Seems like my backlinks bounce up and down between 850 and 1100. Is there any explanation for this? Its been going on for about two months. I use several tools to check the links and they all match pretty close.
It's probably due to the spiders not consistently "seeing" links. This could be due to dynamic pages, javascript, and other quirky behavior. As said above, stick with one or two sources and watch for overall growth.
Hmmm.... would it be a benefit to keep a list of my backlinks and ping them regularly? Does anybody do this?