WMT reporting big drop in links today

[FDFPres]

Has anyone else noticed a huge drop in inbound links in WMT tools today?  I've seen a 50% slump overnight in 2 of my projects.  Definitely something still stirring over at the Google data centres!

[JamesNorquay]

It does happen from time to time with GWT where you see a large loss in backlink data.

My advice is to track your backlinks profile with OSE, Majestic and Ahrefs. It is best to monitor numerous sources rather than just relying on one source, as GWT will only ever show a sample of your full link profile.

[FDFPres]

absolutely agree, I dont take Google WMT as the real measure of actual links, but its a pretty accurate barometer of what Google will use to rank your site.

Bing webmaster tools show the same figures today as they did yesterday, so they are still there but google WMT has obviously thought again about which it will index/recognise for link juice.