: How could I know where the search engine found my page? I have a URL pattern that was found by the search engine, I've tried the link directive to find backward links. But to no avail. So

@Eichhorn148

The only time that I have found that Google tells you where it found links to your site, is when the page on your site is 404 Not Found. In that case, Google has a 404 report in Webmaster Tools that includes information about what links to that URL.

If you have a valid page on your site, I've never seen Google tell you this information. The referrer field that Googlebot sends when it crawls is always blank. Google specifically makes the link: directive incomplete and useless.

Bing on the other hand has a inbound links tool available in their webmaster tools. When you log in and validate your site, they will tell you about links they find to your pages.

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@Phylliss660

To see which of your pages have been indexed you should use the site operator:


site:www.domain.com


This will return all of the pages Google has crawled and indexed within your site. You can also modify the search to look for certain keywords or urls

The Google reference may be useful

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