Sunday, January 22, 2006
Researching Your Site's Backlinks With SearchIt! Free Internet Marketing Research Tool
The SearchIt! free research tool consists of a window with two dropdown boxes and two text boxes. In the two dropdown boxes, you select the type of search you want to do. In the two text boxes, you select the search criteria (such as keywords or URLs) you want to use.
Rather than repeat the introductory info about SearchIt! that I shared previously, I suggest that you see the October 2nd blog for this information. Or simply realize that it is important to click all the links and read all the instructions that SearchIt! tells you to do.
You'll find SearchIt! A LOT easier and more valuable to use if you do that.
Using SearchIt!
Last week we continued covering some site research tools, including ways that SearchIt! can help you keep track of how well the search engines are spidering your site. This week we'll look at how SearchIt! helps you learn how many other sites are linking to you (backlinks).
In the Step 1 dropdown box, scroll down under Site Research and select Back Links.
Click the dropdown box for Step 2: Select Search Type. You'll see the following options.
Back Links to PAGE (Google)
This option lets you see how many other pages (either from within your site or outside of it) link to a specific PAGE of your site. This in handy for determining the link popularity of a page, but be aware that Google does not display every page that it knows is linking into that page; it only lists those that it considers the most important pages linking into that page.
Type the full url of the page (although without the http://) in the Step 3 box. Include the www. and include the page name after the domain name (for example, www.domain-name.com/page.html) Click the SearchIt! button.
Click the link at the bottom of the intro page to see your results.
Back Links to SITE (Yahoo! Search) and Back Links to SITE (MSN Search)
Both of these operate the same, so rather than repeat the same information twice, I'll treat them as one. Neither of these options let you check a specific page of your site; they show only the links into your home page.
Type the domain name (without the http:// or the www.) in the Step 3 box. Click the SearchIt! button.
Click the link at the bottom of the intro page to see your results.
Next week
This Sunday, we looked at how SearchIt! helps you learn how many other sites are linking to you (backlinks). Next week we'll look at how SearchIt! lets you perform advanced search functions on multiple search engines and directories right from SearchIt!, without you needing to navigate from one site to another to conduct your searches.
All in all, SearchIt! can find you lots of valuable information. The main thing to remember is to READ THE DIRECTIONS. With as many tools packed into this one interface, you're not going to take one look at it and intuitively understand how to use every one of them. But the directions they give are easy, and they do more than just tell you how to use each tool; they also throw in tips on how to use the results you receive to make your site more successful.
SearchIt! is one of these free tools that really produces value for you. I recommend that you check it out and make it a part of your web marketing arsenal.
Jeff
The SearchIt! free research tool consists of a window with two dropdown boxes and two text boxes. In the two dropdown boxes, you select the type of search you want to do. In the two text boxes, you select the search criteria (such as keywords or URLs) you want to use.
Rather than repeat the introductory info about SearchIt! that I shared previously, I suggest that you see the October 2nd blog for this information. Or simply realize that it is important to click all the links and read all the instructions that SearchIt! tells you to do.
You'll find SearchIt! A LOT easier and more valuable to use if you do that.
Using SearchIt!
Last week we continued covering some site research tools, including ways that SearchIt! can help you keep track of how well the search engines are spidering your site. This week we'll look at how SearchIt! helps you learn how many other sites are linking to you (backlinks).
In the Step 1 dropdown box, scroll down under Site Research and select Back Links.
Click the dropdown box for Step 2: Select Search Type. You'll see the following options.
- Back Links to PAGE (Google)
- Back Links to SITE (Yahoo! Search)
- Back Links to SITE (MSN Search)
Back Links to PAGE (Google)
This option lets you see how many other pages (either from within your site or outside of it) link to a specific PAGE of your site. This in handy for determining the link popularity of a page, but be aware that Google does not display every page that it knows is linking into that page; it only lists those that it considers the most important pages linking into that page.
Type the full url of the page (although without the http://) in the Step 3 box. Include the www. and include the page name after the domain name (for example, www.domain-name.com/page.html) Click the SearchIt! button.
Click the link at the bottom of the intro page to see your results.
Back Links to SITE (Yahoo! Search) and Back Links to SITE (MSN Search)
Both of these operate the same, so rather than repeat the same information twice, I'll treat them as one. Neither of these options let you check a specific page of your site; they show only the links into your home page.
Type the domain name (without the http:// or the www.) in the Step 3 box. Click the SearchIt! button.
Click the link at the bottom of the intro page to see your results.
Next week
This Sunday, we looked at how SearchIt! helps you learn how many other sites are linking to you (backlinks). Next week we'll look at how SearchIt! lets you perform advanced search functions on multiple search engines and directories right from SearchIt!, without you needing to navigate from one site to another to conduct your searches.
All in all, SearchIt! can find you lots of valuable information. The main thing to remember is to READ THE DIRECTIONS. With as many tools packed into this one interface, you're not going to take one look at it and intuitively understand how to use every one of them. But the directions they give are easy, and they do more than just tell you how to use each tool; they also throw in tips on how to use the results you receive to make your site more successful.
SearchIt! is one of these free tools that really produces value for you. I recommend that you check it out and make it a part of your web marketing arsenal.
Jeff
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