Tracking Links

greent · 10-27-2008, 03:54 PM

What's the best way to track each and every link (and reference) that occurs to your domain on a daily basis.

I use google alerts (link:www.domain.com & link:http://www.domain.com), but it doesn't seem to track links from StumbleUpon as well as a variety of other sites.

zeruel · 10-27-2008, 05:50 PM

that command definitely won't show up all incoming links for your site, not with Google. Well if you added your site to Google Webmaster Tools, you can use that to monitor and view your incoming links.

potchie · 10-31-2008, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by zeruel

that command definitely won't show up all incoming links for your site, not with Google. Well if you added your site to Google Webmaster Tools, you can use that to monitor and view your incoming links.

which one? the only reason i think is that stumble upon is a "No follow"

textlink969 · 10-28-2008, 01:01 AM

I some one knows how to track back links. please update here. Thanks

Copybuild · 10-30-2008, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by textlink969

I some one knows how to track back links. please update here. Thanks

Link checker
Here is a great site which checks links of your site or even competitor sites.

Hope that helps -copybuild

jitendraag · 10-28-2008, 02:46 AM

I export my backlinks from google webmaster tools and yahoo site explorer regularly. A difference will tell you new links added to your website.

I don't know if there is an 'automated' way to do this

greent · 10-28-2008, 09:01 AM

It would be nice to have a way to track links to not just your own site, but other sites of interest preferably as they happen real time.

newsblogo · 11-02-2008, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by jitendraag

I export my backlinks from google webmaster tools and yahoo site explorer regularly. A difference will tell you new links added to your website.

I agree with jiten. This is the closest you can have in tracking most inbound links.

**juliensimon** · 10-28-2008, 09:40 AM

You could also check where your visitors came from.
If a link doesn't show up in that list, you know it was a useless link.

seo-neon · 10-29-2008, 01:59 AM

Just use some seo tools over the internet... site like Google Webmaster tools, SeoTools and many more offers backlinks tracker of your website...

shakir · 11-01-2008, 10:31 AM

Google webmaster tool the best way to check it

poksa · 11-02-2008, 05:59 PM

if you want a tool for that, try StatCounter.com...

Journey · 11-03-2008, 03:34 AM

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Originally Posted by poksa

if you want a tool for that, try StatCounter.com...

Yes, statcounter displays the url of the site where your traffic came from.

ezwoodz · 11-02-2008, 10:04 PM

maybe you should try that link:www.domain.com at yahoo.com, because yahoo give results most, and they can filter out links from the domain.

pinkfluffybunny · 11-03-2008, 06:54 AM

....lol

I could give a crap about the PR myth. I track incoming links for other reasons.

I want to know who's linking to sites and why. I check the logs daily and see where my traffic is coming from, if I get traffic from a site I want to know why.

I also want to see who's stealing images (hey free advertising (just change the image to a ad.....lol) - I could put a big ad image here (they linked to an image from the site - http://blogs.ebay.com/beepa60126/archive/2007/10 - or here - http://www.sodahead.com/question/896...vegas-forever/ but I just removed them (renamed images). Not a day goes by I don't get free advertising somewhere.....lol

Also I want to see who is spamming using my images in an email (Dirty tricks department) you can get penalized if they spam with your images in an email. Want to kill off the competition - I should write a dirty tricks SEO book....lol

So everyday I check my logs see what my referring urls are

tdd1984 · 11-03-2008, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by greent

What's the best way to track each and every link (and reference) that occurs to your domain on a daily basis.

I use google alerts (link:www.domain.com & link:http://www.domain.com), but it doesn't seem to track links from StumbleUpon as well as a variety of other sites.

There is not really any way to track each specific link. You can use Yahoo Site explorer to track links though if you'd like.

robertgallagher · 11-04-2008, 03:52 AM

you can search particular back links in yahoo search
link:www.yourdomain.com
it's shoes you the perfect one. and also go for google web master tool as well

AlphaMale · 11-04-2008, 09:22 PM

I'd really love a compiled program that really allows me to 'track' all information easily and effectively for all of my websites. I currently track via Excel but that takes WAY to much time for something that could easily be programmed and set up. I will eventually get something like this designed for my needs but would love if someone could suggest such a tool. One that keeps track of backlinks, cache dates, PR, etc so that I can figure out what's working and what's not easier and more efficiently.