This is important because if your blog/site is listed in the first few pages of the results returned by search engines then it has a better chance of being visited by the searcher. Hence the higher you are in Search Engine Results Page (SERP) there is increase in blog traffic. Monitoring the number of backlinks is hence important and here are the methods to check them.......
With Google
This is the same method as the above but you need not go through Google Webmasters Tools. Instead enter this directly in the address bar of your browser and press Enter :
You will get the number of backlinks in the blue bar at the top of the page :
Web Results 1 - 10 of about xxxx linking
XXXX shows the number of backlinks to your blog.
With Technorati
Technorati is a search engine specializing in Blogs.
First claim your blog at Technorati. Then copy and paste your blog url in the Search For box at the top. In the adjoining box click the down arrow and choose Blog Posts. Then click the Search button. You can also paste this directly in address bar of your browser and press Enter :
You will get your Technorati Rank and the number of links and the number of blogs linking to you
QUALITY OF BACKLINKS
Your PageRank increases with the quality of your backlinks. Higher quality backlinks are :
1. Backlinks from Higher PageRank sites.
2. One-way backlinks are rated higher than reciprocal exchanged links.
3. Backlinks from sites with relevant content. If yoursite is on cars a backlink from a wildlife site is considered lower in quality than one from a car manufacturer site.
4. A backlink where the anchor text is the keyword (keyphrase) that you are trying to optimize for.
5. Too many links from one URL is considered spamming and low quality. Beware of firms trying to sell you backlinks from "link farms".
6. Getting a lot of links in a short time span is suspicious and low quality.
7. Links from Article Directories. Hence submit articles to them and put in a link to your blog at the bottom.
With Google
This is the same method as the above but you need not go through Google Webmasters Tools. Instead enter this directly in the address bar of your browser and press Enter :
http://www.google.com/search?q=link:http://YOUR_BLOG.blogspot.com&hl=en
You will get the number of backlinks in the blue bar at the top of the page :
Web Results 1 - 10 of about xxxx linking
XXXX shows the number of backlinks to your blog.
With Technorati
Technorati is a search engine specializing in Blogs.
First claim your blog at Technorati. Then copy and paste your blog url in the Search For box at the top. In the adjoining box click the down arrow and choose Blog Posts. Then click the Search button. You can also paste this directly in address bar of your browser and press Enter :
http://technorati.com/search/YOURBLOGNAME.blogspot.com
You will get your Technorati Rank and the number of links and the number of blogs linking to you
QUALITY OF BACKLINKS
Your PageRank increases with the quality of your backlinks. Higher quality backlinks are :
1. Backlinks from Higher PageRank sites.
2. One-way backlinks are rated higher than reciprocal exchanged links.
3. Backlinks from sites with relevant content. If yoursite is on cars a backlink from a wildlife site is considered lower in quality than one from a car manufacturer site.
4. A backlink where the anchor text is the keyword (keyphrase) that you are trying to optimize for.
5. Too many links from one URL is considered spamming and low quality. Beware of firms trying to sell you backlinks from "link farms".
6. Getting a lot of links in a short time span is suspicious and low quality.
7. Links from Article Directories. Hence submit articles to them and put in a link to your blog at the bottom.
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