Open Site Explorer Not Working on 99% of Sites
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I'm trying to use Open Site Explorer, but whenever I try to I get the error message "Ouch! It Looks Like Something Went South". Interestingly, I don't have this problem when entering a very popular site like google.com, yahoo.com, bbc.co.uk.
Is there a problem with the tool at the moment, or something wrong on my end?
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Yeah - it should be just temporary (think it was just a few hours this AM when our API servers through Amazon's cloud went wacky). We're working on ways to make them stable, even if/when Amazon's having issues.
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We're having an issue with LInkscape right now, which OSE (and other tools) uses. We're working on it right now. Keep an eye on the SEOmoz twitter account (@seomoz) for updates.
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I'm currently unable to use OSE as well.
Also, the MozBar isn't working.
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I can't help but am having the same problem at the moment.
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