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No Google Backlinks???...This Can't Be!

by RNMKR
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...or can it?

I made my first sale EVER on the 7th... so I decided to dedicate all my extra time to making my site better...

There is a PR 2 site that is ranking number 1 for the keyword I WANT TO rank for but Im no where near the first page... I figure I will get a few backlinks and Google will boost me...

I check my backlinks and Yahoo has about 37 found while Google has found none...

WHY!!! WHY!!! WHY!!!!!!!
#backlinks #backlinksthis #google #indexing
  • Profile picture of the author Nonny
    How are you checking your back links in Google? Are you doing from within Google Webmaster Tools? Because just doing a search isn't the most accurate way to do it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Elle Holder
    Originally Posted by J.Cox View Post

    ...or can it?
    I check my backlinks and Yahoo has about 37 found while Google has found none...

    WHY!!! WHY!!! WHY!!!!!!!
    Ours is not to wonder why.

    Best get used to seeing that, because Google NEVER shows as many backlinks as Yahoo.
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  • Profile picture of the author Droopy Dawg
    I checked my backlinks for one of my sites on Yahoo Site Explorer (http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com) and I had well over 400 backlinks...

    Google tells me I have zero.

    Now I know that's BS because I submitted about 20 articles to EZA, and I also had done some of Angela's backlinks as well as social bookmarked to a ton of sites. I also submitted my site to about 10 blog networks...

    Yahoo shows all of those links... Google doesn't... I don't even question it anymore I just keep on backlinking.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheChimp
    Dont even bother with any Google statistics. Anything they do release is an "estimate". They will never reveal exact numbers in regards to anything, especially when it comes to the search engine
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    • Profile picture of the author digigo
      Originally Posted by TheChimp View Post

      Dont even bother with any Google statistics. Anything they do release is an "estimate". They will never reveal exact numbers in regards to anything, especially when it comes to the search engine
      true.. a few years back.. they have a pagerank tool bar button.. not up to date at all... keep in mind.. their ranking changes constantly.. not just major update in a few months cycle.. but update in a smaller scale with cycle of days...
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  • Profile picture of the author kcom
    Unfortunatley, this sounds like par for the course, I just started backlinks, Yahoo score 20, Google zero in one place, four in another
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  • Profile picture of the author blase40
    No tool is ever going to tell you the total number of backlinks you have. The closest you can get is with Y! Site Explorer and that severely under reports.
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    • Profile picture of the author Emmanuel ED
      Originally Posted by blase40 View Post

      No tool is ever going to tell you the total number of backlinks you have. The closest you can get is with Y! Site Explorer and that severely under reports.
      Yeah, All of them give you a rough estimate. However, don't expect to see results really fast because it takes sometime before you see the effect of your backlinking efforts.

      PS: Perhaps I could be right if I say Backlinking is a long-term process. :rolleyes:
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  • Profile picture of the author RNMKR
    ok... so I see that I am not the only one who has noticed this... I checked my webmaster tools and although it did not give me all the results I really had, it gave me more than what Traffic Travis showed me...

    Thankks Guys!
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  • Profile picture of the author mryan1
    The more that you post on higher authority sites, like PR 3, 4, 5... the faster the google bot crawls them and they will show up faster. Just like when you see backlinks for Warrior forum, this is a high authority site and google will crawl this site much faster then your little PR 0 site. just remember that.
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  • Profile picture of the author mryan1
    The more that you post on higher authority sites, like PR 3, 4, 5... the faster and more often the google bot crawls them and they will show up faster. Just like when you see backlinks for Warrior forum, this is a high authority site and google will crawl this site much faster and more often then your little PR 0 site. just remember that.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dviau17
    I have done some social bookmarking, Angelas backlinks and do follow commenting on blogs and yahoo doesnt notice my backlinks....I also notice that my ranking isnt going up at all in google and im stuck at the bottom of the first page of google.

    How long does it ussualy take to have backlinks noticed?
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  • Profile picture of the author Dviau17
    I have posted all kinds of PR5+ backlinks with Angelas backlinks and also social bookmarking and do follow blog commenting and yahoo hasnt seen any of my backlinks yet and no rankings going up. how long does it take to have them found? ive been waiting a month for some.
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  • Profile picture of the author mllnsgrl
    I have the same problem.. Alot more on Yahoo, but not even close to what I put out there. Yahoo seemed to take forever, too. At least they indexed my squidoo site.. Google won't budge on that one.

    For one category page, I've been backlinking like crazy for the past 3 weeks.. Google won't touch it yet. Bummer! Not sure what to do..
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  • Profile picture of the author createrk
    Google never shows u the backlinks. Just hit up Yahoo site explorer.. It is accurate and wil give you good info.
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  • Profile picture of the author LinkBuildingRobot
    Google does not show you all the back links. This used to be a great method to rank a website. You'd check a competitors site for back links and copy what they were doing. There is no one site for checking all your back links. The best is Yahoo - link:
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    • Profile picture of the author digigo
      Originally Posted by LinkBuildingRobot View Post

      Google does not show you all the back links. This used to be a great method to rank a website. You'd check a competitors site for back links and copy what they were doing. There is no one site for checking all your back links. The best is Yahoo - link:
      it is as if google operates on a need-to-know basis..consumer will never care backlinks.. PR's .. only webmasters and internet marketers want to know any of that.. google makes it tougher to game their system... make a lot of sense..
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