OSE Backlink results - reported link not actually there?

[AdamThompson]

Not a complaint, but a question to understand how the research tool operates:

When I run backlink checks on websites, often the reported link is not only not on the page, but it's not found anywhere on the site.

I use several tools to search for the link url as well as for the keyword.   Why does the tool report a link is there, but I cannot find the links in some cases?   Is there a lag in the information the tool is using, making it not quite up to date, or is it something else?

Thanks much!

[KaneJamison]

The last OSE index update was on May 1, but those links are from a crawl period of roughly Jan thru mid-March IIRC, so there is a lag. The link has probably moved to a different page or expired or is gone for another reason.

The next index update is scheduled for next week and should represent much newer data.