OSE - why are some external links not showing up?

[IFSNA]

We use PRWeb for our press releases and carefully choose the anchor text with a link back to our site at metrix.com. This year, we've put out about 8 releases, all with these links included. However, when I drill down to prweb.com in Open Site Explorer, I'm only seeing one link coming from one of those releases. It is definitely an external, followed link when I highlight the releases with MozBar, and I don't see any other differences that would help explain this.

Can anyone explain why these links aren't showing up? Thank you.

[PeterAlexLeigh]

OSE doesn't drill down as deep as say Google would and so you may not find all the links you would expect to. Some pages simply aren't included.

The latest Linkscape build I believe went shallower than previous updates so that more URLs were encompassed instead. You have to offset one with the other, otherwise the computing power required would be huge.

Also if the links are new, that may be relevant. Remember that OSE updates once per month.

Also, Press releases in general, I believe are not considered as 'significantly influential' links, therefore there's another reason they may be left off the linkscape build.

[USHoleInOne]

Sometimes OSE cannot pick up all the links like Shelly mention. To double check to see if google has picked up on your links. I usually set a google alert in my email for the exact term I was targeting. You will most likely see your PRWEB link when google does their crawl but pick up some helpful links and news what your competitors are doing at the same time.

[IFSNA]

Thanks both of you! Your explanations really helped. I guess I just assumed all of my links would be picked up. Back to the lab!