How to Monitor Backlinks With Google Reader
Website backlinks are links from pages or blog posts that point to your website. You can use a combination of Google Blog Search and Google Reader to keep track of new backlinks that appear on the Web, linking back to your site. When a new backlink comes online, the item linking to you will show up inside Google Reader so you can check it out. Learning how to monitor backlinks using Google Reader takes just a few steps.
Other People Are Reading
Instructions
-
-
1
Visit Google Blog Search at blogsearch.google.com.
-
2
Enter the following query into the search box:
link:yoursite.com
Replace "yoursite.com" with the URL for which you want to monitor backlinks.
-
-
3
Click the "Search Blogs" button.
-
4
Right-click the "RSS" link near the bottom of the page and click "Copy link address."
-
5
Visit the Google Reader website at google.com/reader.
-
6
Click the "Add a subscription" button at the top-left corner of the page.
-
7
Right-click inside the "Add a subscription" box and click "Paste," then click the "Add" button. A search for backlinks to your website is now added to your Google Reader account. Each time a new backlink appears linking to your website, the item will show up as a feed item inside Google Reader.
-
1
