The interface is pretty difficult to use, especially for large sites, so it's a good idea to download the data and analyze it Excel or other spreadsheet application.
Google's blog says there are some limitations: "We do limit the amount of data you can download for each type of link (for instance, you can currently download up to one million external links). Google knows about more links than the total we show, but the overall fraction of links we show is much, much larger than the link: command currently offers."
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/02/www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/
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I don't mean to be rude, but as the previous commenter noted, the first link doesn't exactly work. ;)
ReplyDeleteUse http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting they show links that have the 'nofollow' tag.
ReplyDeleteI thought search engines didn't follow/take into account/catalog these?
Ppl would be more interested in link:external-urls.com rather than from links pointing in from the same website.
ReplyDeleteThey should allow us to view all links for all sites, make the search engines more transparent - not less! We want to know what practices certain sites are using to get their site to the top!
ReplyDeleteAlso, there's an error in the results of this interface, it returns less links than the real existent links to your site.
ReplyDeleteYou can read the post about this at:
Error in Google Webmaster Tools