: 90% of 'links to your site' disappeared in Google Webmaster Tools I was going through Webmaster Tools and I noticed that under 'links to your site' there's only 40 links showing. Down from

@Angie530

I noticed my links disappeared from google webmaster however, I can see and validate every single link from open explorer. Obviously since January 22nd 2013, google launched another panda update and I lost ranking position from number 1 to number 2 and some keywords to number 3. I also noticed that my website thumbnail screenshot image on all featured directories has disappeared and showing thumbnail logo instead.. I submitted a new reconsideration request to google after tweaking my content and I received an email after a week stating that google hasn't found any manual spam and it could be their updates.. I guess the site will recover on its own like you mentioned on the main post.

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@Shelley277

Stephen's answer above is spot on. it seems this is a common problem.

Lets just hope they get a handle on it a little more quickly than they did with the "We Currently Do Not Support This Location" bug in Google Local Places Plus Places or whatever they are calling the maps driven local search now!

I heard rumblings it could be to do with the denied link devaluation update from 17th of January but that could all be a bit tin hat watching the sky's fantasy!

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@Heady270

Its not just you. Here is a thread about the problem on WebmasterWorld: www.webmasterworld.com/google/4542427.htm
Here is a thread about it in the Google webmaster help: productforums.google.com/d/topic/webmasters/HB8ZdK_DDyw/discussion
This issue has been forwarded to Google engineers who are apparently looking into a problem with the webmaster tools.

Update: Search Engine Roundtable is reporting that Google has fixed this bug as of February 12, 2013. www.seroundtable.com/google-webmaster-tools-links-back-16349.htmlhttp://www.seroundtable.com/google-webmaster-tools-links-back-16349.html

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