Since Google only gives us a sample of backlinks, using Yahoo to list backlinks is the better choice. To get more detailed information from Yahoo about your backlinks, use the following commands.
Find all links to your domain including those from your own internal pages:
linkdomain:www.yourdomain.com
Find all links to your domain from external domains only (none from your own domain):
linkdomain:www.yourdomain.com -site:www.yourdomain.com
Find all external links to your domain while also excluding those from a another domain:
linkdomain:www.yourdomain.com -site:www.yourdomain.com -site:www.anotherdomain.com
This last one is useful for excluding sitewide backlinks, for example.
You may need to try these with and without the www. as the results can vary.
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