Open Site Explorer doesn't update correctly
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We have been using OSE for a little over 2 Months now and our link demographics haven't changed although we have been getting lots of backlinks from other blogs and webpages.
Google Webmaster Tools displays these links but OSE, even after the updates, doesn't.
Our domain is about 1 Year old and has had indexed content on it since June this year.Google Webmaster Tools shows 24 Links to our domain but OSE only 3. The domain is http://www.wellbo.de
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Yep i found majestic pretty useful, i also am now using a combination.
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I posted the same question to the latest blog post on the linkscape update and i got some great advice. Essentially, don't rely simply on one source (even though SEOMOz rocks) for reviewing backlinks and authority. Some referred me to Majestic SEO and so far it is extremely close to YSE and WT. Check it out:
The free account will let you explorer basic backlink stats for any URL.
Good Luck - Kyle
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Cannot say i'm happy with ose, inaccuracy to me.
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OSE requires up to 60 days to find new links. The updates are based on the Linkscape crawl of the web which takes 2-3 weeks to complete. Once the crawl is complete, it takes 1-2 weeks to process and publish the data. Depending on when your link is published and the importance of the web page involved (i.e. PA/DA) the link may not be discovered during the current crawl cycle.
Also keep in mind Linkscape only crawls the top 25% of web pages on the internet. For the most part, if a link does not appear in OSE after 2 cycles the link has little to no value.
The index was updated last on November 28th. It will be updated again on January 4th. The update calendar can be seen here: http://seomoz.zendesk.com/entries/345964-linkscape-update-schedule
It had been updated previously on November 2nd. If you are aware of a link which was definitely in place in October but does not appear in OSE, please share the link and we can offer feedback. Most often the link is on a page with no importance. A few other likely possibilities:
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the page is noindexed or blocked by robots.txt
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the page is buried deep on the site
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the site is an island page with no links to it
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the site has indexing / navigation issues
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the site has low DA/PR and the page is too many clicks from the home page to be crawled.
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