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Issues Checking Backlinks To YouTube Videos
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Hi,
Hope someone might be able to help here. I have been using OSE to check backlinks to sites without an issue. However, I do seem to have problems checking links to videos.
For examplpe, I took a video url and checked backlinks and OSE reports 33 million just discovered, majestic SEO reports none and Ahrefs seems about right with 17.
I was wondering if there is something I need to do to ensure OSE returns correct results for individual youtube videos. FYI, I am using the url that appears in the Google search.
Thanks
Mark
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Hi Mark,
Yours is a really interesting point. Have a look at this post, from Ana Kravitz, which I suggest you to read, I believe you will find some of the answers you are searching for.
http://www.akravitz.com/tag-track-social-media-traffic-for-google-analytics/#comment-106132
Cheers from an almost sunny day in southern Spain.
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