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Why We Are Here => Traffic => Topic started by: Rupert on March 15, 2017, 10:47:29 AM

Title: Link operator dead?
Post by: Rupert 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?
Title: Re: Link operator dead?
Post by: Rumbas 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.. :)

Majestic all the way.
Title: Re: Link operator dead?
Post by: JasonD on March 15, 2017, 02:02:03 PM
In practice it's been dead for nigh on a decade
Title: Re: Link operator dead?
Post by: Drastic 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.
Title: Re: Link operator dead?
Post by: Rumbas 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 :)
Title: Re: Link operator dead?
Post by: ukgimp 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.
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