Why is OSE so infuriatingly annoying

[xtopher66]

Damn thing tells me the www.domain im researching has 599 links internal and external.

I download an advanced report for the whole root domain of external links....and its come up with 64 in a csv file.....wtf is that about?

The data about root domain says i have External Followed Links 408 and
55,736 total links...........which is BS. this site hasnt enough internal or external to shoot from the low figure up to 55,0000

By the way, im a 79 tall but ive never meaured my height.. Sounds like SEO data!

[Dr-Pete]

If you want to DM me the domain (or email peter@seomoz.org), I'll take a look. There are a lot of factors that can impact the count, so it's really tough to say without seeing what you're looking at. Total links can sometimes explode based on a single site-wide link (even from one domain), for example.

[xtopher66]

Emailed thanks.

[Dr-Pete]

Just wanted to follow up for general reference (omitting details of the site) - the OSE counts can be a bit confusing. The top count never actually changes based on the filters - it's the unfiltered, "raw" count, for lack of a better term. I believe the download pulls only Followed/301'ed links (under the "Show" menu) - in other words, links that potentially pass PageRank.

[xtopher66]

Thank you Peter,

Will reply to the spec issues via email