Google Webmaster Tools - backlinks

Discussion in 'Google' started by promomanagers, Dec 8, 2007.

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    I'm curious to find the frequency at which the backlinks data is updated in Google webmaster tools? Is it a function of the last crawl date of something else?

    MSN/Live/Yahoo seem to update the list a couple of times a day. I'm guessing it's tied to an earlier crawl as of today we're still not showing any backlinks through Google yet it's got by far the most overall results.

    Thanks
     
    promomanagers, Dec 8, 2007 IP
  2. boogalooDude

    boogalooDude Peon

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    I wouldn't trust that tool. Google picks and chooses which of the links it's got indexed it shows you and how they pick them is anyones guess.
     
    boogalooDude, Dec 8, 2007 IP
  3. Zanswer

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    Just use it as a reference. Google can pick up a link quickly in Analytics, but takes a couple months to show it in webmaster tools.
     
    Zanswer, Dec 9, 2007 IP
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    1-2 weeks to few months.
     
    gibex, Dec 9, 2007 IP
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    Thank you gibex, that makes sense given the situation. Some of the tools I found through this site show dozens of backlinks so I believe you are 100% correct. Others have indexed the rankings for links are also updated with the PR updates.

    This site has been terrific, thanks again.
     
    promomanagers, Dec 9, 2007 IP