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
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.
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.
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.