How to Find the Inbound Links for your Page

Finding Inbound Links at Google

To see the inbound links of a page in Google, use this command:

link:www.tech-faq.com

Or, just enter the URL for web page in this box:

If you have the Google Toolbar loaded, you can see your inbound links on Google by viewing your web page in Internet Explorer, right-clicking on the mouse, and selecting "Backward Links" from the popup menu.

An excellent tool for tracking the number of inbound links on Google over a long period of time is the DigitalPoint Keyword Tracker.

Finding Inbound Links at Yahoo

To see the inbound links of a page in Yahoo, use this command:

linkdomain:www.tech-faq.com 

Or, use this command to see the links of a page, except the links from other pages on the same site:

linkdomain:www.tech-faq.com -domain:www.tech-faq.com

Or, just enter the URL for your web page in this box:

Finding Inbound Links at MSN

To see the inbound links of a page in MSN, use this command:

linkdomain:www.tech-faq.com 

Or, use this command to see the links of a page, except the links from other pages on the same site:

linkdomain:www.tech-faq.com -domain:www.tech-faq.com

Or, just enter the URL for your web page in this box:

Finding Inbound Links at HotBot - Inktomi

To see the inbound links of a page in HotBot's Inktomi database, use this command:

linkdomain:www.tech-faq.com

Or, use this command to see the links of a page, except the links from other pages on the same site:

links:www.tech-faq.com -domain:www.tech-faq.com

Or, just enter the URL for your web page in this box:

Finding Inbound Links at HotBot's Google Database

To see the inbound links of a page in HotBot's Google database, use this command:

link:www.tech-faq.com

Or, just enter the URL for your web page in this box:

Finding Inbound Links at Altavista

To see the inbound links of a page in AltaVista, use this command:

linkdomain:www.tech-faq.com

Or, just enter the URL for your web page in this box:

Finding Inbound Links at AllTheWeb

To see the inbound links of a page in AllTheWeb, use this command:

linkdomain:www.tech-faq.com

Or, just enter the URL for your web page in this box:

A great way to see the inbound links of multiple pages at Google, Inktomi, AltaVista, AllTheWeb, and Teoma is to use the Link Popularity Report at Top25Web.com.

An online link popularity checker that will show you the total number of inbound links (but not details) ffrom Google, AltaVista, MSN, AllTheWeb, and Yahoo is at Webmaster Brain.

McDar's Link Popularity Tool displays the total number of inbound links from Google, MSN, HotBot, AltaVista, Yahoo, and AllTheWeb. In addition, it also links to the results from each search engine.