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      Choice Subscriber last edited by

      I was surprised that I couldn't find much info on this topic, considering that Googlebot must crawl a backlink url in order to process a disavow request (ie Penguin recovery and reconsideration requests).

      My trouble is that we recently received a great backlink from a buried page on a .gov domain and the page has yet to be crawled after 4 months. What is the best way to nudge Googlebot into crawling the url and discovering our link?

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        RangeMarketing @Choice last edited by

        No problem!

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          Choice Subscriber @TheeDigital last edited by

          Appreciate the ideas. I am considering pointing a link at it, but this requires a little more thought and effort to do so ethically. But, at this point, it's probably my best option. Thanks!

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            TheeDigital last edited by

            You might try pinging the site out or just building a link to the site.

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              Choice Subscriber last edited by

              Both are good ideas. Thank you!

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                RangeMarketing @Choice last edited by

                Ahhhh, that's a bummer.

                Well, you could try to submit a URL from the .gov site that isn't as buried but links to the URL you want crawled.

                You could try emailing someone that manages the website, giving them a helpful reminder that they have quality pages not being indexed regularly by Google 😉

                Good luck!

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                  Choice Subscriber last edited by

                  Thanks for the suggestion! But I should have mentioned in the original post that I've submitted twice via Submit URL form and the url has yet to show up in Latest Links in Webmaster Tools.

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                    RangeMarketing last edited by

                    You could try the URL submit tool: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/submit-url

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