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OSE is showing 53 linking domains and WMT is showing 161.
Why are so many missing from OSE. They are all links of a decent age.

Thanks

Thanks Cyrus. 
This makes sense, but my main issues are:

• All our high ranking competitors use this strategy. A lot.
• We've adjusted some of the inbound footer links to include service terms in the anchors and our rankings have noticeably improved.

So I think I will continue with this plan, but mixing up the anchor text.

BTW - I've read a few articles on 'over optimisation'  and there seems to be a mixed consensus on what it actually means. Are there any definitie article on this?

Thanks Jared. Though why would most SEOs say this is a bad idea?

I work for a web design & development agency. We are looking to rank for 'web design' and 'web development'. Typically we have a credit in the footer of every site we build (below). We have a lot of backlinks (>60,000) this way.

web design and development by

We link 'web design and development' and '<our name="">' separately.
Does this strategy sound ok and can anyone suggest improvements?</our>

Thanks