Internal links - OpenSiteExplorer vs Webmaster tools
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Hi guys,
I run Opensiteexplorer on the website www.fazland.com (in italian...). (https://moz.com/researchtools/ose/comparisons?site=www.fazland.com)
It only shows ca 240 internal links where I know there are plenty more also shown in Google Webmaster Tools. I cannot figure out why it can crawl so few links - Google shows 79.000 links found and internal links are pretty well established. Any suggestions from your experience on this difference?
Cheers,
Rob
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Thanks Patrick! Very helpful
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Hi Roberto
This is just the way tools go - different vendors with different crawlers show different numbers of links - both external and internal. It's impossible to be exact for these crawlers, let alone match up what they find 1 to 1 with another crawler. You'll always see different data.
You can learn more about Google Webmaster Tools crawls here and Open Site Explorer here. I suggest reading up so you know the differences and what to expect.
If you want a live external and internal link count - try ScreamingFrog - there are multiple ways to set up a crawl with it and you can get pretty granular with the data.
Hope this helps a bit! Good luck!
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