Google Webmasters Tools 20K backlinks, but can only see 200 URLs

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Hi guys.

One of my sites has been given a Google Manual Spam Penalty and de-indexed.
Going along the slow, painful road to reinclusion. And I have a question.

Why is GWMT showing 21,000 backlinks when I can only see 200 URLs?

Thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author WPcrew
    I'm also curious about this. As far as I can tell (while yahoo site explorer existed) it was the same thing. Huge differences in number of links (GWMT was showing like 5 times more).
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    • Profile picture of the author MichaelCo
      Why don't you contact their support? Email them.
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  • Profile picture of the author evilclown
    Because they will show you only the ones they consider related/cached.
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  • Profile picture of the author patadeperro
    Originally Posted by PurpleTentacle View Post


    Why is GWMT showing 21,000 backlinks when I can only see 200 URLs?
    Because backlinks and urls are not the same, you can have 10 urls with 30,000 backlinks, those are two different things.
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    • Profile picture of the author st0nec0ld
      Originally Posted by patadeperro View Post

      Because backlinks and urls are not the same, you can have 10 urls with 30,000 backlinks, those are two different things.
      Can you elaborate on this patadeperro? Thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author netanel23
    Webmaster tools is the last place you should be looking for backlinks from, you will want to check all of the major link checkers first such as ahrefs & majestic seo.

    Are you planning on removing the links?
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