My Question : why site explorer not showing yahoo directory link

[amreen847]

why site explorer not showing yahoo directory link  i have tried many different  sites which listed in yahoo directory but site explorer not showing ?

[MarkScully]

Hi Amreen,

When was the link added to the Yahoo Directory?

[KeriMorgret]

Hi Amreen,

It could be that the link is newer and not yet showing up, or that the link is on a less-popular page on the Yahoo directory. Open Site Explorer is not able to crawl all of the web, but tries to crawl the more important pages. We can't get to everything, so that may be the reason it isn't showing.

[anthonydnelson]

Open Site Explorer only crawls a representative portion of the web each time it updates. I've had links from big sites like YouTube, Mashable, Yahoo Directory and others disappear off OSE reports a few times. My guess is that Roger's recent crawl did not include the Yahoo Directory.

Simply put, if a link is there and Google has the page in their index, you are fine.

OSE is great for insights and trends, but it is not a way to look at 100% of a website's backlinks.