Is the link data from Open Site Explorer in real time or an average?
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I just started using Open Site Explorer to track internal and external link data. Is this information given in real time or is it an average over a specified period of time?
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Hi Laura,
Your answer could be found in the About section of the Open Site Explorer:
"We update our Linkscape Index every 4 weeks. Crawling the entire Internet to look for links takes 2-3 weeks, but our crawlers are always in motion. When we need to start processing, we grab all the data they have collected and start processing which can take up to 3 weeks to determine which of those links are the most important.".
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