Google’s John Mueller has suggested users not to use link operator. Link command could be used to find the pages linking to a URL: link:www.domain.com.

Google Kills The Link Command Officially

Google Kills The Link Command Officially

However, as we see Google’s Search Console Help document has bot been updated as yet. It still says, “To find a sampling of links to any site, you can perform a Google search using the link: operator. For instance, [link:www.google.com] will list a selection of the web pages that have links pointing to the Google home page. Note there can be no space between the "link:" and the web page URL.”

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Ritu from PageTraffic is a qualified Google Ads Professional and Content Head at PageTraffic. She has been the spear head for many successful Search Marketing Campaigns and currently oversees Content Marketing operations of PageTraffic in India.