Tool Time Friday | Part One – Firefox Addons to Explore..

backlinks in Google Webmaster Tools.

This is a four part series – This is part one of four.

Google does allow us to have a sneak peek on which links it is aware of. This data is private and can be accessed only by the site owner through Google Webmaster Tools “Pages with external links” section. Surprisingly, (while Google does know better than anyone which data would be great to show for each backlinking page), the information is rather poorly organized and lacks much important data. Here are 3 FireFox extensions that can help with backlink research in Google Webmaster Tools:

1. SEO link analysis shows the essential link properties: nofollow attribute (strikes the link through), anchor text, or status (”Link not found“) and the linking page Google PageRank.

Thanks to Ann Smart.