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3.2.2.7

Link Popularity

The link popularity columns list the number of web pages on the Internet linking to the domain

name. In addition to link popularity some directory listing checks can be performed to see if the

domain name is included and you can also display the Alexa traffic rank of the domain name. The

directory listing status and Alexa traffic rank are not counted in the total link popularity column.

Each search engine keeps its own link popularity count as each search engines database is

different therefore you must 

select which search engines

 to display the link popularity for. Each

search engine selected is displayed in a separate column.

Note: The link popularity columns are only available in the 

Detail results format

.

As the link popularity for each domain name is being searched the marker 

[???]

 is displayed.

The 

total

 link popularity (this column is optional) is colored according to the following table:

Total

Popularity

100000 or higher

Extremely high

10000 to 100000

Very high

2000 to 10000

High

500 to 2000

Medium

100 to 500

Low

Below 100

Very Low

Note:

 Directory listings, such as Yahoo and DMOZ, are usually shown as "Yes" if included in the

directory and "No" if not and in any case are not added to the total link popularity. Some other

search engine ratings might not also be added to the total link popularity. For example, the Alexa

traffic rank is an indicator of how the domain name ranks against other domain names and is not a

link popularity rating as such. The lower the rank the more traffic that the domain name gets. A

ranking of 1 is the highest traffic domain name listed by Alexa.

See also:

Detail Display options

Compact Display options

3.2.3

Whois Pane

The whois pane appears below the search results table and displays the full whois details of the

selected domain name. Select a domain name in the search results (a row in the detail format or a

cell in the domain availability columns in the compact format) and the full whois details for the

domain name are displayed.

You can select and copy text from the whois pane.

To show or hide the whois pane use the 

display options

.

See also:

Display Options

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