Google queries for website research
08 May 2009 | By Dan in link buildingWe have been doing quite a lot of Internet research recently, both on behalf of clients and as a part of our own marketing (shock horror). Much of this work has been centred on finding particular types of websites within a particular area. This isn’t as easy as it sounds but with some advanced Google queries its amazing what you can find out.
Finding Forums
topic keyword + “Powered by phpBB” OR “powered by vBulletin”
Finding Blogs
keyword + “Blog powered by TypePad” OR “powered by Wordpress”
keyword + “view comments”
intitle:”blog” + keyword
keyword “become a contributor” OR “contribute to this site”
Finding Directories
keyword * directory
www directories or www AND directories + keyword
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[...] link to your competitors. Look at sites that rank highly for your target keyphrase and then use advanced Google queries or specialised backlink software to analyse who links to them as they are likely to link to you as [...]