Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'google link tool'

The Google Webmaster Tools "external links" report is buggy over the weekend. The tool is not showing any backlinks anymore for, I believe, any site. For example, here are the non-existent backlinks for the Search Engine Roundtable: There are dozens...

Posted on March 17, 2008 6:32 AM

We reported several days ago that Google hasn't updated their external link counts and data in Google Webmaster Tools since early January. Webmasters and SEOs began to complain so Googlers began looking into it. We now have reports via Google...

Posted on February 28, 2008 9:24 AM

I have been hearing reports from friends in the industry that the external link reports at Google Webmaster Tools have not been updated for an unusually long time. I personally stop tracking those updates back in November 2007. We now...

Posted on February 25, 2008 7:24 AM

Google has updated Google Webmaster Tools with a link update again this month. Google has been updating their linkage data in Webmaster Tools more frequently, but it appears it has often been happening the first or second week of the...

Posted on November 20, 2007 7:40 AM

Google has updated Google Webmaster Tools with a link update earlier this week. Google typically does these updates monthly, around this time. There is currently discussion at DigitalPoint Forums. Here is a look at our top pages, by links reported...

Posted on November 6, 2007 1:27 PM

Two days ago we reported, Google Webmaster Tools Link Page Troubles Again. Since then, there has a huge amount of discussion on this topic. Tons of SEOs and Webmasters were really frustrated that the tool wasn't giving them information. They...

Posted on October 25, 2007 7:51 AM

For the past couple days, Google Webmaster Tools has been having issues displaying the detailed links for a particular page of a site. Many people are seeing what I am seeing: When you try to download all external links or...

Posted on October 23, 2007 2:22 PM

A DigitalPoint Forums thread is reporting yet another recent Google Webmaster Tools Link update. It appears Google is now updating the linkage data, not monthly, but much more frequently, over at Google Webmaster Tools. We typically track only the monthly...

Posted on October 15, 2007 7:41 AM

Google has updated Google Webmaster Tools with a link update last week. Google typically does these updates monthly, around this time. There are additional reports of and ranking changes. There is currently discussion at DigitalPoint Forums. Here is a look...

Posted on October 8, 2007 8:11 AM

Yesterday we reported that Google's link report tool was not working fully. To be specific, the link reports were not downloading to your desktop, when that feature was requested. After about two-plus days, the feature is now back. Webmasters can...

Posted on September 21, 2007 7:23 AM

The Google Link Tool at Google Webmaster Tools is now allowing you to download all external links. I have been trying it myself from several locations for the past two days and no luck. You can the "Download all external...

Posted on September 20, 2007 7:02 AM

I have been tracking a WebmasterWorld thread about an issue with Google Webmaster Tools. Apparently, the link reporting tool, within Google Webmaster Tools, has issues with pagination. By this I mean, when someone clicks on the "next" page link, it...

Posted on September 12, 2007 6:31 AM

Google has updated Google Webmaster Tools with a link update yesterday. Google typically does these updates monthly, around this time. There are additional reports of and ranking changes. There is currently discussion at DigitalPoint Forums and WebmasterWorld. Here is a...

Posted on September 5, 2007 7:43 AM

Google has updated Google Webmaster Tools with a link update over the weekend. Google typically does these updates monthly, around this time. There are additional reports of PageRank updates and ranking changes. There is currently discussion at DigitalPoint Forums and...

Posted on August 8, 2007 7:26 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread says that Google has counted links from within Microsoft Word Documents, as links to a page. We all know Google indexes files like Word Documents, PDFs, and many many other types of documents. We also know you...

Posted on August 3, 2007 7:45 AM

Google has updated Google Webmaster Tools with a link update over the weekend. The last about was about a month ago. There is currently discussion at DigitalPoint Forums and WebmasterWorld. Here is a look at our top pages, by links...

Posted on July 16, 2007 7:39 AM

There has always been this perception that links from domains with a .EDU TLD is better than links from .COM, .NET, .ORG and so on. Chris Boggs covered the debate with Are Links From .edu and .gov Domains Really "Better?"...

Posted on July 2, 2007 7:05 AM

Google has updated Google Webmaster Tools with a link update and I suppose other data updates as well. There is currently discussion at DigitalPoint Forums and two threads at WebmasterWorld. Here is a look at our top pages, by links...

Posted on June 15, 2007 7:33 AM

Ever since Google expanded Webmaster Central to include a link analysis tool, we have been collecting the raw data to analyze for later purposes. Last month, we saw some February and March link data. This month, let's look at...

Posted on April 27, 2007 2:14 PM

Various sporadic reports from both DigitalPoint Forums and WebmasterWorld that Google's Webmaster Central Link Tool is temporarily offline. I tried it myself, just now and it seems to be offline for me as well. I am told "Our system is...

Posted on April 19, 2007 7:41 AM

A DigitalPoint Forums thread has a lot of recent discussion on a Google backlink update occurring at certain datacenters. But should we be watching these changes anymore? We now have the Google Webmaster Central Link Tool that gives us all...

Posted on March 21, 2007 7:54 AM

Are you a huge fan of Google's link tool? Would you like to see more details on the page, such as: PageRank score The anchor text of a link Which links are nofollowed Are the links still live Which links...

Posted on March 12, 2007 7:29 AM

March 7th we reported Google Link Update Within Webmaster Central's Link Tool. But Vanessa Fox informed us the update was not fully complete, that we saw the link count update only and not the actual links update. Meaning, Google showed...

Posted on March 9, 2007 7:02 AM

Yesterday I reported a Google Link Update Within Webmaster Central's Link Tool but I did not dig deeper. Vanessa Fox of Google Webmaster Central left a comment explaining that this is just an update in the number of links reported....

Posted on March 8, 2007 7:03 AM

Google gave us a new link tool about a month ago. Now people are noticing a massive update in the number of links reported in that tool. Two very new threads, one at DigitalPoint Forums and the other at WebmasterWorld...

Posted on March 7, 2007 7:51 AM

Google released a Link Analysis Tool this Tuesday and the forums have had a couple days to digest the tool. I went through many of the forums and gathered all the feedback I can find in terms of suggestions to...

Posted on February 8, 2007 8:20 AM