OpenSiteExplorer Doesn't Show accurate links
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Why do I get different results from SEOmoz tool bar and OpenSiteExplorer for some sites.
For instance I look at one site and toolbar says it has 101 link domains, so I check it in OpenSiteExplorer and it says 2 link domains...?
Am I missing something, or is it just not working properly?
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Hi Barney,
Thanks for letting us know. Sometimes when you click through to OSE from the MozBar, on rare occasions Open Site Explorer will drop the "www" and show you metrics for the incorrect subdomain.
The best thing to do is make sure that you're reading the right subdomain in OSE. So if your url contains a "www" make sure it is entered in the OSE address bar, and if the URL you are checking doesn't have a "www" make sure this is also reflected in the address bar.
I believe the engineers mostly fixed this bug recently, so it shouldn't come up to often. If you are seeing something else or this doesn't seem to fix it, be sure to let us know. You can also write the SEOmoz help team at help@seomoz.org.
Hope this helps! Best of luck with your SEO.
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In the SEOMoz tool bar it says 4,000 links from 101 domains - then I click on the link directly from tool bar and it says 2 domains...
so it seems to be a problem with the tools...?
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The 2 links you are seeing in opensiteexplorer is most likely the 2 unique domains that link to you. 101 links in SEOMoz toolbar is the number of pages that link to you from those 2 domains.
If that's not the case, just make sure you are using the exact same url including the 'www' in the beginning.
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