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Ignore the last reply John, have just tested Link Detective on a site that I know the link backlink profile of.. it's massively inaccurate! The tool simply isn't able to identify correct link types as they suggest. Dissapointing!

I've read they would be indexing 2 x the data Anthony, not 3 x. Suppose there must be some confusion out there, fingers crossed it's 3 x the data!

Cheers John, will take a look when I get the chance.. have you used it before? Is it accurate?

Enjoy the weekend! Lee

Thanks for all the feedback guys, would be good to hear SEOMoz's official stance on this!

Hi, not too sure if this is a discussion or rant!?

I’ve been following SEOMoz for a couple of years now. Testing their tools, reading their blogs, sharing their content, and watching the whiteboard Friday videos (massive thumbs up to that one!).  They are at the top of the game, no argument there.

Although I should have done so much earlier, I have eventually signed up to the pro version and am about to migrate all my clients over. But there is one major caveat which I’m not sure should exist.. Open Site Explorer.

Don’t get me wrong, OSE provides invaluable metrics, some that no other ‘crawler’ provides, but it is far from perfect, there are things that we SEO’s need, and are hoping to get!

Some feature SEOMoz could add;

1. Ability to view a chart of ‘link types’ (i.e. blog post, social media, Press Release etc..) – Linkdex do this!
2. Utilise a ‘fresh‘ backlink index as Majestic SEO do. ( we do use majestic alongside SEOMoz)
3. Crawl more frequently – enough said!
4. Index all ‘not so good’ backlinks – this will help identify what backlinks AREN’T helping.

I realise this is a lot easier said than done, and I’m sure SEOMoz are working on solutions.. just can’t wait till they launch!

What do you think? IS OSE more than it’s cracked up to be? Could it be improved? Let me know

Lee

I agree with Bevelwide, but as well as checking the authority scores I'd determine which page best appeals to your target audience, and which page they're more likely to visit!

Appreciate the responses guys! Some of these links are over 4 months old, was expecting them to be reported by now! Guess I'll just have to wait till the next OSE update

Hi, we have created quality hubpage networks and squidoo lenses for the purpose of driving qualified traffic to our sites and generating authority backlinks.

The backlinks from squidoo and hubpages are all dofollow, have been shared via social networks and are indexed in Google, why aren't any of them showing in OSE?

Many thanks in advance, Lee

Much appreciated Alan, always good to have your suspicions confirmed! Enjoy the weekend

Hi all Mozers, I have a couple of questions re the backlink reports in Open Site Explorer.

In the introductory video Rand suggests that you can indentify backlinks that are a) Having a positive effect, and b) Having a negative effect on SEO campaigns. Do you identify such links using the domain/page authority of the linking page?

Also, we know we have more links than OSE is reporting, does this mean that the links that are not reported are not helping our SEO campaign?

Many thanks in advance, much appreciated.

Lee