Google "link:" search question

I have a question. Take the site www.hazorea-aquatics.com as an example.
Google link search of "link:hazorea-aquatics.com" returns 5 hits.
Yet there are dozens of sites that link to hazorea-aquatics.com and a search
for "hazorea-aquatics" produces 1300+ hits with many of the sites having a
link to www.hazorea-aquatics.com.

So why does Google link search not show all of them?

Thanks,
Hank

On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 06:54:25 GMT, hank (AT) interall (DOT) co.il (Hank
Nussbacher) wrote:

So why does Google link search not show all of them?

Thanks,
Hank

It never has.
plh
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"Hank Nussbacher" <hank (AT) interall (DOT) co.il> wrote ...

I have a question. Take the site www.domain.com as an example.
Google link search of "link:hazorea-aquatics.com" returns 5 hits.
Yet there are dozens of sites that link to hazorea-aquatics.com and a
search
for "domain" produces 1300+ hits with many of the sites having a
link to www.domain.com.
So why does Google link search not show all of them?

You'll have to ask Google the 'why'; but you are correct, the link:search is
not an effective way to find backlinks. Google staffers have hinted it is to
discourage the obsession with links, but there's no 'official' view that I'm
aware of.

Yahoo! is a better source. If it matters. After all, you have no control
over them when you find them, and no reliable way to gauge their quality!

Good Luck
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The video that makes YouTube worthwhile:
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This is very soon going to get the prize for the most asked question
and most easily searchable answer. I'm getting really sick of people
who are too lazy to search for themselves and so waste the time of
others. It's very selfish.

However - from a Google FAQ that is VERY easy to find if you take the
trouble:

"Q: I have [thousands/several/at least two] links to my site, but when
I search on Google it says I have [zero/not that many] links. What
gives?

A: If you do a Google search using the link: operator (e.g.
[link:www.example.com]), you will see a sampling of pages that link to
your site. For a more complete list of pages that link to you, verify
your site in Webmaster Tools and then click the Links tab to see the
sites that link to you."

On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 06:54:25 GMT, hank (AT) interall (DOT) co.il (Hank
Nussbacher) wrote:

I have a question. Take the site www.hazorea-aquatics.com as an example.
Google link search of "link:hazorea-aquatics.com" returns 5 hits.
Yet there are dozens of sites that link to hazorea-aquatics.com and a search
for "hazorea-aquatics" produces 1300+ hits with many of the sites having a
link to www.hazorea-aquatics.com.

So why does Google link search not show all of them?

Thanks,
Hank

Because Google don't want you to know what they know. They think it
might help to reverse-engineer their algos. You might wonder why they
have the facility at all then. Probably because they like to give out
disinformation.

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