Open Site Explorer only showing 10 internal links, and 270 external links
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Hi, I run the website www.abackpackerstale.com ,and for some reasons opensite explorer is only showing 10 internal links, and a 200 and something external links.
How can I fix this as I am sure it is hurting my DA authority, and overall site score.
Thanks!
Stephen
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Hi Stephen!
My name is Erin, and I'm on the Moz Help Team. Thanks for reaching out! Pixelbypixel is totally right, OSE isn't the end all be all of SEO.
I looked into your site, and I'm guessing that the reason we're only pulling 10 internal links into the index is because your site has javascript. OSE has always had a heck of a time crawling past javascript, which would explain why you aren't seeing more links. I agree with Pixelbypixel in that it's good to compare with Majestic and Ahrefs. Each index will give you a different perspective on how your site it doing.
I hope this helps, and happy Tuesday!
Erin
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Did you remember to change your filter from "this page" to "Pages on this root domain" ?
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Hey! Thanks for the super fast response.
I am looking at the Internal Equity- Passing Links
| Internal Equity-Passing Links: Number of equity-passing links that come from pages on the same root domain as this URL. Equity-passing links are those that search engines generally consider to pass ranking value. These include followed links, 301 redirects, rel=canonical, and URL rewrites that send a 301 response code. | 10 |
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Hiya,
If you are worried you can always run "fetch as Google" this should let you know if Google has any problems. Running a Moz pro report is also a great way to detect any problems or errors on your site.
I see a lot more than 10 internal links. Have you got your filters set up to exclude a lot maybe?
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Right on. Thanks for the answer. However, I should have been more clear. For the internal links some of them have been set in place for years. Would there be something wrong in my code that is stopping this from showing up in Open Site explorer.
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Hi Stephen,
First off don't worry about it hurting your site, its simply software that gives a rough indicator of quality. It is not the be all and end all of SEO. I recommend when looking at back links you also compare with other similar software like Majestic SEO & Ahrefs.
OSE sometimes takes a little while to get around to crawling all links and as I mentioned its only a guide to success not a guarantee. So don't panic and continue with your SEO strategy as well as checking other sources so you can get the best idea of how you are doing.
Hope that helps & good luck.
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