Why does Google Webmaster Tools report I have inbound links from over 120 different domains and OSE reports I have 7
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My client's site is www.graysonmountainrealestate.com.
Google Webmaster Tools reports I have over 120 different domains linking to the site. Why does OSE report only 7?
Thanks,
Ken
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Hi Ken
Google is much larger than us so they will always show more data. Also when checking your linking root domains, make sure you are filtering for all 3 metrics for page, sub-domain, and root-domain. We basically index about 35% of what Google can. A lot of people recommend using multiple backlink tools to obtain a full profile. This has come up many times in the Q&A before so you should check out some of the answers there which might help:
http://moz.com/community/q/discrepancy-between-ose-internal-links-and-webmaster-tools
http://moz.com/community/q/seomoz-not-showing-latest-backlinks
Hope this helps!
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Sorry for the duplicate post but I got a timeout error on the first
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Dennis,
Thanks for answering but this is totally unacceptable.
The ranking for Domain and Page Authorities for my site (and all others) MUST be based on the number and quality of inbound links (among other factors) to my site. If the most highly ranked sites that link to mine (Yahoo, Trulia, Zillow, etc.) are not found by Moz, how can I place even a shred of confidence in the ranking Moz gives my site (or any one else's for that matter)?
Ken
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Dennis,
Thanks for answering but this is totally unacceptable. The Domain and Page Authorities calculated by Moz MUST be based on the number and quality of inbound links to my site. If the most highly ranked sites (e.g. Yahoo, Trulia, Zillow, etc.) that link to my site are not found by Moz, how can a place a shred of faith in the number that Moz gives my site?
Ken
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Hi!
Much like any link checker, OSE will not show everything you have. It tries to improve the database each month but similar to ahrefs and majestic, it will not (always) be able to show 100% of your links
The best way is to actually combine the different sources, including Yandex. You'd get almost all of your links like that.
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