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Internet: URL: Link: Search Engine: Google: How to find out which URLs link to your URL?

Jul 15th, 2006 09:32
Knud van Eeden,


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Internet: URL: Link: Search Engine: Google: How to find out which URLs 
link to your URL?

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To find out in Google which other persons or organizations are
including your URL in their pages, search for


 link:<your URL>

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Steps: Overview:

 1. -Start Google

 2. -In the search box of Google,
     type the URL of which you want to know if
     there has been linked to

     1. -E.g.

      link:http://www.faqts.com

 3. -Click button 'Search'

 4. -This gives an overview of all the pages
     which refer to this URL

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Note:

Using this notation

link:<your URL>

you can use also on most major search engines:

e.g.

AllTheWeb
http://www.alltheweb.com

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Alta Vista
http://www.altavista.como

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AOL
http://search.aol.com/aolcom/index.jsp

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DMOZ open directory
http://www.dmoz.org

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Excite
http://www.excite.com

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Go
http://www.go.com

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Hotbot
http://www.hotbot.com

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Lycos
http://www.lycos.com

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MSN
http://www.msn.com

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Wisenut
http://www.wisenut.com

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Internet: see also:

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Google: who links to you
http://www.google.com/help/features.html#link

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