Newbie wants to know how to check backlinks!

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Hey guys!

I am new to IM and I am so glad to have found this forum. Reading through these posts really gave me lots of insight as to what I need to do to make my first sale!

One of the biggest questions I need some help with is how to check backlinks on article directories such as Ezine Articles. I have tried using yahoo site explorer but they do not give backlinks.

Also, is backlinking articles the same as backlinking a website? What I mean is do they same techniques(linkwheels or article linking) work to gain position within google?

Thanks!
Solag
#search engine optimization #backlinks #check #newbie
  • You check articles backlinks just the same as a webpage, you can use site explorer.

    If no results are showing that means the backlinks have not yet been indexed.

    And yes backlinking is the same.

    Hope this helps

    Zac
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    • I have found that regardless of the tools I use, I just wont get any backlinks showing up for EZA. Am not sure why though
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  • EZA is not letting back links to your site as per my knowledge.
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    • No matter what tool you use there are going to be a lot of backlinks that just don't show up. That doesn't mean they aren't indexed. It just means noone is really allowed to see the full picture.

      Something that can help though is as soon as your article is accepted do some social bookmarking. One of the quickest and cheapest is Onlywire. You can can submit to about 30 social bookmarking sites with the push of a button and it's free if you put a link to them on your blog. If you don't want to put a link you can pay $2.99 a month. I've found that Ezines show up pretty quickly in the backlink checker when bookmarking them. Some Ezines will show both backlinks and some will only show 1.

      Another free tool is SEO Spyglass - it's shows the PR of each one of your backlinks also. But again you'll never see them all.
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