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So for a long time Google told us that the link data in GWT was sufficient for clean-up…
So for a long time Google told us that the link data in GWT was sufficient for clean-up of penalties. Now they state:
"[...] for some sites, you didn't get as complete of a picture of the site's backlinks because the link data skewed toward the beginning of the alphabet."
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Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: Better backlink data for site owners
Thursday, September 12, 2013 at 9:15 AM. Webmaster level: intermediate. In recent years, our free Webmaster Tools product has provided roughly 100000 backlinks when you click the “Download more sample links” button. Until now, we’ve selected those links primarily by lexicographical order.
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Shhh…
Comment by Micah Fisher-Kirshner — September 13, 2013 @ 3:54 am
Would this be part of the preparation to make seamless the unannounced introduction of the working link disavowal tool?
Comment by Jim Munro — September 13, 2013 @ 4:32 am
tsk, tsk … I thought big G always told the truth
FYI – my link section has not change, so they might not have rolled out yet
Comment by Tim Capper — September 13, 2013 @ 9:04 am
Stop it, these are things you aren't supposed to connect. The masses cannot be told something this insightful.
Comment by Micah Fisher-Kirshner — September 13, 2013 @ 4:34 pm