The World's Biggest Search Engine. Sites. Internet Public Library: Google Releases New Link Reporting Tools. For years, Google’s link: command (and see here) has deliberately failed to show all the links to a website. This came out of Google’s fear that site owners simply wanted the data to try and manipulate rankings — which was pretty true. Instead, they only provided a sampling of backlinks. Today, that changes. Google Webmaster Central is rolling out new support allowing you to view and even download thousands of links to your site (official news here and here).
You still won’t get absolutely all the links Google knows about. Link:searchengineland.com That’s showing about 3,000 links to the Search Engine Land web site (note, for some people, you might see no results, due to an apparent glitch). Why make the shift? “Webmasters have been wanting more comprehensive link data from us for a long time,” said Vanessa Fox, product manager for Google Webmaster Central. What links can you get and how do you obtain them? The New Links Tab (Note: if you don’t see the tab yet, keep checking. BoardReader.com. Google.