Google's Matt Cutts has posted a video in which he responds to user questions regarding Google's [link:] search operator. He answers the following two questions:
- How accurate is Google's backlink-check (link:...)? Are all nofollow backlinks filtered out or why does Yahoo/MSN show quite more backlink results?
- If you have inbound links from reputable sites, but those sites don't show up in a link:webname.com search, does this mean you aren't getting any "credit" in Google's eyes for having inbound links?
The video comes from Google Webmaster Central's YouTube channel, which is full of useful videos for webmasters. The channel has videos not only from Cutts, but from other knowledgeable Googlers as well. Cutts himself has been posting informative videos on his own in an effort to bring his presentations from various conferences to the audience at home.
Great video. Simple and to the point.
Interesting that we don't see all our links under the links query because of a simple thing like lack or conservation of server space.
The ridiculous reasons that I have come across on the forums would make you howl
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"Random" is the key phrase
"Random" is the key phrase in this video. Thanks for the explanation Matt, we will post it on our blog too, as we get asked that question almost every day.