BOTW links not recognized by Open Site Explorer
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Hi there, I was wondering if I buy a submission to the Best of the Web directory (waiting for the new directory list promised by the seomoz team
)but when I get to the category on BOTW website that will fit for my website, I took some links already there and put them on open site explorer to see their value, I had the surprise they are not even recognized...
So I am still wondering if it is worth or not...
voilà , if anybody knows if this directory still has value...
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George, I looked at the page you shared and it appears as a solid page for a link. If it is not appearing in OSE, I would recommend contacting the help desk. There has been some issues with the Linkscape index, which is the source data OSE results are based upon.
The next Linkscape update is scheduled for Sep 20. The issue may resolve itself after the update. But based on the information you shared, it should appear currently so my recommendation is to contact the help desk so they can investigate the issue. If they can locate a bug or tweak, it may be possible to fix it without waiting another month to see your link.
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Hi,
thanks for your answer, look at the category : http://botw.org/top/Sports/Martial_Arts/Capoeira/
the links are there for month, some for years, but when I put them into OSE, the BOTW links are not listed for none of them...
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BOTW definitely has value and it's links are recognized by OSE. There are two things you should understand when using OSE:
1. The links in OSE are based on the Linkscape crawl of the web. The data is updated approximately once/month and it can be two full months before a link is visible in OSE.
2. Links are recognized based on the linking page value. DMOZ is considered by many to be the #1 directory, but there are dmoz pages that are buried so deeply they have no PR. Check the PA of the page your site will be listed on before attempting to be listed in the BOTW directory. If the site does not have a good PA value, then the link will be of little value IF it is even seen.
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