Having backlinks is vital to your blog, as it helps increase its popularity. There are many means available to check your incoming links.
One method of checking for incoming links is to use link popularity services such as http://LinkPopularity.com and http://Marketleap.com.
Keep in mind that unlike Yahoo and MSN, Google does not always display all your backlinks.
Technorati -Another method for finding what blogs are linking to you is to check Technorati. To check your links on Technorati use the following method http://www.technorati.com/search/ http://yourblogtitle.com.
Technorati states that they attempt to index full content from blogs. If they cannot find a full content, they index the HTML on the front page. Any content that can’t be found in either of these places does not get indexed currently. So if a blogs RSS feed is not set to full, then it is possible that not all backlinks will show in Technorati.
Google Blogsearch- http://blogsearch.google.com is another place to check for new incoming links to your blog. Google blog search allows you to search via a specific timeframe, such as blogs linking in within the last hour, 12...