Googles Links and Yahoo Links - What are they?

Hello. I understand generally about Page Rank and Alexa Rank, but I am not sure on the following :-

"Incoming Google Links: 0
Incoming Yahoo Links: 54
Incoming MSN Links: 32
Incoming Alexa Links: 6"

I think I basically view links in this sense:- the more links to my site the better, and the more links from a higher page rank site the better. I dont really see them as "google links" or "yahoo links".

So, How does a Google Link differ to a Yahoo link? (apart from the blindingly obvious answer of saying 'ones from google and ones from yahoo')

I think the reason I ask is that I can easily find my site on Google searches, but never on Yahoo searches. Yet it appears I have no "google links" and do have Yahoo links.

Thanks for any help

Hi,

where did you get those figures from? Alexa?

I wouldnt consider alexa to be very representative as it is based on searchs made through its own toolbar (AFAIK).

Page rank is googles way of ranking so having a high page rank is really a google thing. If your not coming up on yahoo's search then you should have a look at yahoo's method of crawling & optimize your site with that in mind. Adding your site to the yahoo directory woulnt hurt either. Have a look at SEOchat for lots more information on SEO in general.

Displeaser

Hi LostSoul,

I think you mean link popularity from the various search engines.

Take a look at the tool:
http://www.selfseo.com/link_popularity_checker.php

This tool output the number of links to your site from the search engines. You are right, the more links you have in the search engine index, the greater the chance people will find your site.

One additional note, Google does not show the total of inbound links. At this point of time, you may find some traffic directed from Google but you may also find the 'link:' operator in Google returns zero results. You may want to use Yahoo or MSN for a more detailed list of backlinks

Hi, Thanks

That explains the 0 for google.

I am trying to figure out where mine have come from. Does a link in a forum post or forum signature strip count?

(I only ever add mine where it is accepted by moderators and admin BTW. Strictly no spam)

LS

Yes, as long as your signature can be seen by the bots, it will be indexed. However, some forums disable the general users to see the members' signature..this will make the bots index the content only.

Does DevShed do this?

I don't think so. You can verify by logging off your account and read the forum as a general user. If you can see the member's signature, then it will be indexed