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Live Search’s link: operator turned back on!

By | January 25, 2008

Live SearchMSN removed the option to check on inbound links a while back. My colleague and I stumbled upon the fact that the MSN link operator is back at work. Now, it’s not the typical link operator or as easy as Google, but we’ll take anything.

It took several scenarios to get the results we were looking for, but we have managed to conquer it. We’ve also noticed several ways to form the link operator query, but of course the results were different for each.

The typical operator at Google and Yahoo (link:www.site.com) does not work. Here is what we’ve found works;

link:http://www.site.com
link-http://www.site.com
(link:http://www.site.com)
(link-http://www.site.com)
link site (yes just the word link and your domain name without the “www” or TLD)

Here is a real good one

link www.site.com OR www.site.com (yes you use the word “OR”)
link site OR site
(link site OR site)

The operator is endless and provides interesting results. Go ahead give it a try!

About the Author:

Beth Strukelj have been working with Fathom Online Marketing since 2003 and leads the Analytic's and Technical component of Fathom Online Marketing, which entails setting up and analyzing clients’ analytic's and understand customer behaviors online and make recommendations that improve customer website experiences and drive bottom line results. Follow Beth on Facebook, @beth_strukelj and LinkedIn.

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  1. Colleen - January 28, 2008 at 1:28 pm

    Thanks Guys - This could be very helpful. Way to stay on top of the market.

  2. seo700 - January 30, 2008 at 1:19 pm

    Awesome information and so many ways to find it.

  3. roxysprinklez - January 31, 2008 at 4:21 pm

    Wow Beth. That is awesome. I am glad you found that. I wonder if the Link Pop conglomerates have even realized this yet.

  4. Robert Rockets - January 31, 2008 at 10:17 pm

    Great find, glad to see it's working again. I wonder why they ever removed the link operator function in the first place? At least it's back now, I know I'll be using it!

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