Best Backlink counter?

by Jason Perez O'Connor

Posted: 14 years ago 23 replies

When I was reading over one of the forum posts I came across people who check competitions backlink count.

I figure most of the tools out there can't give you exact results and google simply wont tell us the right amount, but what tools have you guys found to be more accurate and easy to use.

Or which do you prefer?

Thanks, Jay.

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aaron_nimocks 14 years ago

Yahoo is the tool to use for checking backlink count. They track/update really quick.
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Jason Perez O'Connor 14 years ago

could you link me to the tool please?

Thanks, Jay.
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bloggirl75 14 years ago

I don't know if there is an exact tool, but when you go to the Yahoo search engine, look up the backlinks to your site by putting the following in: site:yoursite.com
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Strange 14 years ago

This is the tool your after...

https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/
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Jason Perez O'Connor 14 years ago

brilliant, got it
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- Forest_Parks 14 years ago
  
  I use SEO elite for various backlink tasks such as counting backlinks from Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask and Alta Vista... Also it can look at common backlinks between say the top 20 phrases for a keyword and a few other cool things like that.
  
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khtm 14 years ago

The problem with any backlink counter that I've seen is they NEVER show all your backlinks, just a sample of them.

Google had one that would show them all like 5 years ago but then they realized they were basically handing over the recipe for SERP to everyone's competition. So it's no longer available.

So while these sites are useful to see where some of your backlinks are coming from, they're not useful for tracking total counts.

That being said, I do use both of these tools:
- Yahoo Site Explorer
- Backlink Watch (shows a bit more useful details like anchor text and outbound links)
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Slin 14 years ago

I second everyone who put yahoo. by far the most accurate from my findings.
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Jason Perez O'Connor 14 years ago

Yeah i figured none would deliver exact results, but being able to get close estimates still helps better than nothing.

Thanks for all the help.
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khurram84 14 years ago

now we've got better tools. To get a more accurate backlink count you have a couple of options.

1. Sign up for a Google account and go the the webmaster tools. You will first need to verify you own the account. Then you can access a number of important items like web crawl errors, statistics, and links. Just use the link tab to see a much more detailed view of backlinks.
2. You can use Yahoo's Site Explorer. Yahoo's site explorer is a great little tool to figure out just who is linking to someone without going through the hoops of signing up with Google and verifying you own a domain.

It seems that Google is a little nervous about letting "everyone" know how many backlinks their competitors have. However, since they've added "links" to the webmaster tools, maybe they'll start increasing the accuracy of the link: operator. After the great success of Yahoo's Site Explorer, maybe they'll have to. Only time will tell.
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- joetheseo 14 years ago
  
  If you use Chrome i HIGHLY recommend this extension!
  
  https://chrome.google.com/extensions...gpdceadpfaoclj
  
  If can count backlinks and do several other cool SEO related tasks. Makes it really simple to spy on any website I want hehe
  
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janeycotley Banned 14 years ago

I've been using backlinkwatch
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- Shaikat 13 years ago
  
  Searchengineginnie.com is a great tool to track your keywords position and back links.
  
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XtremXpert 13 years ago

I use Traffic Travis, still only the free version but is a really great software, thinking to buy the full one in the future
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jackwebson 13 years ago

You can download the SEO Quake Toolbar. It has many useful SEO plugins including backlinks counter.
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iamnotfrankkern 13 years ago

Majestic SEO is one of the best link intelligence tools available to website owners today and the best part is that it's free. Majestic SEO: Site Explorer
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bsbear 12 years ago

I like majesticseo's backlink checker but it doesn't really matter which one you use.
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- Aarav 12 years ago
  
  "Open Site Explorer" is the best backlinks checker tools, from that we get exact & updated backlinks count and also get many more other related information or data of particular websites.
  
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ugna123 12 years ago

Hi,
SEO Quake Toolbar is best.
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Web Design KC 11 years ago

I would go with yahoo tools and google webmaster tools.
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kaytav 11 years ago

I used Opensiteexplorer. It is really good. But I never felt the need to count the no. of back links. It is important to build proper links.
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jfambrini 11 years ago

Yahoo Site Explorer is no longer available. Here is the note when you try to access it:
With the completion of algorithmic transition to Bing, Yahoo! Search has merged Site Explorer into Bing Webmaster Tools. Webmasters should now be using the Bing Webmaster Tools to ensure that their websites continue to get high quality organic search traffic from Bing and Yahoo!.
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- kaluuu 11 years ago
  
  webmastercentral and ahref, for free
  
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