Link competition - For Google ranking purposes

[adam westrop]

We all know that when analysing competition, we cant use the Google link command to see how many links a competitior has.
There is obviously the Site explorer of Yahoo, however I hear that there was talk of Yahoo not keeping the database updated.
What tools do you use to get a complete link picture of a site?
And are there any tools which can give a complete picture of backlinks AND anchor text used?

[Suzanne Morrison]

Hi Adam,

This tool is pretty good and gives you the number of links from a few different search engines:

Link Popularity - Backlinks Checker Tool

For more indepth backlinks info including anchor text I've been using Web CEO.

Cheers,
Suzanne

[ButterflyGarden]

Here are a bunch of backlink checking tools - Back Link Checking Tools

[edmltw]

SEO SpyGlass Software - Instantly Find Out How Your Competitors Got To 'Top Ten' In Google, Yahoo! and Bing Search Engines

Best so far.. The Free version is sufficient for your checking of backlinking purposes

Ed

[johnhoefer]

yahoo
majesticseo.com
etc...