Back links form you own site

[GlennLindley]

I keep an eye on competitors back links in Google to see if they are mentioned on sites I should be on.

I have noticed a few sites that have lots of back links listed and when I check the links they are all links from the sites internal pages, how come google counts these as back links?

Thanks

 

[Ali-v-8]

finally a great question.

Back links are links back to the home page.

YOU ARE A STAR!!!!
Best links in the world.

 

[GlennLindley]

all my pages on www.tagrecruitment.co.uk have links back to the homepage but dont get listed in Google?

 

[GlennLindley]

opps just checked and one of mine does link back now!!!

 

[Ali-v-8]

opps just checked and one of mine does link back now!!!

although you have internal linking (going all over the place with no structure too)

and your location pages are as close to blackhat as you can get
About TAG IT Recruitment
TAG IT Recruitment is a cost effective IT Recruitment Agency specialising in recruiting IT professionals for clients throughout the UK, Europe and middle East.
Our honest, ethical and professional service has enabled us to develop an excellent reputation with both candidates and employers and you can be assured of the highest quality of service from our experienced staff.


read the thread on improving your website.

 

[fisicx]

It's not checking backlinks, it's checking links.

Try links:mysite.co.uk -mysite.co.uk and you will see all the true inbound links (not backlinks that's so 1990s)

 

[Ali-v-8]

It's not checking backlinks, it's checking links.

Try link:mysite.co.uk -mysite.co.uk and you will see all the true inbound links (not backlinks that's so 1990s)

a back link is ANY link that goes to home page.

 

[fisicx]

a back link is ANY link that goes to home page.

Me no understand.

According to wikipedia a backlink is any inbound link to a website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backlink

In fact ALL the defintions say the same thing: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&num=100&q=define:backlink&btnG=Search&meta=

 

[Ali-v-8]

Backlinks are also known as incoming links, inbound links, inlinks, and inward links.

linking to homepage from with in the website really helps

 

[fisicx]

Even more confused now. A backlink is NOT an internal link (according to everybody else's defintion). A backlink (inbound, inlink etc) is ONLY a link from an external source.

The Google links:URL tool shoes all links to the URL which is why you need to add -URL to get rid of all the internal links.

 

[Ali-v-8]

hmmmm, yee of little faith,

I can promise you 100% that if you link from an internal page to th ehome page google will accept it. some website have nothing but internal links.
Its a resource that you really should utilise.
HOME / CLICK HERE / and other tabs are not valid links

 

[fisicx]

hmmmm, yee of little faith,

I can promise you 100% that if you link from an internal page to th ehome page google will accept it. some website have nothing but internal links.

Got nothing to do with faith, it's about your definition of a backlink which is somewhat at variance to everybody elses defintion.

Agree that Google doesn't care if a link is internal or inbound, it will still show up in the links: tool. If you want to strip out the internal links you have to add the -mysite.com.