What is UP with Backlinks from Google, Yahoo, Bing?

November 2, 2009 · 99 comments

While Google is promptly indexing content from some very active bloggers:

Murray's posts are indexed within the hour. See the notation "48 minutes ago" in this image.

The number of backlinks they are counting compared to Yahoo! and Bing continues to decline:

Change in GrowMap backlinks being reported by Google, Yahoo and Bing

This information comes from the free test version of MazeCore Monitor we are currently testing. It shows our indexed links at Google and Yahoo are down -1 and -374 respectively while our links in Bing are up 4 and backlinks at Bing are up +1280!

MazeCore Monitor Backlinks for GrowMap

The dark blue line on the bottom is Google, the red line is Yahoo and the huge increase shown on the orange line is Bing. Does anyone else wonder why Google only counts 28 backlinks, Yahoo counts 1,647 and Bing counts 5,090?

Could Bing be counting Social Networking activity? What do YOU think?

MazeCore Monitor certainly looks interesting. The free version allows you to track one Web site and three keyword phrases.

What the MazeCore Monitor SEO Tool does

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Used GMC Motorhomes July 24, 2010 at 12:16 am

It sounds interesting. MazeCore Monitor SEO Tool is really great for searching results from different search engines. This is helpful to get a clear cut idea about the site position and the about the links. I think every SEO guys need to use this tool for improve the work quality.

Marizka July 23, 2010 at 12:54 am

Interesting fact, when I check my link in Yahoo site Explorer it shows more links than it count. MazeCore Monitor is definitely an useful application.

diocelin who writes about SEO München July 3, 2010 at 2:15 am

If Bing is counting on social networking activities then it will be easier for us to optimize our website on Bing and improve our rankings over it. This is graph is really interesting, it shows critical informations that can help through link building process.

seo tutorial Twitter: quickheed June 19, 2010 at 3:46 am Twitter: @quickheed

I noticed the same. I have
Google backlinks : 74
Yahoo backlinks: 158
I have some problems with this. my website is working well in google whereas I am getting very less traffic from yahoo.

Sivaranjan Twitter: cssfind May 30, 2010 at 11:58 am Twitter: @cssfind

Have landed up in this page while looking for difference between yahoo and google backlinks. thanks for the nice article.

meka who writes about earning money online Twitter: onlinemoneybuzz January 22, 2010 at 7:30 pm Twitter: @onlinemoneybuzz

I have noticed this too. I will have a lot of backlinks coming from Yahoo and not that many from Google. I also noticed I rank better in Yahoo than Google too. Google is really confusing me lately.
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Duane who writes about Dinosaur Party Supplies January 10, 2010 at 5:35 pm

This whole big brother thing is getting kind of weird, I seen a recent tv program regarding Google the company. It was very interesting but also makes one think about the information that is out there regarding us that we really do not know about.

Google keeps all the searches done each and everyday, they also keep the identities behind each search for 60 days. This means that they can track back all our searches within 60 days and link them back to our computers.

Very intriguing but spooky at the same time.
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monika who writes about london events December 29, 2009 at 6:13 am

Great post, it’s really appreciate & admire your work, Just like normal user i use Google as a search engine, but you have add some good information in my IQ. Thanks for sharing

dave who writes about home improvements December 12, 2009 at 4:31 pm

I have never heard of MazeCore but I like the screen shots from it a lot and can definitly make some good use of it
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Internet Strategist who writes about GrowMap Twitter: GrowMap December 7, 2009 at 2:16 pm Twitter: @GrowMap

Heads Up: my MazeCore weekly report shows my Yahoo backlinks dropped by 980 !! to 1002. That is quite a drop. Anyone have any ideas why that would happen or whether I should take action?
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Admael December 4, 2009 at 5:12 pm

It’s useful tool, but for example google don’t show real backlinks, we can check this only in google webmasters tools

Internet Strategist who writes about GrowMap Twitter: GrowMap December 8, 2009 at 11:03 am Twitter: @GrowMap: Hi Admael,

I use this tool primarily to ensure the most important keyword rankings don’t drop. This is critical for ecommerce sites – or any sites really – that get most of their sales from organic search traffic.
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George who writes about link building site December 4, 2009 at 7:50 am

Thank you so much for another great post. I am very interested in how google takes all the backlinks into account. I realize they rank them by being relevant, page rank, and dofollow/nofollow links, but I wonder if there are any undiscovered methods. Thanks for the post!

Internet Strategist who writes about GrowMap Twitter: GrowMap December 8, 2009 at 11:00 am Twitter: @GrowMap: Hello George,

All the search engines use very complicated algorithms that change all the time. (For those who wonder algorithms are basically mathematical equations like those you may have learned in algebra.)

