Basic Seo concept: What is the difference between link and domain?

Although we write this topic under the category of Seo entry, according to the information we have found on the Internet, many people have misunderstandings about the differences between link and domain, that is, this problem is not simple.

Here we will give the answer directly, without example, not to mention why, to be more concise and clear. If you have different opinions, go to the corresponding search engine for verification. Or leave a message on the seo q & A forum.

The most important thing is:Link and domain have different meanings in different search engines.

Link:

• Baidu and link do not represent a command, but a common keyword. The link: www.seowhy.com search results are all webpages that contain such a keyword (link: www.seowhy.com) phrase, the same as the search for other common keywords. It is not a reverse link.
• Google searches for reverse links, but only contains a small portion of all reverse links of the website. We recommend that you use the Google website administrator tool to query all reverse links of your website.
• Yahoo, search for reverse links, but need to add "http: //" in front of the domain name, such as: Link: http://www.seowhy.com note: domain Name addition is different from "www.

Domain:

• Baidu: The webpage content contains a keyword. For example, the domain: www.seowhy.com search result is all webpages containing the keyword phrase (www.seowhy.com. Similarly, domain: Seo refers to all webpages that contain Seo, similar to direct search for Seo. Domain can be used to find the number of webpages that contain your website.
• Google, domain does not represent a command. It is just a common keyword.
• Yahoo, same as site. Search for all indexed webpages under the domain name.

From: http://www.seowhy.com/1_100_zh.html