Open Site Explorer

[TP_Marketing]

Typically when using Open Site Explorer to analyze links, how long does it take for them to show up? I have some links that are on high page ranking sites, yet they still do not show up with the Open Site Explorer.

Thank you

[William.Lau]

It should appear, you can use the search feature within the tool.

It also updates every 30 days or so, and if it was within that gap, it might not appear yet.

[KeriMorgret]

We are aiming to update Open Site Explorer data on a monthly basis. The data isn't real time, but instead lags behind a few weeks (we crawl, then process, then publish). We just had an update, and there should be another update on August 3rd -- see our handy dandy calendar at https://seomoz.zendesk.com/entries/345964-linkscape-update-schedule.

[webfeatseo]

OSE can be a couple months behind at times. I think this last one was through May? I also think I read that it has a smaller index than previous ones so your links may not appear.

But I would use a variety of tools. OSE is great but it often misses a bunch of notable links. WBT also has a great tool for checking site links