Figuring out what works is what SEOs focus on. Those who are serious about learning SEO can Join SEOBook. They have a free membership but the most value is in their subscription site.
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Tanmay who writes about hire seo services Twitter: tanmay2346 November 27, 2009 at 6:36 pm Twitter: @tanmay2346

Thank you for another great article. Where else could anyone get that kind of information in such a perfect way of presentation.

Darvin who writes about organic Food Coupons November 21, 2009 at 10:59 pm

This sounds like an outstanding tool. I’m always looking for any additional help in optimizing my site for search engine rankings. I’m definitely going to check out MazeCore.

Thanks!
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Internet Strategist who writes about GrowMap Twitter: GrowMap December 8, 2009 at 10:42 am Twitter: @GrowMap: Welcome Darvin,

The most useful tool I’m using besides MazeCore is the SEOBook Rank Checker which is also part of the SEOBook Toolbar.

Use the Rank Checker to generate benchmark reports for your targeted keyword phrases and then plug them into MazeCore to track them visually.

We’ll be launching a new dofollow blog related to your Site called PSP Living soon – possibly before Christmas and if not definitely just after the holidays. It already has CommentLuv and KeywordLuv installed.

You may want to subscribe there now and Follow PSP Living on Twitter so you’ll know when we publish posts that relate to your site.
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Louise who writes about Online Printing Company Twitter: uprinting November 17, 2009 at 11:25 pm Twitter: @uprinting

I think Bing does count Social Networking activity. I read somewhere that the search results from Bing now includes those from Twitter. As for what is wrong with Google’s, I have no idea..

Internet Strategist who writes about GrowMap Twitter: GrowMap December 8, 2009 at 10:31 am Twitter: @GrowMap: Hi Louise,

The search engine results constantly change and they show different results to different Internet users and even change results shown to us if we search on the same thing repeatedly!

Yes, they are all experimenting with what Social Networking links to display and for how long. As I mentioned in another reply those types of listings are likely to be short-lived.
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Ileane Twitter: Ileane November 17, 2009 at 3:45 pm Twitter: @Ileane

Hi,

Thanks for the post. I have a question about search – I always hear about Google and how important it is to follow Webmaster tools and so on. Now that Bing is becoming more popular do they have a set of rules that people should pay attention to in order to improve Bing search ranking? I would think somethings would be different because you don’t get the same search results.

@Ileane
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Internet Strategist who writes about GrowMap Twitter: GrowMap December 8, 2009 at 10:29 am Twitter: @GrowMap: Hi Ileane,

Google is still the gorilla of search; however, it would be good to optimize for the others as well. I have not yet researched how to improve results for any of the others because usually if you write as I advise in Selecting Keywords First and use an SEO optimized Theme like Thesis or a plugin like All-in-one-SEO you will be well indexed almost anywhere.
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darnals Twitter: thekg3 November 17, 2009 at 12:32 pm Twitter: @thekg3

how to get yahoo ,bing or google backlink?
yours is so good its make me shock
Thanks
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Adam November 17, 2009 at 11:25 am

Thats very interesting stuff. Itrs amaying how frequently they update their listings…I often see sites in the listing that have been updated just minutes before!
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Internet Strategist who writes about GrowMap Twitter: GrowMap December 8, 2009 at 10:25 am Twitter: @GrowMap: Google has different result sections and is experimenting with how and what they display. The latest focus is on real-time results. Just remember that what gets indexed as real-time (like Twitter) will also be short-lived – those results appear and disappear very quickly.

If you want to maximize their benefit take a screen capture and write about it in a post or share them while they’re live.
.-= Internet Strategist @GrowMap´s last blog ..Tools Wanted for Power Bloggers, Social Networkers =-.

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graham who writes about promotional bags Twitter: hotlinegroup November 17, 2009 at 8:41 am Twitter: @hotlinegroup

From what i can tell google only show a random fraction of the link information they hold on links… but why the amount being shown is complexing.. all you can do is to keep linking
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Internet Strategist who writes about GrowMap Twitter: GrowMap December 8, 2009 at 10:22 am Twitter: @GrowMap: Hello Graham,

You’re correct – they index far more than they display and more links from relevant, quality sites can increase traffic to any blog or business.
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Freshers Job November 16, 2009 at 2:43 am

MazeCore Monitor is great tool and i think its easy to check the links with this tool. Really it is a great tool and thanks for posting this article it really helped me.

Internet Strategist who writes about GrowMap Twitter: GrowMap December 7, 2009 at 2:45 pm Twitter: @GrowMap: I’m finding that MazeCore keeps me focused on the search engine positions of the most important keywords for each site I use it on. I highly recommend it as an inexpensive way to keep a business or blog’s traffic growing instead of slipping!

That is a really wild niche you’re targeting with your site: Movie News, Reviews, Bollywood, Tollywood, Jobs. Is it working for you? Check out the post featured in CommentLuv for this reply for tips on generating more traffic.
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