Why do my top linking domains according to Webmaster tools, not even appear in my OSE report?

[MarbellaSurferDude]

I know the Google index is obviously a lot larger than the MOZ index...but....

I have 8,000 links from blogspot.com according to Webmaster tools, and just one link according to OSE

I have 600 links from an online dictionary according to Webmaster tools, not one is mentioned in my OSE report.

I'd go so far as to say most of my top 10 linking domains according to Webmaster Tools, don't even have a single mention in my OSE report.

We've been hit hard by Penguin 2.0 and I want to look at our link profile.....it seems OSE may be great for looking at my competitors link profiles,  but for my own site it seems to be, well, not very accurate at all!

So from a trying to do undo the damage caused by Penguin 2.0 point of view, should I just use webmaster tools and forget about OSE?

Thanks!

[asmedia]

I agree to Vadim you should use all tools available if necessary so that you can identify all the back links possible and remove them asap and file the reconsideration request. They way I would do it, is to start obviously with the biggest which should be the webmaster tools, and write down in an excel or a doc all the links you sorted out, and after when useing OSE and other your will see if you have all ready done that link Good luck with that

[vmialik]

Hi Konstantinos,

This should help: http://moz.com/community/q/google-webmaster-tools-and-open-site-explorer-s-links-not-matching-up

Summary from Keri (from Moz's) response: "SEOmoz and Google use different crawlers. We're not quite the size of Google, and the server farm we have doesn't quite match theirs either. Simply put, we don't crawl as many URLs as Google, so we won't show as many links."

In terms of which to use, use all tools including OSE, GWT, Bing, and others you find at your disposal.

Hope this helps