I noticed with the new google webmasters view they show a lot fewer inbound links, about 60-70% less than the older version was showing. I noticed that lots the majority of the links that are missing are directories that I submitted to are no longer there. Anyone else notice this? Is google trying to stop counting links from these directories now?
It is strange. My links are the same! Just wait, maybe it is an error and things will be fine after a while. You should also check to make sure you links are still where you placed them.
The same happen to mine. Maybe the new webmasters tool still in the process of updating backlinks until it finished to fetch all backlinks.
Sometimes fluctuations in web rankings or temporary problems regarding the status and update condition of the websites containing links could be the reason. Sometimes the links pages might be inaccessible for example.
Just normal here, maybe little increase of new backlinks and I've noticed few old backlinks were not showing.
Mine went down, but its really no importance because there was NO CHANGE TO SERP. old GWT= 2,550 new GWT = 1,875
you're right... when they had both versions link stats didn't match and were lower that in old version.
Yup, the new GWT shows less than half the links it did previously for one of my sites. Directory backlinks still show though. I usually see a big drop in the number of backlinks reported in GWT a couple of weeks after a PR toolbar export but this drop is bigger than I've seen before.
Confirmed, the same thing seems to be happening to me as well.. When i could access the old WMT there was a huge difference between the old and the new ones !!! Hope it's going to increase back soon..