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    Moz's new Link Explorer, including our revamped index and DA/PA scores is now open to everyone!

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    • martinxm
      martinxm last edited by

      Thanks to all the Moz team. I've been using it for some time and this graphic for me is pure magic.

      Thanks again.

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      • IanWatson
        IanWatson @martinxm last edited by

        Very happy to hear that!

        Is there anything missing on this page that you would like to see when you are doing this type of comparison?

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        • martinxm
          martinxm last edited by

          Hi Ian.

          Right now, I can't think of anything to improve it. It's fascinating to have everything like that on the same screen. Visually, it is very complete and powerful.

          Thanks again.

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          • APH
            APH @IanWatson last edited by

            Hi Ian,

            This is a much-improved tool now - well done! it will be good to see a pie chart with the domains which are linking to you and your competitors and unique one.

            Thanks

            Tahir

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            • jtammany
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              • Jacob.Redfin
                Jacob.Redfin last edited by

                Hello!

                Is your API pulling from the old OSE index or the new link explorer index? If the old index, will/when do you plan to switch the API to the new index?

                Thanks!

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                • ianeahref
                  ianeahref last edited by

                  Love the site and the updates.  I noticed that when I use the Linking domains, I can view all the Linking domains on the page, but when I export the results for my reports, the Linking domains, don't export like they did with OSE.

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                  • m.gallagher
                    m.gallagher last edited by

                    Whilst I appreciate this will be better in the long term, we've seen a 27 point drop on DA whilst our competitors haven't changed! Will be digging though all the data but there's no obvious reason for this huge change.

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                    • IanWatson
                      IanWatson @Jacob.Redfin last edited by

                      Hey Jacob,

                      The API is currently pulling from the old index, but we plan on making the switch over very soon. If you are eager, you can update your calls to use lsapi-beta.seomoz.com to get the new data through the API.

                      Cheers!

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                      • IanWatson
                        IanWatson @ianeahref last edited by

                        Would you mind following up with me at ianw@moz.com so I can get some more details about the expected functionality of this export? Thanks!

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                        • IanWatson
                          IanWatson @m.gallagher last edited by

                          I am sure that must be a frustrating event to see the drop in DA, and I agree that nothing majorly obvious stands out.

                          Could you let me know how long this site has been around? It does appear to me that we may not have picked up all of the linking domains to this site as of now, which could be a factor in this DA change. I will dig in a bit more.

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                          • m.gallagher
                            m.gallagher @IanWatson last edited by

                            That's a good point, we changed domains on October 9th last year and redirected all pages from the old site over. Link Explorer seems to be picking up all these though. Could there be a delay on the linking domains to the old site being passed through?

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                            • IanWatson
                              IanWatson @m.gallagher last edited by

                              We are still hard at work on passing links via redirect. That paired with not picking up all of the Linking Domains to your site just yet is more than likely the culprit here.

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                              • Libra_Photographic
                                Libra_Photographic last edited by

                                Love the new graphic, far easier to follow.

                                It would be nice to click through from the graphic to a breakdown of competitors stats too.

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                                • IanWatson
                                  IanWatson @Libra_Photographic last edited by

                                  Hey Nathan - Great to hear that you are digging the new visual. Could you please give a bit more detail about your request for clicking through to view competitors stats?

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                                  • jessential
                                    jessential last edited by

                                    Thanks to the Moz Team for your dedicated work creating the new Link Explorer. I find it does help to uncover a better overall story to understand DA changes and to compare competitor metrics. It is nice to see Moz consider how Google ranks a site and attributes greater trust, authority, and ranking power to one over the other

                                    I will use this information to update our Healthy Backlink Profiles are Critical to Build Site Authority.

                                    Thanks for the article Ian Watson.

                                     

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                                      • erude
                                        erude last edited by

                                        When looking at Inbound links, why is there such a discrepancy between Moz and Google Webmaster Tools.

                                        Moz: 10.3 million
                                        Google: 217,833

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                                        • NickW816
                                          NickW816 last edited by

                                          Yasss! So the past few years I have been a die-hard Ahrefs fan to be honest. However, the new Moz Link Explorer is my new favorite tool for link analysis by far. Well done on this tool and the stout index as well Moz team!

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                                          • Kevin-XWORK
                                            Kevin-XWORK last edited by

                                            Very good, works like charm. I do not need to wait long before my DA/PA updated !

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