OSE Backlink results - reported link not actually there?
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Not a complaint, but a question to understand how the research tool operates:
When I run backlink checks on websites, often the reported link is not only not on the page, but it's not found anywhere on the site.
I use several tools to search for the link url as well as for the keyword. Why does the tool report a link is there, but I cannot find the links in some cases? Is there a lag in the information the tool is using, making it not quite up to date, or is it something else?
Thanks much!
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The last OSE index update was on May 1, but those links are from a crawl period of roughly Jan thru mid-March IIRC, so there is a lag. The link has probably moved to a different page or expired or is gone for another reason.
The next index update is scheduled for next week and should represent much newer data.
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