Open Site Explorer vs Webmaster Tools

[JeromeSavon]

Hi there.

OSE is showing 53 linking domains and WMT is showing 161.
Why are so many missing from OSE. They are all links of a decent age.

Thanks

[David_ODonnell]

Very briefly, OSE has a much smaller index and is updated less frequently.

[MichaelYork]

None of the link databases you use will have the quantity of links that webmaster tools has. You can use multiple sources to try and build the best possible picture of yours or competitors link profiles.