How to check/count Back Links

I wrote about How to Create Back Links previously.

Now let's see how to check for back links. This is useful for blogs, websites, etc.

On the Google search bar simply type
link:

For example
link:thingswelovetohate.blogspot.com
or
link:http://thingswelovetohate.blogspot.com

would result to the same number of back links.

You can determine how many back links a website has on the same window. Right above the search results, and right below the Search text box is a blue (in classic mode) highlighted line that shows how many results were found.

For example
link:www.mylot.com



You will see that it had a total of 142 back links at the time of the search.