Page Linking Root Domains vs Root Domain Linking Root Domains
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Hi all,
I am new on seomoz and I am not getting which is the difference between "Page Linking Root Domains" and "Root Domain Linking Root Domains". Could anyone please give me a clear explanation? An example would be excellent.
Thank you
Christine.
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The link: command in Google is an inaccurate estimate (Google themselves have said so). The information in Google Webmaster Tools is closer to reality, but still incomplete.
Google and Open Site Explorer use different crawlers, so they will report different amounts of links.
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Page Linking Root Domains are the number of unique domains that have a link pointed towards the particular page you're looking at on your site. For example, if you have a separate page for Contact Info on your site, this would only count links pointed directly at your Contact Info page and not any other page on your site.
Root Domain Linking Root Domains are the number of unique domains pointing to any page on your site. This will always be the higher number since it includes all pages, not just one.
Does this make sense?
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