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is google really that slow at identifying and indexing backlinks?

Whilst on my weekly search engine optimisation (SEO) tasks, I am really getting the feeling that the Google bot is way behind the other search engines bot for identifying and indexing back-links.

I use WebSEO as my SEO tool, and this tool reports on the following back-link data:

  • Altavista: 546 links to my blog
  • Google: 5 links
  • HotBot: was 4349 links but sadly dropped to 28 links (scratching my head on this one…)
  • Yahoo: 1005 links
  • Windows Live (MSN): 4324 links

This blog has been operational since August 2006 so Google has had plenty of time to catch up. Maybe the latest news about all the Google data-centers being full to capacity may have some bearings?

I use Technorati to publish my blog feeds and it today records:

These 56 links can be seen at Dicontas Blog Links from Technorati.

The msnbot does a really quick job at keeping up with all my blog changes, so why not google?

Is the size of Google’s bot too big to fit into its current pair of jeans?…

Written on 08 January 2007 by Dicontas Blog Admin under Other with 2 Comments
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