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[mimika]

Is PR useless? You bet.

There must be logic in what and why things are happen but that logic is not something you can apply to Google. Looking at what G. has in link:qoolest.com and what it has in WMT, one can't stop wondering if Matt Catts have any idea what the hell he is talking about.

Logic would say if link:qoolest.com lists amray.com then WMT should have that link listed in there as well, but... when it comes to G... eh, forget about it.

I wonder if anybody noticed these differences in "link" and WMT data?



mimika

[YMC]

I've been noticing that none of the stats programs appear to be counting things the same way. Just look at the Adsense stats using the "old" and "new" interfaces. Then bring up Analytics and you get yet a third set of numbers.

Used the Yahoo tool some time ago and tracked backlinks. What did I learn? It's a waste of time to worry about it. Sites showed 3,000 backlinks one month, 500 the next and then 2,100 the next. The numbers swung so much that it's doubtful one could assume that it was simply a matter of sites coming and going or dropping my links.

I guess I look at things as trends. Is my traffic generally up or down? If there's a big swing either way, I look and see if it is something I can exploit or need to fix.

[Bob Lord]

If Google accurately reported all links then PR could easily be manipulated couldn't it? Maybe that's why their link reports don't make sense.

[YMC]

I can understand, sorta, the backlinks with G but even their pageviews are inconsistent.

[mimika]

Originally Posted by Bob Lord

If Google accurately reported all links then PR could easily be manipulated couldn't it? Maybe that's why their link reports don't make sense.

It has been and will be manipulated no matter what on both sides but that wasn't my point.

What I want to know, is why there are two sets of backlinks, one when you check link: and another in WMT?
Also, why are they so different?



mimika