Even though Google is the giant among search engines, one thing Yahoo always outranked Google is by showing our sites backlinks both do follow and no follow links.  The tool was a great resource for all webmasters but today I was amazed to find the curtains drawn on the yahoo site explorer. (Check the screenshot below).

 

 

 

I was a little surprised on this development and I thought let’s see whether anyone has seized the moment by providing the same service free and I came across this site backlinkwatch(check screen shot below)

 

 

One can see the site once you submit your url you get a detailed report of the backlinks form other domain, anchor text used and obl. It’s a different interface and would need to build the reputation in order to reach the heights of a sensation like Yahoo. I also came across a post where it was mentioned that SEOMOZ has an open site explorer but that’s only for pro members and also there were more sites listed.

The next thing I wanted to check was the Bing webmaster tools. Now I found it very similar to Google webmaster tools here are some screen shots

This is the default page once one logs in

 

 

 

Then we have to click on the add site button and type our website URL

 

 

Initially one has to fill the preferences pop up displayed below

 

 

 

 

So let’s all hear the message from Bing below

 

 

Yes that’s all we have got to say now Welcome Bing webmaster tools hope index explorer and your analytics provide us with more potential data for our website development.