Often times, other Web site administrators will come across your site and see something they would like to include on theirs. For example, that happens a lot with World Start’s wallpaper. We get e-mails everyday from people asking if they can put our wallpaper on their Web site. Fortunately, we are very open to letting other people use our material, as long as they give us proper credit. So, if you have a business Web site and you have a daily business tip (or something similar), other people may be interested in using it on their site as well (as long as proper credit is given, of course!)
This type of thing is very common. Most people seem to like it, because it gives their site more recognition and it helps spread the word all over the Web. On the other hand, some of you may not like your material being used on other sites. Of course, that’s perfectly fine, because it is your Web site. You own it, you run it and you can do what you want with it.
Either way, the next little trick I’m going to share with you will help you see which Web sites are linked to yours, which in turn, anyone can see. If you like the recognition, you can always go and check to make sure the site is giving you credit. Or, if you don’t like the situation, you can always go to the site and look up the administrator’s contact information to e-mail them and ask them to remove your material from their site. They have to comply with you, because it’s your property! But all in all, you can see this tip is good for either side of the track.
Ok, so here’s the trick! This is for the Google search engine only. Go to Google’s homepage and in the search box, you’re going to type a simple line: link:yoursite.com. When you’re done, just click on the Search button.
