webmaster tools isnt showing sites linking to me?

Discussion in 'Google' started by clyde frog, Jul 2, 2011.

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    just a few days ago i had around 100 backlinks from 30 or so sites. now it's saying no data available? anyone experiencing this same problem, or is it just me? :\
     
    clyde frog, Jul 2, 2011 IP
  2. MBroker

    MBroker Peon

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    There seems to be issues with it or they are on purpose just showing very few links. A few days ago I had 19 000 backlinks according to webmaster tools, now it says I have 13. If anything the backlinks have increased in the past few days.

    I checked another site I have and it says 9500 total links, however, when clicking "more" it just shows 20 or so links so something is definitely messed up.
     
    MBroker, Jul 2, 2011 IP
  3. jimbo2779

    jimbo2779 Active Member

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    Google's link tracking is somewhat suspect. I tend not to take much notice of this anymore as it doesnt often affect my sites rankings so I just spend my time gaining more backlinks instead of worrying what google is choosing to show me. Obviously this is more of a problem if you are using the stats to show to a client.

    Yahoo siteexplorer is a better gauge of how your link efforts are going.
     
    jimbo2779, Jul 2, 2011 IP
  4. Genesis1

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    I usually look for yahoo links, they are more accurate
     
    Genesis1, Jul 3, 2011 IP