Why Do Domain Link Metrics Differ in Keyword Difficulty Report vs OpenSiteExplorer
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If anyone could shed some light on this that would be great. It seems as if the two tools are using different versions of the database?
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Hi Mike,
@SEOmoz tweeted a few hours ago that the team had completed the latest Linkscape Update a week ahead of schedule.
Since there is generally a wait time before you can download your Advanced Report from the Keyword Difficulty Tool, it is quite possible that the numbers you obtained from there were Pre-Update, so may have changed in OSE.
There is currently an issue with the Keyword Difficulty Tool producing an error result, but the Help Team are aware of it and working to resolve the issue. If you want to keep up with progress on that you can follow @SEOmoz on Twitter and they will advise when it is resolved. Then you will be able to run your Advanced Report again.
You can run a 5 site comparison in Open Site Explorer using the Advanced Reports to get you through with most of the information if you need to.
If for some reason you don't believe the Update timing was a factor, then the best solution would be to email the Help Team help[at]seomoz.org.
Hope that helps,
Sha
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