Recently created site indexed; no backlinks showing?

[Igor-Avidon]

I launched a website for a client in mid-March. The site is already indexed, I have built quite a few links to it (links are also indexed), and ranks well for some targeted keywords.

However, when I try to check backlinks to the site with Open Site Explorer, it comes back with "No Data Available For This URL". Is this something I should be worried about or merely a case of 'recency' of page creation'? I know it says that it can take 45-60 days for a site to be included in Linkscape but I'm approaching the 60 days mark and still nothing.

[Sexandmetal]

Hello IKHO,

The same thing happens with my website. My webmaster tools shows I have X amount of links and OSE only show a majority of them. I think it is because OSE only crawls once a month? Im not sure though. If you wait a few more weeks things start to show up.

My Alexa shows I have over 100 links, my web master tools shows I have 405 and OSE shows I have 29.

[Sexandmetal]

Hello IKHO,

The same thing happens with my website. My webmaster tools shows I have X amount of links and OSE only show a majority of them. I think it is because OSE only crawls once a month? Im not sure though. If you wait a few more weeks things start to show up.

My Alexa shows I have over 100 links, my web master tools shows I have 405 and OSE shows I have 29.

[stubby]

Open Site Explorer only updates in batches.  They crawl the web, then they process it, which takes a lot, then they publish it.

Somewhere around here there is a schedule for the next planned update

[Mcarle]

OSE is behind in updates & broken, it is being updated & fixed soon.

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/drive-failures-affecting-some-customers-rankings-and-reports

Also another good read is this post about why links are not counted the same on all sites:

(still looking for that article)

[TimKelsey]

Mcarle, the blog post you reference only mentions issues with the rank tracker and the Pro reporting system.

There were issues with OSE that delayed the release of updated metrics - http://www.seomoz.org/blog/linkscape-index-delay-explained - but the most recent Mozscape data was released on May 1 - http://www.seomoz.org/blog/mozscape-update-our-largest-index-yet-159-billion-urls

IKHO, with the delays in the release of the new Mozscape data, it's very likely that the data is a little old and SEOmoz just hasn't had a chance to index the links you created for you new site. The next index update is schedule for the end of this month - http://apiwiki.seomoz.org/w/page/25141119/Linkscape%20Schedule

[Mcarle]

The updates have not all gone through yet.

OSE has been updated, but as of .5 an hour ago the

Competitive Domain Analysis

had not updated.

[FreddieChatt]

To clarify (hopefully).  When Mozscape (previously Linkscape), the links shown are ones that it found months ago - it then takes large amounts of processing power to then bring you the simplicity of what you see on Open Site Explorer.  The links shown current are those found up to the end of February...

Rands comment here... http://www.seomoz.org/blog/mozscape-update-our-largest-index-yet-159-billion-urls#jtc178931 ... shows this.

So the next update (due 27th May I think) will have data (links) up to the end of March.

This is why your site is not showing in OSE.