Why is a link considered active, but is no longer on the page?
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How come links sometimes show up in OSE or Yahoo Site Explorer and then when you go to the page, they're not there anymore? Why is a link indexed or considered active but is no longer on the page?
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I think Open Site Explorer uses the Linkscape link index which is updated monthly. So it is very possible that the link was taken down or moved to a different page (common with blogs when the link falls off the homepage) since the last time Linkscape was updated.
Another tool I use to check links is SEOHeap which is free and you can quickly check whether a link is active by clicking a button next to the link data.
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