Why are my month old links not showing in WMT or OSE?

[MDesigns]

Hey Everyone!  I've been working hard on boosting my ranking after launching my new site 2 months ago. I realize that this process normally takes some time however I've come across a questions that I'm not sure I know that answer to... I had some really solid back links added about a month ago but nothing is showing up yet in WMT on them. When I run an OSE I don't see any links there (not even under newly discovered). Can someone please help with some insight on why they might now be showing. Is it just a time thing or should I be doing something different?Any insight will be very helpful. Thanks

[lautman]

I was just about to ask the same question.  There's a thread in the Q & A that deals with this already.  http://moz.com/community/q/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-links-indexed

The consensus seems to be that it can take as long as 6 weeks for links to show up in OSE and WMT for new sites.  Older sites with more authority can see their links show up within hours.  The key then appears to be building authority not only with links, but with content and social at the same time.  Make sure that you've submitted sitemaps to WMT (and Bing WMT - why not?) and that there are no crawl errors or other problems with your site.  Get the message out on FB, Twitter and G+. You also want to make sure that you have solid content -  not spammy, long enough, etc.

I have also seen some people suggest linking out to important sites in your niche or category as a way to improve indexing, although I don't have any data to back that up.  Otherwise, hang in there!

[MDesigns]

Thanks for the insight and the thread. I appreciate the quick response!

[lautman]

No problem... I have a new site too, and the wait is agonizing!