Why aren't links to my site showing up in open site explorer?
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My site is http://www.thesquarefoot.com
Google analytics shows many more (though more than a handful of links that we have gotten recently still don't show up there).
Definite newbie here so please be kind...
Thanks!
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I find that all the info on the Competitive Domain reporting in SEOmoz to ber completely inaccurate, i have over 300 links to my site showing in Webmaster Tools and other software but SEOmoz is only showing 12 linking root domains and this data has not updated now for several months.
How are you supposed to provide regular accurate reports to your clients when this data is so outdated? I pay my monthly fee for up-to-date accurate data and I dont appear to be getting this....not happy
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It looks like the next OSE update is on June 6th so hang in there! Sometimes it takes 30-60 days. I'm patiently waiting for links to my brand new site to show as well.
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Is there something going on with OSE? I've been noticing a lack of links being shown that I know would normally be, with linked to, and linked from sites indexed, and plenty of time passed for updates.
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Open site explorer (OSE) is updated once a month so there is some lag in between updates. However, I found a good chunk of links to your site on yahoo site explorer. https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/search?p=www.thesquarefoot.com&fr=sfp
Yahoo site explorer is a good resource, you just dont get as much link data as you do with OSE.
hope this helps
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Opensite explorer isn't updated instantly. It also isn't all encompassing (but it's getting there!). Give it time. I use google analytics to track where my traffic is coming from as it is the best way to see who is linking to you.
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