Difference Between Name Hits and Link Hits

GlumChum · 11-02-2006, 02:57 AM

When I google my site name, I get some 25,000 hits. However, when I google link: with my site address, I only get 160 hits. Why is that? Does it effect my page rank, being that google is link-oriented? If so, what can I do?

sniperhiga · 11-02-2006, 06:47 PM

It is little wierd... for some reason google say that i have 1500 pages indeed but in reality, it is only about 70

oseymour · 11-16-2006, 11:55 AM

maybe you guys are doing it wrong.

search for site:www.yoursite.com and replace yoursite with your url and it will tell you how many pages google has index for your site.

bcombs · 11-17-2006, 11:04 AM

If you Google your site name, any pages that refer to your site will come up. This can be a lot if your site name is comprised of common words. Also, most directory listings would come up.

Oseymour's suggestion is the proper method to see the number of pages from your site in the Google index.