Google links problem

[flix]

I've got a problem with referring links to my site.

Confusingly, when I search link:the-name-of-my-site.co.uk, only 5 pages are mentioned, yet under my google tools, in the "What Googlebot sees" there are at least 18 different site link terms. And under this part of my google dashboard -
Links > Pages with external links
there are 101 links in total logged that point to my site.

Does anyone have any input as to why these aren't searchable by "link:the-name-of-my-site" on google? Would their absence potentially mean my ranking is lower than it should be?

Even more strangely, when I use this tool the link popularity tool from the SEO Positive site, I don't get any links for google at all (not even my own site appears), despite getting results for altavista and yahoo etc, anyone have any ideas on this?

 

[surreypcsupport]

It's normal for many more backlinks to appear in webmaster tools compared with link:domain name

Only links from strong pages appear in link:domain name

 

[CerIs]

Use Yahoo, they show about 80% of links im told

 

[Arleigh]

@flix

Don't be worried for that.. It's just normal.

While the External links page provides a larger sampling of links to your site, not all links to your site may be listed. This is normal.
https://google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=55281

 

[deluxdon]

It's normal for many more backlinks to appear in webmaster tools compared with link:domain name

Only links from strong pages appear in link:domain name

Agree with above statement.

So just don't worry and keep working on link building.

DON.

 

[YooHee]

i think you can't trust on some link checker, because, some of them are not that accurate in giving results

 

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