster link does not show all the links. Google is notorious for not showing everything, even when they say they do. I know some sites that I have used the Google Webmaster Tools with do not show links that I know exist, but it does show more than the link: operator in Google search. I find the Yahoo Site Explorer much more interesting for showing links.