hey kgun,
I noticed your signature phrase and had to laugh:

"If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts."

I might update it to this though...
"
If the facts don't fit the seo myth, change the facts."

Hi all,

The allinanchor search is a fantastic tool for establishing how many directly competing sites there are for a given keyword. Be Warned tho! If you do more than a certain amount of allinanchor searches in a row (usually 17 for me) you will get a message pop up from google telling you that it thinks you are doing automated requests:

We're sorry but your computer or network may be sending automated queries. To protect our users...

The long and the short of it is that you wont be able to do an allinanchor search for a few hours until you are forgiven and they let you crack on.

This doesn't seem to put you on a black-list or anything but is more of a temporary inconvenience. The best way to avoid this is to throw in a few 'normal' searches fo a while then carry on.

Hope that helps, the allinanchor search is a very useful tool and shapes a significant amount of my SEO.