Backlinks point to files

[d2bcomunicacao]

Hello,  Some competitors have which I am analyzing backlinks that point to files, eg. Dwg,. Fla. Pps. How is this possible?  Thank you.

[KeriMorgret]

Hi Daniella,

This is actually a known bug in the Linkscape crawl. In the past it has seen binary files and mistakenly counted them as links. Future crawls are reducing the number of cases in which this happens. So sorry you ran into this problem!

[d2bcomunicacao]

Thanks for the reply.

This means that this site actually has valid links analyzed by Google or this bug is only a tool and should be ignored?

[KeriMorgret]

This is a bug with Linkscape and OSE, and has nothing to do with Google. In short, Linkscape gets confused when it sees binary files and has wrongly said they are links. We're fixing this problem and it's decreasing with each crawl (you should see fewer of these tomorrow after today's crawl has been released). The other regular links you see are valid.

If you'd like, you can email help@seomoz.org and our help team will help you out as well. I would wait until tomorrow though, when the fresh crawl is available and you have the most current stats, and fewer of the bogus links.