Author Topic: Link operator dead?  (Read 2795 times)

Rupert

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Link operator dead?
« on: March 15, 2017, 10:47:29 AM »
I missed this, until Eric Ward told me.

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-recommends-no-longer-using-link-operator/183532/

I am guessing this will be good news for ahrefs and Majestic?
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Re: Link operator dead?
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2017, 01:23:45 PM »
Yeah, but hasen't been unuseful for a long time. I haven't used it for years.. :)

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Re: Link operator dead?
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2017, 02:02:03 PM »
In practice it's been dead for nigh on a decade

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Re: Link operator dead?
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2017, 02:12:29 PM »
Yeah this just makes it official.

>Majestic all the way.

Lately they have been a bit crap, since last couple updates. Missing more and more links that ahrefs finds.

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Re: Link operator dead?
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2017, 02:23:19 PM »
> Missing more and more links

Yeah, agreed. Seeing more and more sites blocking the majestic (and other) crawlers. Still using the Topical trust flow a lot for checking relevance of links.

Either way, the link: operator was/is crap :)

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Re: Link operator dead?
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2017, 02:58:36 PM »
What was the command that I think NFFC found that got removed.

Am I right that there was one.