Comments on: Who’s Linking to You: Counting Your Backlinks http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2007/11/whos-linking-to.html Web Marketing Strategies for Small Business Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: buy backlinks http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2007/11/whos-linking-to.html/comment-page-1#comment-10500 buy backlinks Sun, 29 May 2011 04:20:00 +0000 http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2007/11/whos-linking-to.html#comment-10500 Hmm ... they must have removed the tool, since it's no longer on the site. But still some useful free tools on there, esp the spider view tool. Interesting what the spiders see on the other side. Hmm … they must have removed the tool, since it’s no longer on the site. But still some useful free tools on there, esp the spider view tool. Interesting what the spiders see on the other side.

]]> By: Rich Brooks http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2007/11/whos-linking-to.html/comment-page-1#comment-577 Rich Brooks Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:09:55 +0000 http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2007/11/whos-linking-to.html#comment-577 <p>One more thing I don't like: it appears that the tool finds every incoming link to your domain name. </p> <p>In other words, you can't use it to find incoming links to a particular URL or even to a subdomain. I did a search for backlinks to <a href="http://business.mainetoday.com/smallbusiness/internetmarketing/" rel="nofollow">http://business.mainetoday.com/smallbusiness/internetmarketing/</a> and got all links to mainetoday.com. Not helpful in this situation.</p> One more thing I don't like: it appears that the tool finds every incoming link to your domain name.

In other words, you can't use it to find incoming links to a particular URL or even to a subdomain. I did a search for backlinks to http://business.mainetoday.com/smallbusiness/internetmarketing/ and got all links to mainetoday.com. Not helpful in this situation.

]]> By: Rich Brooks http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2007/11/whos-linking-to.html/comment-page-1#comment-8412 Rich Brooks Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:09:00 +0000 http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2007/11/whos-linking-to.html#comment-8412 One more thing I don't like: it appears that the tool finds every incoming link to your domain name. In other words, you can't use it to find incoming links to a particular URL or even to a subdomain. I did a search for backlinks to <a href="http://business.mainetoday.com/smallbusiness/internetmarketing/" rel="nofollow">http://business.mainetoday.com/smallbusiness/internetmarketing/</a> and got all links to mainetoday.com. Not helpful in this situation. One more thing I don't like: it appears that the tool finds every incoming link to your domain name.

In other words, you can't use it to find incoming links to a particular URL or even to a subdomain. I did a search for backlinks to http://business.mainetoday.com/smallbusiness/internetmarketing/ and got all links to mainetoday.com. Not helpful in this situation.

]]> By: Carolyn Phillips http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2007/11/whos-linking-to.html/comment-page-1#comment-576 Carolyn Phillips Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:50:22 +0000 http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2007/11/whos-linking-to.html#comment-576 <p>Just a few more details on Rich's post. The text people use to link to you does matter, and this tool is great to see what kind of links to you exist out there, as the boss said. You don't want, however, for all links back to you to target the exact same keyphrase with the exact word order. You want to use as many related terms as possible. </p> <p>Relevance of the page the link is on is important too. You can click right from the report to the page that has the link and see what kind of page/link it is. I recommend having your Google toolbar up when you are doing this exercise so that you have some idea of the "trustworthisness" of the site that's linking to you.</p> <p>Another cool thing about the tool is you can transfer the data onto a spreadsheet, add another column on the right and use it as a checklist to contact the site owners and make changes a few at a time. </p> <p>The key factors are, again:<br /> * anchor text (avoid click here and images)<br /> * relevance of the page to the page it links to<br /> * link quality - how many other links are on the page, is it on a list with many, or is it embedded in an article about you and your product?<br /> * trustworthiness of the site that's linking to you.</p> <p>My .02 :)<br /> Carolyn</p> Just a few more details on Rich's post. The text people use to link to you does matter, and this tool is great to see what kind of links to you exist out there, as the boss said. You don't want, however, for all links back to you to target the exact same keyphrase with the exact word order. You want to use as many related terms as possible.

Relevance of the page the link is on is important too. You can click right from the report to the page that has the link and see what kind of page/link it is. I recommend having your Google toolbar up when you are doing this exercise so that you have some idea of the "trustworthisness" of the site that's linking to you.

Another cool thing about the tool is you can transfer the data onto a spreadsheet, add another column on the right and use it as a checklist to contact the site owners and make changes a few at a time.

The key factors are, again:
* anchor text (avoid click here and images)
* relevance of the page to the page it links to
* link quality – how many other links are on the page, is it on a list with many, or is it embedded in an article about you and your product?
* trustworthiness of the site that's linking to you.

My .02 :)
Carolyn

]]> By: Carolyn Phillips http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2007/11/whos-linking-to.html/comment-page-1#comment-8411 Carolyn Phillips Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:50:00 +0000 http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2007/11/whos-linking-to.html#comment-8411 Just a few more details on Rich's post. The text people use to link to you does matter, and this tool is great to see what kind of links to you exist out there, as the boss said. You don't want, however, for all links back to you to target the exact same keyphrase with the exact word order. You want to use as many related terms as possible. Relevance of the page the link is on is important too. You can click right from the report to the page that has the link and see what kind of page/link it is. I recommend having your Google toolbar up when you are doing this exercise so that you have some idea of the "trustworthisness" of the site that's linking to you. Another cool thing about the tool is you can transfer the data onto a spreadsheet, add another column on the right and use it as a checklist to contact the site owners and make changes a few at a time. The key factors are, again: * anchor text (avoid click here and images) * relevance of the page to the page it links to * link quality - how many other links are on the page, is it on a list with many, or is it embedded in an article about you and your product? * trustworthiness of the site that's linking to you. My .02 :) Carolyn Just a few more details on Rich's post. The text people use to link to you does matter, and this tool is great to see what kind of links to you exist out there, as the boss said. You don't want, however, for all links back to you to target the exact same keyphrase with the exact word order. You want to use as many related terms as possible.

Relevance of the page the link is on is important too. You can click right from the report to the page that has the link and see what kind of page/link it is. I recommend having your Google toolbar up when you are doing this exercise so that you have some idea of the "trustworthisness" of the site that's linking to you.

Another cool thing about the tool is you can transfer the data onto a spreadsheet, add another column on the right and use it as a checklist to contact the site owners and make changes a few at a time.

The key factors are, again:
* anchor text (avoid click here and images)
* relevance of the page to the page it links to
* link quality – how many other links are on the page, is it on a list with many, or is it embedded in an article about you and your product?
* trustworthiness of the site that's linking to you.

My .02 :)
Carolyn

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