*** Google inbound link list? ***
 

Can someone explain me the difference between these two queries on Google?

link:www.sweetlatin.com
link: www.sweetlatin.com

(notice the space between "link:" and url!)

I've got only 7 links listed for the first query and 225 for the second one. What is the difference?

I've seen one similar thread started by beta-tester a while ago, but I haven't seen the answer...

Please help! :)

any answers? :(

i got the same on both

you're searching for backlinks to www.sweetlatin.com in the first, in the second you're giving a blank parameter to the link command, and searching for the text "www.sweetlatin.com".

Now you have your answer.

the same??? i'm confused now... how many inbound link do you see?

You are basically... well, see for yourself:

example

When you do link:www.link.com you are basically clicking on the:
Find web pages that link to www.rhinosgirls.com

When you do link: www.link.com you are doing:
Find web pages that contain the term "www.rhinosgirls.com"

This site is like 5 or 6 days old so it isn't the best example but I think it illustrates my point well enough.

thank you very much guys! i was more than curious! :thumbsup

yep, I'd agree with V_Rocks.... space between link: and actual link, tells google to search for text given as link....but link:link w/o space, tells it to use its special linking back feature, and displays you an information about your inbound links which are already indexed in google's database.

Thanx for the info, guys...