O.S.E. vs Webmaster Tools
-
Webmaster tools is telling me I have a bunch of websites pointing to my website, and I have been adding links as of the last 3 weeks which WM Tools is already seeing. Open Site Explorer isn't really showing any of them? My site has gone from bottom of page 5 to page 2 in just 3 weeks so I'm happy about that but can anyone explain this to me?
-
Hi there,
Top place "/" will be your homepage.
"Not mentioned" or "not provided" or "not set" are increasingly prevalent and based on users being logged in to a Google account when searching.
-
In Google Webmaster Tool, While Checking for Traffic Source for My Blog !
Get a Top place always "/" and "Not Mentioned" in terms of Keyword !
What Does it Mean ! -
I ran AHrefs and got ahref rank of 99.1. Ive never used the site before, is that good?
-
I would suggest the issue is in the title.
It's not OSE vs. WMT
It's OSE + WMT.
OSE, Ahrefs, Majestic, WMT, and all the other backlink check methods will always produce less than 100% of your links. OSE seems to purposely ignore some lower-quality ones, Majestic seems to find a lot of duplicate links on other pages and AHrefs seems to give me the "best" results. If you put Ahrefs + OSE + WMT + Majestic, you get the best results, though.
WMT also seems to discover most links fastest. But I use OSE for much of our backlink research currently.
-
Yes WMT is going to have the most detailed list of all domains pointing. OSE and others could show anywhere between 5-20 or 30% of a link profile. I believe that WMT may show 50%+. Bear in mind these numbers are just indicative of what I have seen on our numerous websites and also what I have read. You are never going to have 100% of all links reported anywhere, it is all about getting the best possible picture you can and working from there.
-
So WMT is the best place to see whats actually pointing at the site? I actually see a few domains on WMT that I know for a fact have 301 redirects on them so there is literally no way it could be pointing to my website anymore.
Also its much different. WMT is saying I have 65 domains linking and OSE is saying like 18.
-
Hi Jonathon,
WMT is always going to show a far larger index of links compared to OSE or Ahrefs or any other backlink database. OSE and any other tools like that are only every going to give you a picture of your link profile, never the whole picture. We use these tools mainly for competitor research and to support WMT for our own sites.
Got a burning SEO question?
Subscribe to Moz Pro to gain full access to Q&A, answer questions, and ask your own.
Browse Questions
Explore more categories
-
Moz Tools
Chat with the community about the Moz tools.
-
SEO Tactics
Discuss the SEO process with fellow marketers
-
Community
Discuss industry events, jobs, and news!
-
Digital Marketing
Chat about tactics outside of SEO
-
Research & Trends
Dive into research and trends in the search industry.
-
Support
Connect on product support and feature requests.
Related Questions
-
Ahrefs Backlinks VS Moz Backlinks
HI Team and members We have website related to jobs in Pakistan and we purchased 5 niche edits backlinks to a specific page " MES Jobs 2021" In ahrefs it show only 2 backlinks to that page but in moz 0 backlinks but in actually there are 5 links. Why this happen in moz? We actually love this tool used for Keywords research for jobs in Pakistan find some cool keywords using moz but we facing backlinks issues in it.
Link Building | | AliHassanbinali1 -
Any advantage spreading linked-back articles vs concentrating them?
I have had good luck getting a reputable ezine in my field to publish my articles, and they always link back to my site. Would I do better SEO-wise to spread my articles among several different ezines?
Link Building | | Lysarden0 -
Free Link Prospecting Tool
Hi All, I am seeking a truly free, not just free trial, but 100% free link prospecting tool beyond using search modifiers on Google. I am constantly trying to find new sites to do outreach to based on a set of relevant keywords in specific geographies and the process is becoming cumbersome. I really appreciate any tools or advice on how to scale finding quality sites that are relevant for my keywords.
Link Building | | dsinger1 -
E-Commerce
I have an E-Commerce site with tons of categories. These categories live on each product page for easy navigation of the site. This means that the entire site has some 500 internal links with optimized anchor text. Is this an issue and if so .....what to do.
Link Building | | freestone0 -
Total Links vs Google Webmaster Site Links
I am interested why the numbers between SEOmoz and Google are so different. In SEOmoz we only show 17,000ish links from 190ish domains. In Google, we show 200,000+ links from 370 domains. Why is there such a dramatic difference?
Link Building | | webspecdesign0 -
Google webmaster tools Who links the most updates?
Has anyone ever seen in the section in GWT "Who links the most" actually update. I have sites listed in there that had me on a blogroll so I had 93,000 links to me and they removed those links months ago but GWT still shows that number of links. Does anyone else actually see those numbers go down as links are removed?
Link Building | | cbielich0 -
Copying Competitor's Link Backs?
Hello, Is it a viable idea to copy competitors link structure? Imagine we manage a new site with low page and domain authority. Is okay to use the Link Tool and filter domains that link back to our competitor and then work our way up from low ranking directories and related sites? Currently I am using RoboForm and trying to 'catch up' to a competitor in terms of link backs. Additionally, I've been reading articles about whether submitting to directories is good, but if we see they have alright domain and page authorities, does it make sense to apply to them when our competitors are in them? Much appreciated
Link Building | | Uramark0 -
What's the typical response time to link building email requests?
Hello Forum, We're about to embark on a link building campaign and were curious about how long, on average, it takes to get a response to an email requesting links to our page. We're trying to come up with a timeline estimate for our campaign. Thanks
Link Building | | pano0