The MSN link: operator is back

The team at FathomSEO has noted that the option to check inbound links through MSN has now been enabled again. MSN removed the option to check on inbound links using the method of link: used by Google and Yahoo a while ago.

They have noted that a variety of different operators can be used to query inbound links, all providing different results. They have experimented with the standard Google and Yahoo format of link:www.site.com but found this does not work, but that the following options do:

link:http://www.site.com
link-http://www.site.com
(link:http://www.site.com)
(link-http://www.site.com)

link site (using only the word link and your domain name without the “www” or TLD)

In addition MSN have enabled the OR operator for link: queries allow the following formats to be used:

link www.site.com OR www.site.com
link site OR site
(link site OR site)

Now analysing the inbound linking to your site is possible again through MSN thanks to the team at FathomSEO.