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In OSE "Followed Linking Root Domains" = "links from homepages"

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In OSE's, "Followed Linking Root Domains" are defined as "The number of root domains that have at least one followed link to a page or domain." Does this mean that if one of my competitors has, let's say, 1000 followed linking root domains, they have a link pointing to them on the homepage of 1000 other sites?

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Your competitor has 1000 different websites linking to them. It could be from any page on their site to any page on your site.

It's not necessarily their home page.
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